Food Engineering

Hello, I'm Ileyda Sacikara. I am a 3rd year student at Pamukkale University Food Engineering Department. Our department was established in 1994 and is located in Kınıklı Campus. Food Engineering is an engineering branch in which physical, chemical and biological sciences have application areas in the processing, storage, transportation and production of new foods. The purpose of the establishment of our department is to train food engineers with such skills. In the first year, there are courses such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics under the common compulsory subjects. In the second year, besides our non-departmental classes, we have our professional classes. In the 3rd year, courses related to the profession such as meat technology, milk technology, and grain technology are taught. In the 4th year, we have our undergraduate thesis, non-departmental technical electives and non-departmental social elective courses to complete. We have laboratories for chemical and instrumental analysis, along with meat technology and dairy technology. Our laboratories help us to transfer the knowledge we have learned theoretically into practice. We have 2 internships throughout our education. We do these internships in places such as factories and laboratories. In the last year, we complete our undergraduate thesis by doing scientific research on any subject. The sector where food engineers work intensively is the private sector. In addition to this, we can work in all kinds of businesses that process food. There are job opportunities available in public food control laboratories, municipalities and universities. I chose my department because of my interest in food and laboratories. I chose Pamukkale University because of its well-equipped and experienced academic staff. Laboratories, academic staff and library are the facilities I benefit the most from. After graduating, I want to do a master's degree and continue on the academic career path. We are waiting for candidates who are interested in food and laboratories and who want to be good engineers by being educated by good academic staff. I welcome all our friends to Denizli, the city which is full of natural beauties. I wish good luck to our friends who will take the university exam.