Bachelor of Food Science and Human Nutrition / Bachelor of Business

Design your own career in the food industry

Match business skills with your passion for food and nutrition, and maximise your employability once you graduate.

With society facing new challenges in food production, and the demand for sustainable and healthy choices growing, there’s never been a better time to enter the food and nutrition industry.

This combined degree allows you to pair in-depth scientific knowledge with business expertise across marketing, tourism, industrial relations and more.

Course overview

You will gain extensive practical experience from our well-equipped laboratories and industry partners. Our bachelor program covers a wide range of topics, which prepare you for leading roles as a food and nutrition professional and give you a competitive edge in the job market.

Core courses include:

• biology and biochemistry
• food marketing and consumer behaviour
• food safety and microbiology
• food technologies
• nutrition in health and disease
• accounting
• management
• finance

Admission to our undergraduate degree programs usually requires successful completion of a senior secondary school qualification similar to the Higher School Certificate (HSC), the highest educational award in New South Wales schools.

Applicants who do not speak English as a first language must demonstrate that they meet the University's English proficiency requirement. Further information regarding English language proficiency requirements can be found at the English Language Proficiency for Admission Policy.

In the application portal, you can enter the program you wish to study and upload relevant documents needed as part of your application. It is recommended you submit your application a minimum of 12 weeks before your intended semester of trimester start date.

The food industry is rapidly growing as society becomes savvier and the thirst for transparency and nutritional information grows.

Professional outcomes:

• food scientist, technologist or chemist
• food product development officer
• food biotechnologist
• flavourist
• nutrition educator or researcher
• community health promotions officer