Food Science & Nutrition

I always had an interest in what is in the food we eat, how it’s produced, what ingredients are used and how our diets affect our bodies.

I was attracted to the variety of subjects this course offered. The modules in first year gave me a strong foundation of the key basic sciences. From second year on the modules are specialized, developing my interest in areas such as R&D and food quality. Blended learning through a mix of lectures, lab practical’s, individual and group projects gave me the skills I need to thrive in the work environment. Smaller classes meant students get more hands on experience in lab practicals and more one-to-one time with lecturers.

Food Science and Nutrition is a multidisciplinary course, which gave me so many opportunities after I graduated with the Agri-Food sector being Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, employing over 173,000 people in 2016.

After my final year exams I was offered a place on Aurivo Co-Operative’s Leadership Development Programme. During the two year programme I get diverse work experience with six-month rotations across Aurivo’s four business units, agri-business, consumer foods, dairy ingredients and livestock sales.

LYIT has a vibrant student atmosphere with a great sense of community. The warm and friendly environment made settling in to college life easier. I enjoyed my four years in LYIT immensely and graduated with great memories and friends.

As a world leader in the research, development and manufacturing of cutting-edge diagnostic solutions, Randox Teoranta continues to invest in developing a highly skilled workforce, geared towards innovation and revolutionising healthcare on a global scale. Our science and engineering graduates from LYIT have played an important role in our R&D, Manufacturing and Engineering teams to date, with graduates from LYIT filling key strategic positions within the company. We find that LYIT graduates display many desirable attributes, including a highly developed knowledge base, strong practical competence and an ability to adapt and refine what they have learnt at LYIT. We are also impressed by the efforts of LYIT staff to ensure that the skills of their graduates are optimised to meet the ever-evolving needs of the diagnostics industry. Randox Teoranta plans significant expansion in the years ahead and we intend that graduates from LYIT will continue to play a key part in this growth, ensuring our position at the forefront of the global diagnostics market.

From my experience working with LYIT, particularly in highly innovative projects, I found the graduates to be enthusiastic, very bright and committed to their work. I am confident that LYIT graduates have the training and skillset to enable them to become excellent employees and I would have no hesitation in recommending them as an asset to future employers.