The Faculty of Nutritional Sciences and Food Technology has a long history in training Nutrition and Food Sciences. Professionals with the two groups of Nutrition Sciences and Food Sciences and Technology. With more than 20 experienced faculty members of varying degrees, including assistant, associate and full professors of nutrition and food sciences, the faculty admits students in undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral degrees in Nutritional Sciences, Food Technology and Quality Control, and Food Safety. The faculty members are fluent in Kurdish and English.

 Department of Food Science and Technology train students the latest scientific and applied achievements in quality control and food safety that can help to produce healthy food with the highest quality and the lowest losses. Nutrition professionals provide training in basic nutrition, cellular and molecular nutrition, community nutrition, and clinical nutrition with a focus on improving health and well-being of all population. Research and educational programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees integrate the basic and applied sciences with the aim of developing nutrition and food sciences and technology.

 Educational Status:

 The School of Nutritional Sciences and Food Technology has 14 academic staff (Professor:4, Associate Professor: 4, Assistant Professor: 6) working in two departments in which they have trained 278 students. The undergraduate and postgraduate disciplines offered by the faculty are Food Science and Technology (BSc and M.Sc.), Nutritional Sciences (M.Sc. and Ph.D), and Food Safety and Hygiene (M.Sc. and Ph.D). 

 Facilities:

1) Laboratories:

      • Laboratory of Nutritional and Food Technology Research.

      • Laboratory of Food Quality Control

      • Laboratory of Nutrition Research

      • Laboratory of Food Microbiology

 These laboratories have been equipped with specialize devices such as spectrophotometers, atomic absorption, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), automatic soxhlet, Real Time (PCR), ultrasound homogenizer, Bio Impedance Analyzer (BIA), and anthropometric equipments that provide a wide range of opportunities.

 2) Library

    • Library Services

    • Audio-Visual room

    • Interlibrary loan and article delivery

    • Open access databases

3) Information and communication Technology (ICI) center

Other Capabilities: 

   • Food Technology pilot plant (Launching)

   • Science and Technology innovation incubator (Center of communication with industry)

   • The second special faculty of disciplines related to food sciences and the just center in the west of country

   • The only electronic education center in west of the Iran

  • In terms of clinical education of nutrition students, the school collaborates with 3 clinics and 5 educational hospitals

   • Faculty members work at the clinics of Kermanshah university of Medical Sciences five days a week

   • Diet and counseling services in specialized clinics

Prospects for the future of school graduates:

 The graduates can find career opportunities with food processing firms, government agencies, and educational institutions. Types of positions available to food sciences and technology graduates include product development, quality assurance, food plant management, food research, food marketing and sales, education and extension. Nutrition graduates can also be recruited as a dietitian provide specialized diet program for cardiovascular disease, obesity, weight loss, diabetic, renal disease, gastrointestinal, oncology,ICU hospitalized, pregnant and lactating and etc.

    • Teaching graduate students in nutrition science with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to provide therapeutic, educational, and research services.

   • Theoretical training of medical and paramedical students in the field of nutrition principles and diet therapy

   • Educating outstanding nutritional experts

   • Conducting applied research in specialized nutrition fields

   • Launching nutrition retraining courses for alumni in nutrition, nursing, midwifery, medicine and pharmacy

   • Conducting fundamental and applied research in various specialized nutrition fields

   •  Investigating the problems of diet therapy in hospitals and to solve existing problems

   • Carrying out research related to the food industry in cooperation with the food technology group

  • Expanding proper nutrition culture in Kermanshah province by holding educational sessions in the community and media