B.S. in Food Engineering
Create the future of food.
A Food Engineer plays a key role in creating innovative solutions that impact how the world produces, processes, and consumes food. From day one, you’ll be prepared to make a real impact in a vital and dynamic industry, integrating advanced technologies, alternative ingredients, and sustainable processes. Here, you’ll learn to design products and processes that nourish the present… and the future.
Your career at Tec
Program Curriculum
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"At the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tec, we educate passionate engineers and scientists who apply technology, science, and innovation to transform the world. Our students develop creative solutions to today’s challenges and have a positive impact across various sectors.
We offer opportunities to boost your skills, a valuable network, and a focus on research, leadership, and technological development. Beyond academic excellence, we foster human skills and entrepreneurship, preparing leaders ready to face the challenges of the modern world."
Feniosky Avelhermi Pena-Mora – Dean of the School of Engineering and Sciences
Food Engineering at Tec
Learn Through an Integrated Experience
Explore the foundations of engineering—chemistry, biology, and mathematics—while beginning to solve real challenges in labs and multidisciplinary projects.
Dive into subjects like microbiology, food processing, product design, and sustainability. Collaborate with industry partners and choose concentrations to specialize your profile.
Engage with the professional world through multidisciplinary modules, fieldwork, and capstone projects. You’ll be prepared to lead food innovation initiatives with global impact.
Collaborate with:
International Experiences
Thanks to our partnerships with world-class universities in over 48 countries, you can study, travel, and collaborate on international experiences that prepare you to lead with global impact.
- University of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
- Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain)
- AgroParisTech (France)
- Scuola Lorenzo de Medici (Italy)
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (DAAD) (Germany)
- Algorithmic Thinking
- Biology and Sustainability
- Differential and Integral Calculus
- Elective Course Mathematics and Science
- Induction to the Social Service
- Innovative Perspectives in Engineering
- Tec Week Elective I
- The Laws of Motion and Conservation
- Academic English
- Chemistry Fundamentals
- Elective Course Humanities and Fine Arts
- Exploration Topic
- Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
- Linear Algebra
- Multivariable Calculus
- Statistics and Data Handling
- Tec Week Elective II
- Tec Week Elective III
- Biomolecules and Metabolism
- Elective Course Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Fundamentals of Differential Equations
- Fundamentals of Microbiology and Cell Biology
- Fundamentals of Organic Compounds
- Mass and Energy Balances
- Numerical Analysis in Process Engineering
- Tec Week Elective IV
- Tec Week Elective V
- Disciplinary Tec week
- Elective Course Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Experimental Design and Analysis in Bioprocesses
- Food analysis
- Food Chemistry
- Food Processing
- Physical Chemistry of Foods
- Practical Aspects of Food Characterization
- Tec Week Elective VI
- Elective Course Ethics and Citizenship
- Engineering of Thermal and Nonthermal Processes
- Food Product Design
- Principles for the Development of Functional Foods
- Professional Life Planning
- Sensory Evaluation
- Tec Week Elective VII
- Transport Phenomena in Bioprocess
- Applied Engineering Economics
- Food Safety
- Food Transformation and Preservation
- Process Management and Quality Assurance
- Project Management
- Sustainable Food Systems
- Tec Week Elective IX
- Tec Week Elective VIII
- Professional Elective I
- Professional Elective II
- Professional Elective III
- Professional Elective IV
- Professional Elective V
- Professional Elective VI
- Tec Week Elective X
- Tec Week Elective XI
- Elective Multidisciplinary Professional
- Process Design for the Food Industry
- Strategies and Guides for the Final Degree Exam
- Tec Week Elective XII
The courses in the curriculum are subject to change without prior notice. To view the most up-to-date version, please check this page.
Enhance Your Profile with Tec Concentrations
Specialize in key areas of your degree and add distinctive value to your education: dive deeper with disciplinary concentrations or broaden your profile with complementary transversal skills.
Disciplinary Concentrations:
- Bioentrepreneurship and Circular Economy
- Development of New Chemical and Biotech Products
- Operational Evolution for Industry
- Innovation in Food Development
- Systems and 4.0 Technologies
- Sustainable Water Use
Transversal Concentrations
- Data Analytics and AI Tools
- Quality of Life and Well-being
- Design, Innovation, and Tech Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship in Action
- Family Business, Sustainability, and Legacy
- Government and Public Transformation
- Artificial Intelligence for Data Science
- Conscious Business
- Financial Vision for Decision-Making
Related Majors
B.S. in Agricultural Biosystems Engineering
B.S. in Biotechnology Engineering
B.S. in Sustainable Development Engineering
B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering
B.S. in Innovation and Development Engineering
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering
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