Food Engineering

Overview

The Food Engineering programme of University of Salerno is very attractive for graduates that are interested in food bioprocess engineering, product and process development, process control, advanced manufacturing systems, environmental and microbiological issues.  The food engineer is able to apply typical engineering methodologies to the design and operation of food processing plants.

Employment opportunities

• food production industries, including the dairy industry, the canning industry, the pasta industry, the oil industry, the beverage industry, the wine industry;

• pharmaceutical and process industries;

• companies in the sector of the cold chain for storage and transport of frozen foods;

• companies of food industry machinery;

• companies of production, handling and transport of flours;

• technical structures for the control of the environment or industrial safety including food related issues;

• structures for big supermarket chains working on the selection of products, the evaluation of the congruence of prices, the certification of product quality / process;

• companies of food packaging; 

• as freelance technical advisor for production processes, plant design and certification of quality for small and medium-sized food companies.