Career Readiness
Direct access to industry leaders and paid internship opportunities: The Academy by Deloitte
Students who as part of their studies take part in The Academy by Deloitte experience will have the benefit of undertaking a paid internship with Deloitte. This internship is designed to shape their business readiness through significant real-world client exposure, access to multiple networking opportunities and relevant professional training.
Employment opportunities
The food industry is growing rapidly in Australia and all over the world.
This degree offers a wide range of career opportunities including:
quality control and auditing
nutritional advice and support
new product development
innovative food technology
marketing and labelling
public health nutrition
research in food science and nutrition
policy development
education
Our graduates have ample opportunities for career progression into management and leadership positions.
You could be:
Providing nutrition and health support and advice on product development and reformulation, marketing and labelling claims and the development of education and promotional resource materials (e.g. Dairy Australia, Woolworths Fresh Kids site), working as a researcher, advisor or technical assistant/manager in the area of food, nutrition and health within organisations such as universities, hospitals, food industries, CSIRO, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, SARDI and Foundations such as the Cancer Foundation, Osteoporosis Australia, National Heart Foundation, Diabetes Australia, and other public health organisations.
The University of Adelaide Careers Service prepares, inspires and empowers students to achieve successful career transitions and connect with industry.
Graduate Attributes
The objective of this program is to produce graduates with specific attributes as outlined in University
of Adelaide Graduate Attributes.
- Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth
- Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving
- Teamwork and communication skills
- Professionalism and leadership readiness
- Intercultural and ethical competency
- Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competency
- Digital capabilities
- Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Industry Placement
In your third year you'll gain practical industry experience in a food or nutrition and health organisation.
This provides hands-on experience in a potential career pathway. Experiences may include: recipe, new product and menu development, nutritional composition and analysis, sensory testing, application and development of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) plans, working with innovative food manufacturing and processing techniques and the application of public health nutrition policies, such as healthy eating and dietary guidelines to real-life situations. You gain experience in teamwork, work, health and safety (WHS) and evaluation.
Professional Accreditation
Graduates are eligible for registration as an Associate Nutritionist with the Nutrition Society of Australia and after three years of relevant experience, can apply to be a Registered Nutritionist. You are also eligible for Graduate Membership to the Australian Institute of Food Science Technology.
A note on nutrition and dietetics accreditation:
A nutritionist is a tertiary qualified nutrition professional that has the expertise to provide a range of evidence based nutrition services related to nutrition, public health nutrition, policy and research, and community health (1).
Food and Nutrition Science graduates who would also like to be able to practice as an accredited dietitian, will need to complete a post-graduate degree in Dietetics (generally an additional 2 years of full-time study on top of the undergraduate food and nutrition science degree).
The Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Science offers a pre-dietetics pathway for those students interested in continuing with postgraduate study in order to become an accredited dietitian. To be eligible for most Masters of Dietetics programs in Australia, students must complete the pre-dietetics elective pathway and achieve a grade point average of at least 5 out of 7, on finishing the food and nutrition science degree.
(1) Dieticians Association of Australia
Potential careers
Food Scientist, Food Technologist,
Farmer,
Food Standards Officer,
Flavour Chemist,
Market Researcher,
Science Communicators,
Scientific Data Analyst,
Scientific Officer,
Government or Corporate Policy Adviser,
Health Promotion Professional,
Community Nutritionist,
Public Health Nutritionist,
Research and Education,
Food Engineer,
Food Scientist,
Sports Nutritionist
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