BSc (Hons)Food Science and Innovation (with placement)

    BSc (Hons)Food Science and Innovation (with placement)

    Duration4 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 22,658 / Year
    Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026

    BSc (Hons)Food Science and Innovation (with placement)

    About

    If you are interested in food and being part of a creative, dynamic and fast-paced profession then this course will give you the skills you require. It provides the opportunity to explore your interests in food whether these relate to science or society, the practical or the theoretical, people or processes.

    You will explore consumer needs, nutrition, food production, new product development, supply-chains, marketing approaches, research and development, and issues of sustainability in food. You will be equipped with a broad base of practical, theoretical, and technical skills to help address global food challenges.

    You will be taught in dedicated, specialist facilities, and assessed through an innovative combination of theory and real-world practice. Assessment typically includes live industry projects, creating and exhibiting new products, creative portfolios, and consumer research. We focus on a small number of topics at any one time, with frequent feedback, to help you manage your learning. You will learn within a diverse group, including international students and industry professionals.

    Our food graduates access a variety of exciting, globally-connected roles, from selecting what is sold in supermarkets to creating the next generation of innovative food products. Supported by an integrated placement year in industry, you will be primed for your future graduate career and for progression into roles that include the management of brands, people, projects, and products.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Entry requirements

    88 UCAS Tariff Points

    Qualification
    Grade(s)
    GCE A Levels
    grades CCD or equivalent (with no more than 2 arts-based subjects out of 3)
    Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma
    MMM (in a relevant subject) (1080 GLH)
    City & Guilds Advanced Extended Technical Diploma
    MMM (in a relevant subject) (1080 GLH)
    T-Level
    Pass (A* - C) (in a relevant subject)
    Scottish Highers
    BCCC
    Irish Leaving Certificate
    Three H3 and one H4
    GCSEs
    Minimum of 4 GCSEs at grade C/4 including English Language, Maths and Science.

    Career

    Careers

    Our graduates have an excellent employability rate and record, many being offered graduate jobs whilst on placement. The high level of skill and specialist knowledge makes graduates from this course uniquely prepared for food technical, auditing and processing roles.

    Graduates can expect to be involved in the decisions necessary to manufacture, develop and improve food and drink products in a dynamic and fast paced environment.

    Food technologists are at the centre of product design, formulation, food safety and quality assurance in the food industry.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    22,658 / year

    BSc (Hons)Food Science and Innovation (with placement)

    Harper Adams University

    Harper Adams University

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Aberdeen