Based on food science and engineering, food science and engineering majors study food nutrition and health, process design and social production, food processing and storage, and food safety and hygiene. It is an important part of life science and engineering science and an important bridge connecting food science and industrial engineering. With the increasingly serious food crisis caused by the world population expansion and the arrival of the era of large-scale industrialization in the food field, people pay more attention to food nutrition and hygiene. The specialty of food science and engineering plays an increasingly important role in the fields of engineering design, nutrition and health, safety inspection, supervision and management of food industry.

According to different universities, majors include food processing, storage and transportation, food nutrition safety and testing, food engineering design and research and development, food quality management and supervision, and food enterprise management. More and more attention and support from all walks of life, good employment prospects.

After graduation, students can engage in food engineering design, new product development (green, organic and functional food), food nutrition research, food quality inspection, food quality control, technical management, technical supervision, food machinery and equipment management, food packaging design, food storage management, food transportation management, enterprise management, food scientific research and achievement promotion of various food enterprises; Being able to engage in product analysis, testing, technical supervision, law enforcement, management and other work in the food and drug administration, customs, commodity inspection, health and epidemic prevention, import and export, industry and commerce bureau, quality and technical supervision bureau and other governments or institutions; Teaching and scientific research can also be carried out in relevant state organs, institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutes.

Institutions offering this major with a professional evaluation above A- are: Jiangnan University, Nanchang University, China Agricultural University, South China University of Technology, Zhejiang University, Nanjing Agricultural University, China Ocean University, Huazhong Agricultural University, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Hefei University of Technology, dalian polytechnic university, etc.