Overview

Get ready for a unique and exciting career designing new and better ways to feed the world. The Graduate Diploma in Food Science combines a strong core in food chemistry, processing, sensory science, food safety and microbiology with career-focused electives.

Prepare yourself for a career in food

The Graduate Diploma in Food Science provides a stepping-stone to an exciting range of careers.

As a food scientist, your work could involve:

• Finding the best balance of ingredients to improve flavour in food formulation
• Discovering healthy new foods through research
• Investigating the effects of bioactive food components like prebiotics and antioxidants on health
• Helping to ensure foods are safely processed and produced
• Maintaining quality in food manufacturing
• Making foods stay safe and stable for longer.

Boost your career with industry-relevant electives

Modern scientific workplaces require workers with a range of skills and capabilities beyond the lab. You can broaden your knowledge and career possibilities by selecting electives that will prepare you for the workplace.

Learn essential skills in:

• Financial and project management
• Economics
• Food policy and politics
• Nutrition
• Sustainability.

Get a taste of food science and watch Associate Professor in Food Chemistry Dr Kate Howell discuss the science behind sourdough.