The first and only food engineering degree in the UK is now available at Sheffield Hallam University and will be open in September 2013 for applications for autumn 2014 entry.
If you fancy being an engineer and are looking for a course in a great city that offers you great experience and career prospects, then the MEng Food Engineering degree could be the one for you.
Developed in close partnership with some of the UK's biggest food and drink manufacturing companies and best loved brands, this course will take you from undergrad to Masters Level in just four years.
The course has been designed to make students ‘employment-ready’ by giving them practical experience through over 50 weeks of paid industry placements at some of the UK’s top food and drink companies.
More and more companies are signing up to support students studying the course. The current list of companies involved is: Associated British Foods, apetito, Arla Foods, Burton's Biscuit Company, Cargill, Dalehead Foods, General Mills, Mars, McCains Foods, Mondelez, Nestlé, Pork Farms, Premier Foods, United Biscuits, Warburtons and the William Jackson Food Group.
Graduates of the course will be much sought-after industry specialists with expertise in food engineering, food manufacture efficiency and environmental sustainability.
Food and drink is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK, employing over 400,000 people. Engineering is one of the sector’s key specialisms and the industry is crying out for new talent to come on-board to help it meet demand and future challenges.
Find out more about what it’s like to be a food and drink engineer on the Tomorrow’s Engineers website.
If this sounds appealing, or you just want to find out more, have a look at the MEng Food Engineering page on Sheffield Hallam’s online prospectus.
