HND Food Technology

The HND Food Technology programme provides students with broad training in the basic sciences and technologies in the area of food, while exposing them to marketing and entrepreneurial skills to build competencies in food technology.

Key areas covered include food chemistry, food microbiology, food analysis, food quality assurance, food processing and preservation, postharvest loss assessment, food biotechnology, meat and poultry technology, sensory evaluation of foods, food toxicology, baking and confectionery technology, technology of dairy products, food product development, stored-product pest & control, cold chain management, e-commerce in the agrifood industry, food packaging technology and entrepreneurship.

WASSCE applicants: Passes in six (6) subjects, comprising three (3) core subjects — English, Mathematics and Integrated Science — not exceeding D7, and three (3) Science, Agriculture and Home Economics electives not exceeding C6.

Mature Applicants

• Must be at least 25 years old.
• Must have a pure science, agriculture or home economics background from GCE O & A Levels or SSSCE/WASSCE.
• Must have at least two years of working experience in the food industry and pass an Entrance Examination.

Graduates have the expertise to process and preserve food, develop new food products, and ensure quality and safety for public consumption. They are equipped to work across the agrifood sector — in food manufacturing and processing companies, quality assurance and regulatory bodies, research institutions — and to create jobs for themselves and their communities.