Food science and engineering majors are based on food science and engineering science, the study of food nutrition and health, process design and social production, food processing and storage and food safety and hygiene of the discipline, is an important part of the life sciences and engineering sciences, is an important bridge connecting food science and industrial engineering. With the world population expansion brought about by the food crisis continues to intensify, as well as the arrival of the era of large-scale industrialization of the food sector and people's concern for food nutrition and hygiene deepened. Food science and engineering majors in the food industry in the field of engineering design, nutrition and health field, safety inspection field, supervision and management of the field plays an increasingly important role and responsibilities.

Depending on the institution, the program has the direction of food processing, storage and transportation, food nutrition safety and testing, food engineering design and research and development, food quality management and supervision, food business management. Increasingly emphasized and supported by all aspects of society, the employment prospects are good.

After graduation, students can be engaged in various types of food enterprises, food engineering design, new product development (green, organic, functional food), food nutrition research, food quality testing, food quality control, technical management, technical supervision, food machinery and equipment management, food packaging design, food storage management, food transportation management, business management, food science and promotion of results. In the Food and Drug Administration, Customs, Commodity Inspection, health epidemic prevention, import and export, Industry and Commerce Bureau, Quality and Technical Supervision and other governmental or institutional departments to carry out product analysis, testing, technical supervision, law enforcement, management, etc.; but also in the relevant state organs, colleges and universities, scientific research institutes to carry out research and teaching work, etc..

Set up the major institutions and professional assessment in the A- or above are: Jiangnan University, Nanchang University, China Agricultural University, South China University of Technology, Zhejiang University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ocean University of China, Huazhong Agricultural University, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Hefei University of Technology, Dalian University of Technology and so on