食品科学是科学和工程学在食品的生产，加工，分配，制备和评估中的应用。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校食品科学系已经成为农业和生命科学学院的一员，已有100多年的历史，它指导着一代又一代的食品科学和行业领导者。食品科学系设在最近改建的巴布科克厅中，为学生提供真正独特的本科体验。学生以我们杰出和敬业的教职员工而闻名，他们发现食品科学系是一个令人鼓舞和鼓励的学习和开展研究的环境。
The study of food science incorporates real-life aspects of chemistry, physics, microbiology, and engineering to solve today's global and local food problems. The curriculum emphasizes high-level technical competence while instilling communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.<br><br>Housed in Babcock Hall, the food science major offers close contact with faculty and instructors, opportunities to conduct research, skill-building extracurricular activities, networking with industry professionals, and access to the modern Food Application Lab and a commercial dairy processing plant that manufactures the campus famous Babcock ice cream.<br><br>With a nearly 100% job placement rate, graduates are equipped to compete and succeed in a modern global economy. Students find career opportunities with corporations, government agencies, and nonprofits in product development, quality assurance/control, processing and engineering, technical sales, management, research, sensory analysis, and food law and regulations.