Food Science and Technology

The general objective of the Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Technology is to train professionals with the necessary knowledge in basic subjects (such as biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc. ) that allow them to study the nature of food, the causes of its deterioration, the fundamental principles of its processing and their improvement for public consumption, all aimed at the design and selection of the best methods of conservation, transformation, packaging, distribution and use, in a way that guarantees food of high sensory quality, safe, nutritious, healthy, adapted to new consumption habits and in accordance with current legislation. All this must be done, in addition, taking into account the maximum use of the resources currently existing on earth and looking for new ones from waste or underused sources or until now not used and with the minimum generation of pollutants, that is, respecting the environment.