Sbocchi occupazionali -Job opportunities

The professional opportunities of the Master's graduate in Food Science and Technology concern all production areas of the food sector, public administration, research and teaching institutions at a national and international level.

With reference to the professional activities classified by ISTAT, graduates of this course of study will be able to find suitable employment opportunities such as "Food and bio-food technician" and "Food technician (in industry)", "Industrial quality control technicians", "Food biotechnologist", "Entrepreneur, manager, manager of small businesses" and, in particular, as "Manager, manager of a small manufacturing company and in these roles can carry out activities of:

• management of food production, transformation, conservation and marketing processes;
• study, design, management of the processing of raw materials and semi-finished food products, including the effluent purification processes and the recovery of by-products;
• distribution and procurement operations of raw materials, finished products, ingredients, food additives and technological aids;
• analysis of food products, quality and quantity control of raw materials, finished products, additives, technological aids, semi-finished products, packaging and anything else relating to the production and transformation of products, definition of standards and specifications for the aforementioned products;
• market research and related activities in relation to food production; research and development of processes and products in the food sector.

Graduates can also carry out:

• teaching activities, subject to qualification, in schools of all levels of technical-scientific subjects relating to the food field and those related to it;
• expert and arbitral functions in relation to the duties listed in the previous points.

After passing the state exam for the qualification to the profession of food technologist, the Master's graduate can also have access to registration in the Order of Food Technologists (L.59/94) and carry out freelance activities.