3 Master's degrees in Food Science in Sri Lanka

The Dairy and Meat Product Technology MSc programme offered at University of Peradeniya was developed as a focused specialization programme which provides much needed expertise and capabilities to handle advanced operations and laboratory testing and monitoring procedures in the animal product processing industry, to understand the issues related to processing industry.

It is widely recognized that the improvement of nutrition situation in a country requires a multi-disciplinary approach and that a collective effort by professionals from the health sector, agricultural sector, food industry and social sciences is needed to achieve this goal. The Food and Nutrition MSc programme is offered at University of Peradeniya.

Food Science and Technology is a rapidly expanding field in Sri Lanka and the food industry is presently the second largest foreign exchange earner, next to the garment industry. The Food Science and Technology MSc programme is offered at University of Peradeniya.