Food Processing Department
Food Technology Program
General Information
In the Food Technology Program, it is aimed to train qualified intermediate manpower/food technician who can work in all areas of the food industry; it is a two-year program that provides students with the necessary knowledge and training in research and development, chemical analysis, microbiological analysis, fermentative product production, hygiene and sanitation.
Program graduates are given the title of Associate Degree and Food Technician.
The program has 40 quotas.
Courses are two groups, mandatory and optional.
Food Technology Program is a 2-year associate degree program consisting of 120 ECTS for 4 semesters, 30 ECTS each semester.
For this purpose, our students are given both practical and theoretical lessons for 14 weeks.
For the practical development of students, those are making use of both the laboratories available in the department and the facilities of the food industry available in our region.
In addition to the courses, each student must complete an internship with an industry-based education covering at 30 working days.
Courses in Food Technology Program; theoretical and practical knowledge are given according to applications in traditional and modern technology.
It grows in accordance with the quality and service philosophy that will meet the expectations of the qualified intermediate manpower needed by the food sector in both production and R&D service levels.
Mission
It is to assist producers, industrial organizations and food engineers in production stages, applying modern technology by adopting qualified education and training as a principle, accepted in national and international platforms, educating innovative, researcher and exemplary qualified technicians. In addition, it is to be a department that can solve problems in these areas, contribute to the ever-evolving society and provide quality service, exemplified by the people it educates and the information it produces.
Vision
It is to provide safe, healthy and quality products at the production stages of foods from raw materials to consumption. To provide technicians who are competent in scientific and technological issues at national and international level and who have the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure the continuity of food production systems, for the benefit of the food industry and society.
Aim
To educate students who are able to meet the needs of our country's food industry and public institutions, especially in the region where the department is located, who have acquired knowledge and skills to compete in their fields, who are environmentally conscious and who love their country. In addition, it trains personnel who can work in the laboratories of public and private organizations producing food at different scales and during the production. In the program, it is aimed to increase the qualifications of graduates by providing students with English, laboratory techniques and other trainings besides field courses.
Target
To train graduates who have acquired the knowledge needed by technological developments, gained the ability to apply, know the material, have knowledge in production techniques, have the knowledge and skills to solve professional problems, use analysis, production and norms related to the profession, use modern devices, and have a degree at the associate degree.
Program Resources
There are many resources and materials in the food laboratory, including the oven, autoclave, distillation device, microscope, refractometer, laboratory glassware and consumables. Almost all analyzes related to food can be carried out.
Program Profile
Cereals and Legumes, Drinking Water, Fruit and Vegetable Products, Pastry Products and Raw Materials, Aquaculture, Milk and Dairy Products, Sugar and Sugary Products, Flour and Bakery Products, Oils and Oil Seeds, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft Drinks, Spices, Honey, Baby Foods and Supplements, Tea-Coffee and Cocoa Products, Cookies and Nuts, Meat and Meat Products, Food Additives.
Employment Opportunities
Students who graduate from the Food Technology Program are employed in the special business lines related to the production, quality and marketing of foods under the title of Food Technician. They have the chance to work in official workplaces such as Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Quality Control Branch Directorates. In the food industry, they can find and work in food manufacturing stages, chemical and microbiological food analysis departments, and food control laboratories within private organizations.
Our graduates can work as food technicians in public and private sector organizations related to the food industry or take charge as the responsible manager in the food plants. Some of the organizations they can take part in are:
T. C. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock,
General Directorate of Food and Control,
Institute of Hygiene,
Municipalities,
Provincial Health Directorates,
Businesses where seafood and vegetable and fruit products are processed and stored,
Quality Control Centers of Enterprises where Drinking, Using, Industrial Water, Meat, Dairy Products, Sugary and Flour Food Products are produced,
Environmental Protection Laboratories and
Pharmaceutical Companies.
Higher Education Opportunities
The person who has completed the associate degree program can go up to management depending on the performance at the workplace where he works. Also; You can enroll in Anadolu University Open Education Faculty of Economics or Faculty of Business undergraduate programs without an examination and receive a four-year faculty diploma or DGS (Vertical Transfer Exam) and Engineering Faculty - Department of Food Engineering, Nutrition and Dietetics, Family Economics and Nutrition Education, Family and Consumer Science Education, It can transfer vertically to Chemical and Agricultural Engineering undergraduate programs.
Academic Staff
Assistant Professor Suleyman GOKMEN
Assistant Professor Cafer AKYUREK
Lecturer Kutlu CEVIK
Notes: Course contents, course materials and section introduction can be accessed from the link below.