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Approved Undergraduate Programs

The universities listed here have food science and technology departments or programs that offer curricula and options that the IFT Committee on Higher Education has determined meet the IFT Undergraduate Education Standards for Degrees in Food Science. Students enrolled in these programs are eligible to apply for IFT Scholarships .

Many of these departments also offer curricular options that do not meet the Education Standards. Students enrolled in those options are not eligible . The following list gives only the eligible options. The list is under continual review by the IFT Committee on Higher Education and changes each year.

This list applies only to Undergraduate Scholarships. Graduate Scholarship applicants may attend any school conducting fundamental investigation for the advancement of food science and technology.


 
Alabama A&M University
Martha Verghese, Ph.D.
Professor & Interim Chair
Nutritional Biochemistry/Carcinogenesis
Department of Food and Animal Sciences
PO Box 1628
Normal, AL 35762
Phone: (256) 372-4175
Fax: (256) 372-5432
Email: martha.verghese@aamu.edu
Web: http://saes.aamu.edu/fas/index.htm
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science and Technology

University of Alberta
Pamela Minty, BA
Student Services Assistant
Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Alberta
2-31 General Services Building
Edmonton, Alberta  T6G 2H1
Canada
Phone: (780) 492 - 4933  
Toll-free: 1-800-804-6417 (Western Canada)
Fax: (780) 492 - 0097
Email: questions@ales.ualberta.ca
Web: www.afhe.ualberta.ca/Student%20Information/

University of Arkansas
Dr. Ron Buescher
Dept. of Food Science
2650 N. Young Ave.
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72704
Phone: 479-575-4605
Fax: 479-575-6936
E-mail:buescher@uark.edu
Web: www.uark.edu/depts/foodsci/foodsci-home.html
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science Concentration

Brigham Young University
Michael L. Dunn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science
Brigham Young University
S-221 ESC
Provo, UT 84602
Phone: 801-422-6670
Fax: 801-422-0258
E-mail: michael_dunn@byu.edu
Web http://ndfs.byu.edu

University of British Columbia
Dr. David D. Kitts,
Professor, Food Science
Rm 219, Food, Nutrition and Health
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada. V6T-1Z4
Phone: 604-822-5560
Fax: 604-822-4143
Email: ddkitts@interchange.ubc.ca
Web: www.agsci.ubc.ca
Eligible Degree and Option: B.Sc. Food, Nutrition & Health

University of California-Davis
Dr. Charles W. Bamforth
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, California 95616-8598
Phone: 530-752-8079
Fax: 530-752-4759
E-mail: cwbamforth@ucdavis.edu
Web: http://foodscience.ucdavis.edu
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science
Options: 1. Food Technology; 2.Food Chemistry; 3.Food Biology-Microbiology; 4. Food Business and Management; 5. Brewing Science; 6. Consumer Science; 7. Food Biochemistry

California Polytechnic State University
Dr. Doris Derelian, PhD, JD, RD, FADA
Food Science & Nutrition Dept.
One Grand Ave., 11-243
259 Agricultural Sciences Bldg.
San Luis Obispo, California 93407
Phone: 805-756-2660
Fax: 805-756-1146
E-mail: derelian@calpoly.edu
Web: www.calpoly.edu/~fsn
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science

Clemson University
Dr. Anthony L. Pometto
Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
223 Poole Agricultural Center
Box 340316
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0316
phone: 864-656-5681
fax: 864-656-0331
email: pometto@clemson.edu
Web: http://www.clemson.edu/foodscience
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science
Options: Food Science and Technology

Cornell University
Dr. Kathryn J. Boor
Dept. of Food Science
114 Stocking Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-7201
Phone: 607-255-7900
Fax: 607-254-4868
E-mail: kjb4@cornell.edu
Web: www.foodscience.cornell.edu
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science
Options: 1. Basic Food Science 2. Food Biotechnology 3. Food Operations and Management 4. Enology

University of Delaware
Dr. Limin Kung
Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences
044 Townsend Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716-2103
Phone 302-831-2524
Fax: 302-831-2822
E-mail:lksilage@udel.edu
Web:http://ag.udel.edu
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science and Technology

University of Florida
Dr. Charles Sims
Food Science & Human Nutrition Dept.
359 Food Science & Human Nutr. Bldg., Newell Dr.
P.O. Box 110370
Gainesville, Florida 32611-0370
Phone: 352-392-1991, Ext. 202
Fax: 352-846-1157
E-mail:cas@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Web:http://fshn.ifas.ufl.edu/
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Human Nutrition
Option: Food Science

University of Georgia
Dr. Rakesh Singh
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
Athens, Georgia 30602-7610
Phone: 706-542-2286
Fax: 706-542-1050
E-mail:rsingh@uga.edu
Web: http://www.caes.uga.edu/departments/fst/
Eligible Degree: B.S. Agri., Food Science and Technology
Options: 1. Science 2. Technology 3. Engineering

University of Guelph
Dr. Peter Purslow
Dept. of Food Science
Guelph, ON, CANADA
NIG 2W1
Phone: 519-824-4120
Fax: 519-824-6631
E-mail: ppurslow@uoguelph.ca
Web: www.foodscience.uoguelph.ca/home/  
Eligible Degree and Option: B.Sc. Food Science
University of Idaho
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences - Food Science Program
Program Director: Dr. Alan McCurdy, Interim Department Head
Contact: Gayle Gleason, Administrative Assistant
Dept. Food Science and Toxicology
P.O. Box 442312
6th Street and Rayburn Street
Agricultural Sciences Building, Room 111
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2312
Phone: 208-885-0707
E-mail: foodscience@uidaho.edu
Web:www.ag.uidaho.edu/fst  
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science, M.S. Food Science, Ph.D. Food Science

University of Illinois
Dr. Faye Dong
Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition
260 Bevier Hall
905 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: 217-244-4498
Fax: 217-244-2455
E-mail: fayedong@uiuc.edu
Web:www.fshn.uiuc.edu
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Human Nutrition
Option: Food Science

Iowa State University
Dr. Ruth MacDonald
Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition
2312 Food Sciences Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-1061
Phone: 515-294-3011
Fax: 515-294-8181
E-mail: ruthmacd@iastate.edu  
Web: www.fshn.hs.iastate.edu/
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science
Option: Food Science and Technology; Food Science and Industry 

Kansas State University
Dr. John A. Unruh
Dept. of Animal Science and Industry
258 Weber Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-0201
Phone: 785-532-1245
Fax: 785-532-7059
Email: junruh@ksu.edu
Web: http://www.foodsci.k-state.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=707
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science and Industry

University of Kentucky
Dr. Clair L. Hicks
Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences
206 W. P. Garrigus Bldg.
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0215
Phone: 859-257-7538
Fax: 859-257-5318
E-mail: clhicks@uky.edu
Web: www.uky.edu/Agriculture/AnimalSciences/foodsci/foodscience.html
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science
 
 
Louisiana State University
Dr. John Finley
Dept. of Food Science
111 Food Science Bldg.
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Phone: 225-578-5085
Fax: 225-578-5300
E-mail: jfinely@agctr.lsu.edu
Web: www.agctr.lsu.edu/foodscience
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S.  Food Science & Technology

University of Maine
Dr. Rodney J. Bushway
Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition
5735 Hitchner Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5735
Phone: 207-581-1626
Fax: 207-581-1636
E-mail: rbushway@maine.edu
Web: www.ume.maine.edu/~nfa/fsn/
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Human Nutrition
Option: Food Science

University of Manitoba
Dr. R. Gary Fulcher
Dept. of Food Science
250 Ellis Bldg.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
CANADA R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-9601
Fax: 204-474-7630
E-mail: fulcher@cc.umanitoba.ca
Web: www.umanitoba.ca/afs/food_science
Eligible Degree and Option: B.Sc. Food Science

University of Maryland
Dr. Mickey Parish
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Nutrition & Food Science
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources 
0112 Skinner Building 
College Park, Maryland 20742
Phone: 301-405-0773
Fax: 301-314-3313
E-mail: mparish@umd.edu
Web: www.agnr.umd.edu/nfsc.
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science

University of Massachusetts
Eric Decker
Department of Food Science & Nutrition
236 Chenowith Building
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
Office: 413-545-1026
Fax: 413-545-1262
Email: edecker@foodsci.umass.edu

McGill University
Macdonald Campus
Dr. Selim Kermasha
Dept. of Food Science and Agri. Chemistry
21,111 Lakeshore Rd.
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
CANADA H9X 3V9
Phone: 514-398-7922
Fax: 514-398-8132
E-mail: selim.kermasha@mcgill.ca
Web: www.mcgill.ca/foodscience
Eligible Degree and Option: B.Sc. Food Science

Instituto Technologico y de Estudios
Superiores De Monterrey

Dr. Deyanira Trujillo
Food Industry Engineering Program
Eugenio Garza Sada 2501
Monterrey Nuevo Leon
MEXICO 64849
Phone:01-152-83-28-42-46
Fax: SAME
E-mail: deyanira.trujillo@itesm.mx
Web: www.mty.itesm.mx/dia/carreras/iia
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Industry Engineering

University of Minnesota
Gary Reineccius, Professor and Head
225 Food Science and Nutrition - U of Minnesota
1334 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-1038
Phone - 612.624.3224
Fax - 612.625.5272
E-mail: greinecc@umn.edu
Website: http://fscn.cfans.umn.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/reineccius.html

Mississippi State University
Dr. William Mikel (Benjy)
Professor and Head
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
Box 9805
Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
Phone: 662-325-5508
Fax: 662-325-8728
E-mail: wbm50@msstate.edu
Web:  http://www.msstate.edu/dept/fsnhp  
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Nutrition
Option: Science
 
University of Missouri
Joann Lewis
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
122 Eckles Hall
256 WC Stringer Wing of Eckles Hall
Columbia, Missouri 65211-5160
Phone: 573-882-4113
Fax: 573-882-0596
E-mail:  lewisj@missouri.edu   
Web: http://foodscience.missouri.edu
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Nutrition
Option: Science
 
University of Nebraska
Dr. Rolando A. Flores
Dept. of Food Science and Technology and Food Processing Center
143 Filley Hall
PO Box 830919
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0919
Phone: 402-472-1664
Fax: 402-472-1693
E-mail: rflores2@unl.edu
Web:http://foodsci.unl.edu/
Eligible Degree: B.S. Agr. Science, Food Science Major
Option: Science
 
North Carolina State University
Dr. Donn R. Ward
Dept. of Food Science
Box 7624, 100 Schaub Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7624
Phone: 919-515-2951
Fax: 919-515-4694
E-mail: drw@unity.ncsu.edu
Web: http://fsweb2.schaub.ncsu.edu/foodscience
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science

North Dakota State University
Dr. Cliff Hall
Harris Hall, Rm. 210
Fargo, North Dakota 58105
Phone: 701-231-6359
Fax: 701-231-5171
E-mail: clifford.hall@ndsu.nodak.edu
Web: http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/academic/factsheets/ag/foodsci.shtml
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science

Ohio State University
Dr. V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam, Ph.D.
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
2015 Fyffe Rd.
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1007
Phone: 614-292-6281
Fax: 614-292-0218
E-mail: balasubramaniam.1@osu.edu
Web: http://fst.osu.edu
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science

Oregon State University
Dr. Robert J. McGorrin
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
100 Wiegand Hall
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-6602
Phone: 541-737-8737
Fax: 541-737-1877
E-mail:robert.mcgorrin@orst.edu
Web: http://osu.orst.edu/dept/foodsci
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Technology
Options: 1. Food Science;  2. Fermentation Science;  3. Enology and Viticulture
 
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. John Floros
Dept. of Food Science
111 Borland Lab
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-2504
Phone: 814-865-5444
Fax: 814-863-6132
E-mail:jdf10@psu.edu
Web:www.foodscience.psu.edu
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science

Purdue University
Dr. S. Suzanne Nielsen
Dept. of Food Science
745 Agriculture Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
Phone: 765-494-8256
Fax: 765-494-7953
E-mail: nielsens@purdue.edu
Web: www.foodsci.purdue.edu
or
Purdue University
Dr. Connie Weaver
Dept. of Foods and Nutrition
1264 Stone Hall
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1264
Phone: 765-494-8237
Fax: 765-494-0674
E-mail:weavercm@purdue.edu
Web: www.cfs.purdue.edu/fn
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science; B.S. Food Manufacturing Operations

Rutgers-The State University
Dr. Mukund Karwe
Department of Food Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
65 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Tel: 732-932-9611 ext 201
Email: karwe@aesop.rutgers.edu
Web: http://foodsci.rutgers.edu/karwe
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science
Options: 1. Food Chemistry 2. Food Biological Technologies 3. Operations-Management

San Jose State University
Dr. Lucy McProud
Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science
San Jose, California 95192-0058
Phone: 408-924-3100
Fax: 408-924-3114
E-mail:Lmcproud@email.sjsu.edu
Web: www.sjsu.edu
Eligible Degree: B.S. Nutritional Science
Option: Food Science and Technology

University of Tennessee
Dr. P. Michael Davidson, Interim Head
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
114 McLeod Bldg.
2509 River Dr.
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4539
Phone: 865-974-7331
Fax: 865-974-7332
E-mail: pmdavidson@utk.edu
Web: http://foodscience.tennessee.edu/  
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science and Technology

Texas A&M University
Dr. Michael McBurney, PhD, FACN
Department Head
Department of Nutrition & Food Science
Kleberg Center
College Station, Texas 77843-2472
Phone: 979-458-3428
Fax: 979-458-3405
E-mail: mimcburney@tamu.edu
Web: http://ifse.tamu.edu/
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Technology
Options: 1. Industry 2. Science

Tuskegee University
Dr. Ralphenia D. Pace
Dept. of Food and Nutritional Sciences
204 T.M. Campbell Hall
Tuskegee, Alabama 36088
Phone: 334-727-8323
E-mail: gherdp@tuskegee.edu
Eligible Degree: B.S. in Food and Nutritional Sciences
Option: Food Science

Utah State University
Charles E. Carpenter
Utah State University
Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science
UMC 8700
Logan, Utah 84322-8700
Phone: 435-797-3665
Fax: 435-797-2379
E-mail: chuckc@cc.usu.edu
Eligible Degree: B.S. Nutrition and Food Sciences
Option: Food Science

Virginia Tech
Joseph Marcy
Dept. of Food Science and Technology (0418)
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Phone: 540-231-7850
Fax: 540-231-9293
E-mail: jmarcy@vt.edu
Web: www.fst.vt.edu
Eligible Degree and Option: B.S. Food Science and Technology
Option: Science   2. Pre-Professional

Washington State University
Barry Swanson
Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 106
Pullman, Washington 99164-6376
Phone: 509-335-9103
Fax: 509-335-4815
E-mail:  swansonb@wsu.edu
Web: www.av.fshn.wsu.edu
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science and Human Nutrition
Option: Food Science

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Srinivasan Damodaran
Chair, Dept. of Food Science
1605 Linden Dr.
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Phone: 608-263-2012
E-mail: sdamodar@wisc.edu
Web: www.wisc.edu/foodsci
Eligible Degree: B.S. Food Science
Options: 1. Natural Sciences, 2. Business, 3. Int'l Agri. and Natural Resources

 

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