Bachelor of Food Technology and Nutrition

RMIT University - City / Bundoora

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Overview

As an RMIT Food Technology and Nutrition student you will learn about the science of large-scale food manufacturing as you develop novel, safe, nutritious and convenient food products that meet consumer demand and comply with government and industry health and safety guidelines.

This course has a double major: the nutrition major focuses on human health, community nutrition and entrepreneurship while the food technology major deals with traditional and novel technologies employed in the manufacture of food products, sensory evaluation of foods, food formulation and quality assurance.

At RMIT’s Bundoora campus you will have access to state-of-the art facilities such as a product development laboratory; a fully equipped, computerised sensory and consumer testing suite; food processing pilot plant and a food analysis and characterisation laboratory.

You will graduate as a professional scientist who can operate effectively in all areas related to the processing and formulation of foods.

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL or at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL); Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.

Majors

Applied Nutrition, Community Nutrition, Entrepreneurship, Food chemistry, Food formulation and design, Food manufacturing, Food microbiology, Food packaging, Food safety, Food technology, Health & disease, Quality management, Sensory evaluation.

Potential Career Outcomes

The type of careers available to graduates include, product development, quality assurance, technical sales and marketing roles in food companies, technical and regulatory experts within government organisations, intermediary between food companies and the public, nutrition consultants, technical experts for businesses providing analytical services.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer92.7095.15
Median rank to receive an offer67.0071.90
Lowest rank to receive an offer53.8566.65

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the RMIT University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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