BP199
14 Feb 2025
10 Oct 2025
Have you ever wondered what it takes to create, manufacture and market your own innovative food brand? Do you want to make an impact on your community’s health and help inform people about nutrition? Then this Bachelor of Science program, with two majors in Food Technology and Nutrition, is for you. Learn what it takes to be at the forefront of the future of food and help design the food of the future!
The Nutrition Major covers human health, nutrients and sustenance, whereas the Food Technology Major focuses on manufacturing, both traditional and futuristic, sensory evaluation of food, product development and quality assurance. Both majors will have their own, separate, final year project.
Foundational courses in chemistry and microbiology will root you firmly into the food tech and nutrition industries, along with courses in food processing and human nourishment.
Graduates in this program will be fully prepared to enter the dynamic and broad food tech and nutrition industries, including having the skills to venture forth as an entrepreneur and build their own brand and business.
Graduates of both majors are eligible for AIFST (Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology) membership. Nutrition major graduates are eligible to apply for registration as a nutritionist with the Nutrition Society of Australia.
The structure displayed shows the advised program structure and progression.
Students can choose to:
Food Technology: learn traditional and novel technologies employed in the manufacture of food products, as well as sensory evaluation of foods, product development and quality assurance.
Nutrition: learn to improve the nutritional quality of our manufactured food supply, creating safe and nutritious foods that taste good and have a balanced nutritional profile.
Food Technology major:
OR
Nutrition major:
Nutrition major:
OR
Food Technology major:
University elective*
* University elective: Students can choose from elective courses offered across the university in any other program.
Notes: If you choose to double major in Food Technology and Nutrition, there will be no minors, electives or Industry Placement course in your curriculum.
Program guide for RMIT Saigon South.
Graduates of both majors are eligible for AIFST (Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology) membership. Nutrition major graduates are eligible to apply for registration as a nutritionist with the Nutrition Society of Australia.
While building Work Integrated Learning (WIL) into each major, the program also exposes you to a variety of different learning environments, including lectures, tutorials, laboratory and pilot plant practicals, visits to industrial facilities, and both individual and group work.
A substantial amount of time is spent in labs and food processing facilities, where you will take part in production trials and development projects. Laboratory activities in your first year are simulated online, after which you move into real practice. The virtual lab ensures that all students have easy access for their training. This provides opportunities to perfect practical skills, while also improving crucial soft skills such as teamwork and time management.
The majority of the program’s courses have been adapted to online delivery, meaning course materials, tutorials and other needed files can easily be accessed through your student portal.
Assessments come in the form of tests and quizzes during each semester, research assignments, reports on your practical work and industry visits, class presentations and a final assessment.
1.0 Demonstrate a coherent understanding of science
1.1 You will demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method and an ability to apply the scientific method in practice.
1.2 You will demonstrate a coherent understanding of the role, relevance and significance of food technology and nutrition in society.
1.3 You will demonstrate an understanding of the role and importance of evidence in the continuous evolution of scientific knowledge.
2.0 Exhibit depth and breadth of scientific knowledge
2.1 You will demonstrate a depth and breadth of the core concepts in food technology and nutrition.
2.2 You will demonstrate an ability to implement the principles and practices that underpin product development, food processing, ingredient interactions, and quality assurance.
2.3 You will develop an appreciation of the significance of research and management to the development and production of innovative, safe and healthy foods.
2.4 You will demonstrate an ability to appropriately apply nutrition and dietary guidelines.
2.5 You will demonstrate an understanding of the food value chain, essentials of food advertising and marketing, and principles of financial management.
3.0 Critically analyse and solve scientific problems
3.1 You will demonstrate an ability to apply scientific principles and methods to solve problems associated with food technology and/or nutrition.
3.2 You will be able to gather and critically review information from a range of technical and scientific sources, and synthesise information relevant to an issue related to the food and/or nutrition industries.
3.3 You will demonstrate the ability to apply appropriate critical and analytical thought to issues related to food technology and/or nutrition.
3.4 You will develop project and business management skills relevant to the food and nutrition industries, including designing a project to solve the problem, planning its implementation, collecting data, drawing valid conclusions and appropriately communicating results.
4.0 Demonstrate effective communication of science
4.1 You will be able to effectively communicate about food and nutrition issues using oral, written and presentation skills.
4.2 You will demonstrate an ability to write technical and scientific reports.
4.3 You will be able to communicate the solution to a problem or the result of a technical or scientific investigation using appropriate terminology for the intended audience.
5.0 Demonstrate accountability for your own learning and scientific work
5.1 You will demonstrate accountability for your own learning and professional conduct.
5.2 You will demonstrate initiative and independence.
5.3 You will demonstrate an ability to work responsibly, safely and ethically.
5.4 You will develop an ability to work collaboratively.
RMIT provides world-class blended learning with both face-to-face and online experiences in a global network, a supportive community, and real-world skills.
Given the practical experience gained during the program, graduates will have access to an exciting array of careers both within Vietnam and internationally. This is ideal for anyone wishing to:
When you successfully complete this program, you may be eligible for entry into an RMIT honours or postgraduate program in Vietnam and Australia.
Payments can be made each semester, on a course-by-course basis.
Fee program |
Annual tuition fee(based on full time study load - 8 courses) |
Whole program fee(24 courses - 288 credits)
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| 14,187 USD (indicative USD fee) ~ 351,264,000 VND | 42,560 USD (indicative USD fee) ~ 1,053,792,000 VND |
Notes:
Successfully complete RMIT Vietnam English Advanced, or complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
For other recognised English results, please view English equivalency requirements.
Previous study and proficiency tests are recognised for two years from the completion date or test date to the program commencement date unless stated otherwise.
Where you have achieved more than one form of English language proficiency only the most relevant achievement will be considered in the admission decision.
Please contact the RMIT Vietnam Student Recruitment team for more information.
Don't meet the English language test scores? Successfully complete English for University for entry into this program.
Come from a partner institution? RMIT has pathway arrangements with many partner institutions around the world. If your institution has a pathway arrangement with RMIT, you may be able to receive credit and reduce the time it will take to complete your preferred RMIT program.
Find out if your institution has a pathway arrangement with RMIT.
If you have qualifications from an institution that is not an RMIT partner, credit into your RMIT program will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Please contact the RMIT Vietnam Student Recruitment team for more information.
