ITU Department of Food Engineering

 

The Food Engineering program of the Istanbul Technical University is the first food engineering program offered in Istanbul. The foundation of the Food Engineering Department in ITU has been pioneered by some faculty members of the Chemical Engineering Department in the School of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering in 1987. Following the recruitment of faculty members the department admitted the first students in 1990-1991 academic years. Department has been ranked as the second best, based on the OSYM examination scores among food engineering programs of other universities in Türkiye.

The Food Engineering program is supported by 9 full-time professors, 5 Associate Professors, 4 Assistant Professors, 3 staff (one administrative and two technical) and 15 research assistants. The full-time faculty of Food Engineering Department has a broad range of technical interest and expertise within food engineering area.

ITU Food Engineering Undergraduate Program: Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.

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The annual meeting of the EHEDG

by Evren Demircan | Oct 25, 2023
The annual meeting of the "European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (www.ehedg.org)" organization was held.
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The annual meeting of the "European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (www.ehedg.org)" organization was held this year on 17 and 18 October 2023 at Polat Bosphorus Renaissance Hotel with the participation of 120 people from 30 different countries. As ITU Food Engineering Department, we took part in the meeting organization committee. The organizer of the meeting was Retired Faculty Member of our Department, Prof. Dr. Onur Devres was assisted by our faculty member Assist. Prof. Dr. Ebru Fıratlıgil and our undergraduate students Şebnem Erkan, Berfin Yıldız and Yiğit Berçintürk.