Diploma in Food Science

The Diploma in Food Science at the Open University of Sri Lanka is a one-academic-year diploma that covers basic principles of Food Science and how they are used in the food industry. It includes eight compulsory courses across food science foundations, food constituents, food microbiology and spoilage, basic mathematics and statistics for food science, laboratory sessions, food preservation and processing, quality assurance in food industry, and novel applications in food industry.

Teaching is organised across Semester 1 and Semester 2. Practical hours are included through the laboratory course CYD3516 and a case study in CYD3317, accounting for about 400 hours (≈25%). The programme carries Level 3 academic standard under the Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework (SLQF) and includes a total credit content of thirty (30) for 1500 Notional Learning Hours.

Modules

• CYD3318 Chemistry and Biology for Food Science
• CYD3612 Introduction to Food Science and Constituents of Food
• CYD3313 Food Microbiology and Food Spoilage
• ADD3200 Basic Mathematics and Statistics for Food Science
• CYD3516 Laboratory Sessions in Food Science
• CYD3614 Food Preservation and Processing
• CYD3215 Quality Assurance in Food Industry
• CYD3317 Novel Applications in Food Industry

Admission requires one of the following:

• Three (03) passes at the G.C.E (A/L) in science stream with Chemistry OR
• Minimum of three (03) passes from among Foundation programme, Foundation certificates in Science, courses in Foundation in Science with Chemistry, offered by the Open University of Sri Lanka, OR
• Three (03) passes at the G.C.E (A/L) in Technology stream with Bio systems technology OR
• Three (03) Passes in combination of a) and b) above OR
• Followed upto G.C.E(A/L) in Science stream with a minimum of three years’ experience in Food / Food related Industry (at technical or managerial level) OR
• An equivalent or a higher qualification acceptable to the Senate of the Open University of Sri Lanka.