The program sequence is defined in the Program and Examination Regulations. The normal program length including the bachelor’s degree examination is six semesters. The program starts in the winter semester (on October 1).
Semesters 1 to 5 each consist of 15 weeks of classes plus 4 weeks of examinations (in the 5th semester plus 2 weeks of examinations). The 16-week internship takes place in the 5th and 6th semester. The bachelor’s thesis with colloquium is included in the 6th semester. A special feature of this degree program is the range of laboratory classes. Several excursion days are used to intensify the classes and to highlight practical challenges and experiences.
The structure of the bachelor's degree program in terms of semesters and modules is as follows:
1st semester (435 teaching hours, 29 credits)
- Lebensmittelchemie (continued in the 2nd semester)
- Lebensmittelanalytik (continued in the 2nd semester)
- Wirtschaftliche Grundlagen
- Lebensmittelengineering
- Anatomie und Physiologie
- Mathematik, Statistik und Informatik (continued in the 2nd semester)
2nd semester (450 teaching hours, 30 credits)
- Lebensmittelchemie (continuation from the 1st semester)
- Lebensmittelanalytik (continuation from the 1st semester)
- Mathematik, Statistik und Informatik (continuation from the 1st semester)
- Lebensmitteltoxikologie
- Lebensmittel- und Verbraucherschutzrecht
- Allgemeine Lebensmitteltechnologie
- Mikrobiologie und Hygiene (continued in the 3rd semester)
- Humanernährung (continued in the 3rd semester)
- Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (continued in the 3rd semester)
3rd semester (473 teaching hours, 32 credits)
- Mikrobiologie und Hygiene (continuation from the 2nd semester)
- Humanernährung (continuation from the 2nd semester)
- Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (continuation from the 2nd semester)
- Qualitätsmanagement
- Verbraucherökonomik
- Ernährungspsychologie
- Lebensmittellehre und Sensorik (continued in the 4th semester)
4th semester (375 teaching hours, 29 credits)
- Lebensmittellehre und Sensorik (continuation from the 3rd semester)
- Interdisziplinäres Projekt
- Lebensmittelherstellung und -beurteilung
- Elective module 1
- Elective module 2
- Elective module 3
5th semester (375 teaching hours, 30 credits)
- Internship (continued in the 6th semester)
- Elective module 4
- Elective module 5
- Elective module 6
- Elective module 7
- Elective module 8
6th semester (30 credits)
- Internship (continuation from the 5th semester)
- Bachelor’s thesis
- Bachelor’s colloquium