Food - the essential fuel of life - is the business of Europe's largest and most buoyant industry. Featuring regularly in the national media, food issues are often to be found at the centre of topical debates on such areas as human health and disease, global shortages and surpluses, consumer demand, the rights and wrongs of GM, and food quality and nutrition. Its study has a direct impact on the quality and enjoyment of every aspect of our lives. Studying Food and Nutritional Sciences at Reading offers you the broad-based science education that both underpins these issues and prepares you for a secure, exciting and relevant career. BSc Food Science D610 - 3 years full time BSc Food Science (with Industrial training) D615 - 4 years full time If you are interested in the production of safe, nutritious and high-quality foods, then our Food Science programmes will give you the scientific and technical skills and knowledge base you need. This degree course provides multi-disciplinary academic training covering areas of science including chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and human nutrition. On graduation our graduates are recognised as professional food scientists by the Institute of Food Science and Technology.

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