About the NFE Program

The department is comprised with highly qualified academician and contemporary laboratories. In reality, graduates of this program have contributed in every way conceivable to meeting the three fundamental necessities of society: food, health, and medicine. The program Nutrition and Food Engineering (NFE) has built effective links with a variety of foreign experts, agencies, and International Organizations in order to provide students with every possible resources.

 

NFE's whole faculty and student body are devotedly and cooperatively striving toward a better future.

 

 

Admission Requirements [For Undergraduate Programs]

Total GPA 5 with minimum 2.5 either in SSC or HSC/equivalent is required for admission in Honors Programs. But a student having a minimum GPA 2.00 in SSC/HSC/equivalent with total GPA 6.00 or above may apply.

Minimum five subjects from O-Level and two subjects from A-Level are required for the admission of new students. Out of seven subjects, students must have obtained B-grade or GPA 4.00 in four subjects and C grade or GPA 3.50 in other three subjects respectively.

The candidates who intend to admit in any Undergraduate Programs under the School of Science and Technology and the School of Engineering must pass HSC/Diploma/equivalent examination from Science group.

 

Objectives of the Program Offering Entity

To become the leader in developing human resources to support the food processing industry and dietetics

To empower producers with the information and skills necessary for advanced preservation, processing, and value addition of agro-products

To promote research and development for the products enriched with nutrients and processes, as well as the assurance of a high level of food hygiene and safety

To foster food safety rules and regulations in support of a competitive, modern, nutritious, and consumer-safe food industry

 

VISION

The vision of the university is to be established as a top-ranking university nationally and internationally through continuous innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

 

 

 

MISSION

The mission of the university is to prepare students as competent, compassionate, ethically driven, and socially responsive professionals; to educate them through research for intellectual as well as social transformation and to enhance their lifelong learning capacity for adaptability to face the challenges of the 21st century.

 

 

Job Opportunities of the Program

The graduates of the program will have better opportunities to build their career in the production and quality control sections of different reputed national and multinational food industries.

 

They may be employed in research organizations for developing new products and processes like the Atomic Energy Commission, BCSIR, BSTI, BSFIC, BARI, and BIRTAN.

 

They may contribute well in international organizations like UNDP, UNESCO, FAO, WFP, etc. Graduates of this field are also eligible to apply in general and technical cadre in the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination.

 

To be able to list good sources of major nutrients to enumerate basic food groups & contribution of each group for planning a balanced diet.

 

To enable the participants to keep themselves at least of recent changes in Food engineering & management.

Curriculum Structure

A student must complete the program within 7 (seven) academic years.

 

                        Course component

                                           Credit

Core courses

139 Credits

Non Departmental courses

12 Credits

Total credit required for B.Sc. in NFE

151 Credits

Optional Courses

Non Departmental

09 Credits

 

Course Code

Course Title

Credit

1st Semester

NFE 1101

Introduction to Food Science and Technology

3.00

NFE 1103

Basic Industrial Chemistry

3.00

NFE 1104

Basic Industrial Chemistry Practical

1.00

ENG 1002

English Fundamentals

3.00

NFE 1105

Basic Human Nutrition

3.00

CSE 1003

Computer Fundamentals

3.00

BAN 1001

History of the Emergence of Bangladesh 

3.00

2nd Semester

NFE 1201

Organic Chemistry

3.00

NFE 1202

Organic Chemistry Practical

1.00

MAT 101

Mathematics-I

3.00

AOL 101

Art of living

3.00

NFE 1203

Unit Operations in Food Industries I

3.00

NFE 1205

Fruits and Vegetable Technology

3.00

NFE 1206

Fruits and Vegetable Technology Practical 

1.00

NFE 1207

Human Physiology

3.00

NFE 1208

Human Physiology Practical

1.00

3rd Semester

NFE 2101

Food Chemistry

3.00

NFE 2103

Dairy Engineering 

3.00

NFE 2104

Dairy Engineering Practical

1.00

NFE 2105

Sports Nutrition

3.00

NFE 2107

Unit Operations in Food Industries II

3.00

NFE 2108

Unit Operations in Food Industries Practical

1.00

NFE 2109

Food Laws and Regulations

3.00

NFE 2111

Marketing in Food Business

3.00

4th Semester

NFE 2201

Engineering Properties and Principle of Food Materials

3.00

NFE 2203

Baking and Confectionery Engineering

3.00

NFE 2204

Baking and Confectionary Engineering Practical

1.00

NFE 2205

Maternal and Child Nutrition

3.00

NFE 2207

Food Microbiology 

3.00

NFE 2208

Food Microbiology Practical

1.00

NFE 2209

Nutritional Biochemistry

3.00

NFE 2210

Nutritional Biochemistry Practical

1.00

NFE 2211

Technology of Meat, Fish and Poultry Products

3.00

5th Semester

NFE 3101

Food Plant and Machine Design

3.00

NFE 3103

Assessment of Nutritional Status

3.00

NFE 3105

Nutrition Planning

3.00

NFE 3107

Biostatistics

3.00

NFE 3109

Water and Beverage Technology

3.00

NFE 3110

Water and Beverage Technology Practical

1.00

NFE 3111

Food Preservation and Storage Engineering

3.00

NFE 3112

Food Preservation and Storage Engineering Practical 

1.00

6th Semester

NFE 3201

Nutrigenomics and Biotechnology

3.00

NFE 3203

Nutritional Epidemiology

3.00

NFE 3205

Environmental Food Engineering

3.00

NFE 3207

Food Packaging Engineering

3.00

NFE 3208

Food Packaging Engineering Practical

1.00

NFE 3209

Nutrition Education

3.00

NFE 3211

Nutrition in Emergencies

3.00

NFE 3213

Public Health Nutrition 

3.00

7th Semester

NFE 4101

Dietetics

3.00

NFE 4102

Dietetics Practical

1.00

NFE 4103 

Nutritional Data Management and Analysis

3.00

NFE 4105

Sensory Science

3.00

NFE 4107

Clinical Nutrition

3.00

NFE 4108

Clinical Nutrition Practical

1.00

NFE 4109

Quality Assurance and Food Safety

3.00

NFE 4111

Methods of Food Analysis

3.00

NFE 4112

Methods of Food Analysis Practical 

1.00

8th Semester

NFE 4202

Internship

3.00

NFE 4204

Project Work / Term Paper / Dissertation

4.00

Total Credit hour

151 Credits

   Numerical Grade

Letter Grade

Grade Point

80% and above

A+ (A Plus)

4.00

75% to less than 80%

A (A Regular)

3.75

70% to less than 75%

A- (A Minus)

3.50

65% to less than 70%

B+ (B Plus)

3.25

60% to less than 65%

B (B Regular)

3.00

55% to less than 60%

B- (B Minus)

2.75

50% to less than 55%

C+ (C Plus)

2.50

45% to less than 50%

C (C Regular)

2.25

40% to less than 45%

D (D Regular)

2.00

Less than 40%

F (Failure)

0.00