Food Science Graduate Program​​

For the Love of Food
“Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.”

- Alton Brown, American celebrity chef, author, and actor.            

Food science is an all-encompassing major that is centered on enriching and improving food through increased food safety, novel processing techniques, nutritional benefits, and food functionality. To achieve these goals, Purdue’s Food Science graduate program focuses on four signature areas: Food Chemistry, Structure and Function; Foods for Health; Food Safety and Microbiology; Food Processing and Technology Development. Students from diverse academic backgrounds join the department to conduct research in one of these areas under the mentoring of outstanding faculty members. After earning graduate degrees, they pursue careers in academia, government or industry. Valuable networking opportunities with industry executives along with the department’s placement services often lead to employment with companies such as Cargill, Conagra, General Mills, Hershey's, Kellogg’s, Nestlé and Pespico.

Important Resources

• Food Science Graduate Studies Online Application Process
• Food Science Graduate Program Overview
• Our Current Faculty