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Enhance your employability, gain professional experience and build your network with work placements.
We work with diverse employers, enabling us to find relevant placements for most food-related career paths.
Your opportunities include year-long industrial placements and summer placements.
The University of Reading is in the top 10 universities for food science in the UK (we are 7th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2023).
As a leading food science department, many companies want to work with our students. We'll help you find the right placement and give you the training and support you need before you start your role and whilst you are there.
Ellie Read
BSc Nutrition and Food Science with Professional Training
You'll receive:
Our dedicated placement coordinator will also:
Study in a world-class institution on a course accredited by the IFST. Gain real-world experience with a summer placement or choose to spend a year in industry.
Learn from world-leading experts in a supportive environment - through lectures, problem-based learning, group project work and hands-on practical work in the laboratory and pilot plant.
Our graduates typically find employment in food product development, quality management, food technology, and nutritional science. Recent employers include Douwe Egberts, Ferndale Foods and Innocent Drinks.
