The College of Food Science and Technology of Huazhong Agricultural University was formerly the Undergraduate Department of Food Science of Huazhong Agricultural University, and 1984 was renamed the College of Food Science and Technology. It is one of the departments with a long history of running Huazhong Agricultural University. College of Food Science and Technology is the cradle of cultivating high-level innovative talents in food specialty, and also the base for transforming high-tech achievements and solving major basic theoretical and practical problems in agricultural product processing.
By the end of 20 12, the College of Food Science and Technology had authorized doctoral degree programs and postdoctoral research stations in the first-level discipline of food science and engineering, 6 authorized doctoral degree programs in two disciplines, 6 authorized master degree programs and 2 authorized professional master degree programs. The discipline of agricultural products processing and storage was rated as the second-class key discipline of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2000, and food science was rated as the second-class key discipline of Hubei Province in 2008. Undergraduate majors include food science and engineering and food quality and safety, among which food science and engineering is a national specialty and a brand specialty in Hubei Province.