Curriculum

After a fundamental general education in the Process Engineering program, which the students have to pass during their first 2 years at the University, they may then attend specialised programs to become engineers in >>Food Engineering or in >>Bioprocess Engineering. Whereas, during the first part of the basic studies, engineering aspects are largely emphasised, the students achieve a broad education in relevant science disciplines during their specialisation. This combination enables our alumni to cope with problems at the complex interface of process variables and biological systems which, due to metabolic changes during processing, show entirely changing properties. The broad scientific basis of the curriculum offers a large variety of job opportunities to our students.

What does an alumni?

As early as with the choice of their educational specialisation, students obviously ask for professional perspectives. Benefits and drawbacks that arise from an early and deep specialisation versus a very broad educational program are often not easy to weight up against each other.

>> Engineers in food technology are most frequently employed as process engineers or researchers in all fields relevant for the food industry. However, alumni may also find some job opportunities in related areas such as the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, or take on administrative employments in public authorities. They are furthermore employed in plant construction and engineering companies, as well as in the packaging industry.

>> Bioprocess engineers are specialists that are in great demand in all areas of research and industry. Companies that work in the field of environmental remediation, but also food companies and the pharmaceutical industry need the support of bioprocess engineers to transfer new biochemical findings to technical scale applications. Besides, our alumni work in new and growing fields, e.g. bioinformatics.