About the NFE Program
The department is comprised with highly qualified academician and contemporary laboratories. In reality, graduates of this program have contributed in every way conceivable to meeting the three fundamental necessities of society: food, health, and medicine. The program Nutrition and Food Engineering (NFE) has built effective links with a variety of foreign experts, agencies, and International Organizations in order to provide students with every possible resources.
NFE's whole faculty and student body are devotedly and cooperatively striving toward a better future.
Admission Requirements [For Undergraduate Programs]
Total GPA 5 with minimum 2.5 either in SSC or HSC/equivalent is required for admission in Honors Programs. But a student having a minimum GPA 2.00 in SSC/HSC/equivalent with total GPA 6.00 or above may apply.
Minimum five subjects from O-Level and two subjects from A-Level are required for the admission of new students. Out of seven subjects, students must have obtained B-grade or GPA 4.00 in four subjects and C grade or GPA 3.50 in other three subjects respectively.
The candidates who intend to admit in any Undergraduate Programs under the School of Science and Technology and the School of Engineering must pass HSC/Diploma/equivalent examination from Science group.
Objectives of the Program Offering Entity
To become the leader in developing human resources to support the food processing industry and dietetics
To empower producers with the information and skills necessary for advanced preservation, processing, and value addition of agro-products
To promote research and development for the products enriched with nutrients and processes, as well as the assurance of a high level of food hygiene and safety
To foster food safety rules and regulations in support of a competitive, modern, nutritious, and consumer-safe food industry
VISION
The vision of the university is to be established as a top-ranking university nationally and internationally through continuous innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
MISSION
The mission of the university is to prepare students as competent, compassionate, ethically driven, and socially responsive professionals; to educate them through research for intellectual as well as social transformation and to enhance their lifelong learning capacity for adaptability to face the challenges of the 21st century.
Job Opportunities of the Program
The graduates of the program will have better opportunities to build their career in the production and quality control sections of different reputed national and multinational food industries.
They may be employed in research organizations for developing new products and processes like the Atomic Energy Commission, BCSIR, BSTI, BSFIC, BARI, and BIRTAN.
They may contribute well in international organizations like UNDP, UNESCO, FAO, WFP, etc. Graduates of this field are also eligible to apply in general and technical cadre in the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination.
To be able to list good sources of major nutrients to enumerate basic food groups & contribution of each group for planning a balanced diet.
To enable the participants to keep themselves at least of recent changes in Food engineering & management.