Graduate Diploma in Food Science

This course provides science graduates and food industry employees with the opportunity to develop a suite of theoretical and practical skills while working in a real food processing environment at the Murdoch Food Centre which is part of the Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia (FIPWA).

You’ll learn hands-on from experienced academic and food industry leaders to give yourself a competitive edge in the industry. Successful completion of the Graduate Diploma can provide an option of progressing onto a Master of Food Science.

3 reasons to study a Graduate Diploma in Food Science at Murdoch

1. Study hands-on at Murdoch’s Food Centre that is part of the Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia (FIPWA).
2. #1 in WA for postgraduate student to teacher ratio by the Good Universities Guide 2024.
3. Choose full-time, part-time to help you fit study into your working life and complete the course in as little as one year.

What You’ll Learn:

• Food engineering and how to analyse and communicate how raw materials and processing affects final food product quality and nutrition.
• Food safety and how to adapt food production processes to incorporate risk analysis and food safety planning.
• Food product design solutions to address problems in, or improve, food products and systems (product development, quality improvement, shelf-life extension or engineering optimisation).
• Key principles of human nutrition including food sources of nutrients and the effect of bioactive food components on health.

Your career

The Graduate Diploma in Food Science will allow you to take your career in the food industry to the next level. You may be able to secure senior roles in Food Quality Assurance, Food Safety or New Product Development. Additional employment opportunities also exist in companies that service the food industry such as chemistry-based analytical or biological laboratories or food ingredient suppliers.