IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of FOOD ENGINEERING

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Graduate Program

Master of Science in Food Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy in Food Engineering

 

Doctor of Philosophy in Food Engineering

Applicants of Ph.D. programme in Food Engineering must hold a Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Science. The required course load is 21 in ÝYTE credit hours for students with MS degree and 42 in ÝYTE credit hours for students with B.S. degree. Continuous registration is required of all Ph.D. students until the thesis is approved unless special permission from the Graduate School of Engineering and Sciences is obtained. 

 

Students with BS degree in programme other than Food Engineering have to take additional undergraduate courses such as Mathematics, Microbiology and Chemistry offered in related departments (depending on students background with the consent of department/supervisor).

 

Core Courses

FE 600   Ph.D. Thesis                                                                     (0-1)NC                                       

FE 503   Advanced Food Microbiology**                                        (3-0)3

              or FE 518   Food and Industrial Microbiology**               (3-0)3

FE 511   Advanced Food Chemistry**                                           (3-0)3

              or FE 525 Advanced Food Biochemistry**                       (3-0)3

FE 532   Food Engineering Principles**                                         (3-0)3
FE 536   Design of Experiments**                                                
(3-0)3
FE 598   Seminar*                                                                         (0-1)NC     
FE 800   Special Studies (thesis advisor’s 800 course)                  (4-0)NC 
FE 900   Special Topics (thesis advisor’s 900 course)                    (0-1)NC 

 

*This course must be taken by Ph.D. students accepted with B.S. degree until the beginning of their 6th semester. 

**If these courses are taken during MS education, there is no obligation to register these courses during Ph.D. education.

 

Once students determine their thesis topic, they have to register for the FE 500 course and thesis supervisor’s 800 and 900 courses, the code of which changes with faculty member.

 

Total number of semesters: 8 semester + maximum of 4 semesters of extension (for students with MS degree)

Total number of semesters: 10 + maximum 4 semesters of extension (for students with B.S. degree)

 

 

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