Undergraduate Schools

College of Natural Sciences

Bring Good Food to the Table
for a Healthy and Pleasing Meal

Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition

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Introduction

Food and nutrition is the study that systematically and thoroughly researches various knowledge related to food, nutrition, and health. Through theory and experiments, students learn to manage dietary habits to meet the health needs of people living in a modern, digitizal, industrial, and aging society. Students will research and develop food resources and study nutrition and diseases. By acquiring the ability to apply knowledge in practice, students will contribute to national and local health promotion and become professionals and research personnel needed in modern society.

Educational Objectives

Cultivate food and nutrition professionals who can promote a healthy society

Related certifications

Nutritionist, Culinary technician, Hygienist, Food (industry) engineer, Food engineer, Baker, Clinical dietitian, Nutrition teacher, Health educator [Level 3]

Career Path

Most students choose to get a job or go to graduate school after graduation. A nutritionist's license enables students to become nutritionists or nutrition counselors in hospitals, schools, public health centers, industries, or school nutrition teachers. Also, graduates can work as food manufacturing engineers and researchers in the food and nutrition industry, food stylists, restaurant managers, chefs in the Korean, Japanese, or Chinese cuisine, brewers, public officials of public institutions such as the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Rural Development Administration, and food and nutrition specialists for newspaper magazine offices.