The School of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology has a long history of
training Nutrition and Food Science
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 school admits
students in undergraduate,
postgraduate, postdoctoral degrees in "Nutritional Sciences," Food
Technology and Quality Control and "and "Food Safety ". The faculty
members are fluent in Kurdish and English.
The Faculty of Nutrition
and Food Technology aims for excellence with comprehensive,
integrated, and 21st century education, scholarship, and outreach. Food science
professionals train students in the quality,
processing, and safety of foods for the multibillion
dollar food industry. Nutrition
professionals provide training
in nutrition science,
community nutrition, and clinical nutrition with a focus on improving
health and well-being
of all citizens and populations.
Scholarly and educational programs
at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels integrate the basic and applied sciences with
outreach
Major Facilities
Units & Equipment Department of Food Sciences and
Technology for use students & researchers
Laboratories:
Laboratory of Nutritional Research and Food Industry.
Laboratory of Food Quality
Control.
Laboratory of Nutrition Research.
Laboratory of Food Microbiology.
Its active laboratories including Food Microbiology, Food Quality Control
and Nutrition Research, which are equipped with specialized devices such as
spectrophotometers, atomic absorption, high performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC), automatic soxhlet,
Real Time (PCR), ultrasound homogenizer, Biomedicine (BIA) and anthropometric
equipments that provide a wide range of opportunities for
performing experiments required for graduate studies
Well-equipped open
access library,
auditorium and conference hall and Information and Technology site
Center of computer sites
equipped with systems (All in one ) for students