The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University was formed by the merger of the former Department of Food Science and the former Department of Food Engineering of Beijing Agricultural University on 1995. Before July 2002, the college was divided into two teaching and research areas, and the substantial integration was realized in July 2002. All the colleges were moved to the East Campus of China Agricultural University and renamed the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University.
At present, the college has seven discipline platforms and four undergraduate majors, including grain and oil food processing, fruit and vegetable food processing, animal husbandry food processing, grape and wine engineering, food biotechnology, nutrition and food safety, and food information. It has National Undergraduate Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, National Fruit and Vegetable Processing Engineering Technology Research Center, National Grape Industry Technology R&D Center, Beijing University Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy Construction of Ministry of Education, Key Open Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture, Fruit and Vegetable Processing Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education, Agricultural Products Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center of Ministry of Agriculture, and Genetically Modified Organism Food Safety Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center of Ministry of Agriculture. The college has an experimental office building 1.72 million square meters. In addition to the professor laboratory, there are hardware facilities such as lecture hall, multimedia meeting room and open laboratory which can accommodate 500 people.
The college has a strong faculty, and there are currently faculty members 107, including 34 professors, 47 associate professors and 55 doctoral supervisors. Have a first-class discipline "food science and engineering" authorized by a doctor; There are 6 doctoral programs and 7 master programs, involving engineering and medicine, and there are postdoctoral mobile stations. The College has made great achievements in discipline construction, including the national key discipline-agricultural product processing and storage engineering (two disciplines), the national key cultivation discipline-food science (two disciplines) and the Beijing key discipline-food science and engineering (first-class discipline). The College is also affiliated to the Dean (Director) Association of Food College (Department) of National Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Products Storage and Processing Branch of China Agricultural Society, Agricultural Products Processing and Storage Branch of China Agricultural Engineering Society, Postharvest Technology Branch of Horticultural Products of China Horticultural Society and Wine Branch.
The college has now formed a comprehensive education system integrating undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The research fields involve the theory and technology of livestock and poultry aquatic products processing, the theory and technology of fruit and vegetable products processing, storage, transportation and preservation, the theory and technology of grain, oil and food processing, the technology of modern agricultural products processing, equipment and quality inspection, the separation and application technology of natural bioactive components, the development of functional foods and new food resources, and the theory and industrial development strategy of modern agricultural products circulation. Study on the theoretical method, detection technology and safety of genetically modified food; Food microbiology, fermentation engineering, separation technology of food active ingredients, bioreactor technology; Grape cultivation and wine brewing technology; Postharvest physiology and molecular biology of fruits and vegetables; Food chemistry, food nutrition, food safety and quality control. The aim of the college is to solve the actual needs of agriculture, farmers and rural areas in China, advocate the integration of multiple disciplines, cultivate outstanding talents, and provide advanced theory and technology for agricultural products processing industry and food industry in China.
The college now recruits doctoral students, master students and master students majoring in food science, food and oil plant protein engineering, agricultural product processing and storage engineering, food biotechnology, nutrition and food safety; Recruit doctoral students majoring in aquatic products processing, and master's, doctoral and master's students majoring in nutrition and food hygiene. Recruit undergraduates majoring in bioengineering (food bioengineering direction, grape and wine direction), food science and engineering, food quality and safety. There are 550 graduate students, including 443 masters, doctors 107 and undergraduates17. In addition, there are about 200 graduate students with professional degrees (master of engineering and master of agricultural extension).
During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the College hosted and participated in more than 30 national projects/kloc-0, such as the 973 Plan, the 11th Five-Year Plan for Science and Technology Support, the 863 Plan and the National Natural Science Foundation, and undertook a number of international cooperative scientific research projects, with a research funding of 250 million yuan, and published more than 800 papers included in SCI and EI.
In the course of years of development, the college has formed good cooperative and exchange relations with many well-known enterprises and institutions at home and abroad. At present, we have maintained frequent and extensive exchanges and cooperation with COFCO, Huiyuan Group, Jinmailang Food Co., Ltd., Shanghai Aipu Food Industry Co., Ltd., Yurun Group, Mengniu Group, Yili Group, Nestle Group, Kraft Food Co., Ltd., Unilever Group, Purdue University, University of California, Davis, Japan Food Research Institute, Japan International Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center, and Vakhnin University in the Netherlands.