Food Science: Innovative and scientific thought for food
Combine your understanding of scientific disciplines such as biology, chemistry and microbiology, with consumer insights to design safe, nutritious and sustainable foods for a wide variety of markets.
At Otago, we offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Food Science, as well as the undergraduate degree in Agricultural Innovation, and postgraduate qualifications in Food and Agriculture.
Graduates go on to rewarding careers in local and multinational food companies, ingredient suppliers, government agencies and research institutes in areas such as food processing, product development and quality management, market research and sensory analysis.
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It's not just our people – the experts in their fields and passionate students – but also the places we teach and learn: Otago Harbour, Fiordland, Stewart Island, Antarctica and the Pacific that mean our students leave here with highly sought-after skills and experiences.
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08 May 2025
From India to Aotearoa: graduand cultivates a future in food
It’s all in the timing, and for international student Chris Thomas that timing couldn’t have been better.
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10 Mar 2025
2025 Harraways Visiting Professor named
International food science researcher Dr Susan Tosh from the University of Ottawa, Canada, has been named as this year’s...
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22 Aug 2024
Snack choices linked to BMI
New research has uncovered a link between the foods we snack on throughout the day and our body mass index (BMI).
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07 Aug 2024
Project hopes to shift Pacific ideas on food
Making positive shifts today to improve the nutrition of Pacific communities in the future is the hope of a University o...
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21 Jun 2024
Visiting Professor's research food for thought
Climate change is already adversely affecting the production of important food crops, such as olives. High temperatures...
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27 May 2024
Teachers become the students
Agribusiness teachers became the students at the Agribusiness in Schools national conference held in Dunedin during May...