BSc Food Chemistry at University of Stuttgart

Food chemistry is a discipline within chemistry that is committed to consumer protection and contributes to the safe handling of foodstuffs, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other necessities. In addition to food testing and control, the discipline is also concerned with feed safety, nutrition and health issues. In studying for the Bachelor’s, you will acquire, in addition to fundamentals of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, an up-to-date and broad-ranging basic education in food chemistry that includes the intersections of chemistry with the life sciences.

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time, German-taught (offered jointly with University of Hohenheim)  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Practical lab exercises materially contribute to methodological and problem solving competence, especially in the area of analytical testing. The Food Chemistry curriculum is offered jointly with the University of Hohenheim.

Career pathways

Food chemists work in government agencies and offices, in analytical laboratories in commerce, technology, and industry, at universities, and as self-employed professionals. The range of fields of activity extends from food, cosmetics, luxury goods, and consumer goods control, development, and research to a variety of tasks in environmental protection.

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