The Department started to offer Master degree in 1975, and Doctorate degree in 1985. The Department aims to educate students meeting the requirement for being a specialist or scientist in the field of food science, food biochemistry, food processing, and food safety. There are 31 well-equipped research laboratories in food chemistry, processing, microbiology, engineering, and nutrition in the Department. These laboratories provide all facilities for professor's researches and technical training for students. A eight hundred and sixty four square meter pilot plant equipped with canning, freezing, dehydrating and fermenting facilities, and laboratories for General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, and Microbiology are served for teaching purpose.
All professors are very active in research.
The results have been published in both international and domestic famous journals.