Undergraduate Education of Food Science and Technology,TUST
Graduate Feedback

Summary of 2015 Alumni Survey*

Department of Food Science and Technology, CFEBT, TUST
June 2015
 

    This survey aimed at graduates of BS program on Food Science and Technology with over 5 years of post-BS experience. Sample size was 30.


1. The distribution of first jobs:

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Advanced study (abroad)

1

3.33%

Advanced study

1

3.33%

Employment

27

90.00%

Job-hunting

1

3.33%

Total

30

 


Detailed job description:
Advanced study (abroad):
 1 in Australia UNSW, PhD candidate
Advanced study (domestic):
 1 in Chinese Agriculture University of Science, PhD candidate
Employment:
 Hainan Shanhe Lawyer Office, Trainee solicitor
 Tianjin Hangshi Real Asset Management Limited,National Sales Director
 Tianjin Northern International Group,Operations Manager
 Hainan Safe and Easy Credit, account manager
 Hainan Highway Administration Bureau(Wenqing), Office Deputy Director
 Tianjin Information Technology Development Co. Clerk
 Hainan Qiongzhong County Local Taxation Bureau,Clerk
 Tianjin, Shanhaiguan beverage co QC Manager
 Huasheng Weekly,New Media Director
 Sunway Brewery in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, Director
 Beijing Deqingyuan Agricultural Sci-tech Company Limited Product Manager
 Heinz (China) Investment Corporation, Technology Director
 McDonald's Restaurant Food Co, Fenghualu, Tianjin Production Manager
 Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Clerk
 China Agricultural University, Institute of technology, Engineer
 Tianjin Astor Restaurant Limited Company Financial Account
 China Danone Beverage, Quality Engineer
 PepsiCo Foods (China) Limited QA
 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Industrial Microbiology (Tianjin), Clerk
 Tianjin City Da QiaoDao Food Co, Research assistant
 Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Technician
 Tianjin Jixian Hot Pot Restaurant, owner
 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Research Institute of Advanced Technology, Research Associate
 Tianjin Chao Macao Trading Company, Manager
 Canadian Kings pastry  QA Specialist
 National Engineering Research Center for rice wine, Shaoxing, Ltd, Technical Director
 CPMC (Tianjin) limited systems engineer


2. Please give overall evaluation on professional courses

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Excellent

9

30.00%

Good

16

53.33%

Average

5

16.67%

Base line

 

 

Below base line

 

 

Total

30

 


3. Please give overall evaluation on experimental section of courses

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Excellent

8

30.6%

Good

16

57.1%

Average

4

14.3%

Base line

0

0.0%

Below base line

0

0.0%

Total

30

 


4. Please give overall evaluation on extracurricular activities (SRTP, Challenge Cup, Course practice, Social practice etc.)  

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Excellent

13

43.33%

Good

13

43.33%

Average

3

10.00%

Base line

1

3.33%

Below base line

 

 

Total

30

 


5. Please give overall evaluation in Graduation Project(Industrial internship, graduation thesis) 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Excellent

11

36.67%

Good

12

40.00%

Average

7

23.33%

Base line

 

 

Below base line

 

 

Total

30

 


6. Please give overall evaluation on the faculty of Food Science and Technology 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Excellent

17

56.67%

Good

10

33.33%

Average

3

10.00%

Base line

 

 

Below base line

 

 

Total

30

 


7. Please give overall evaluation on the facility and equipment for undergraduate study provided by department of Food Science and Technology 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Excellent

5

16.67%

Good

20

66.67%

Average

5

16.67%

Base line

 

 

Below base line

 

 

Total

30

 


8. Please give overall evaluation to the education quality of our Undergraduate Program on Food Science and Technology 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Excellent

10

33.33%

Good

25

83.33%

Average

5

16.67%

Base line

 

 

Below base line

 

 

Total

30

 


9. Please evaluate the extent of contribution of each professional course to your professional skills and career development: 

Course Name

Very

Useful

Useful

Semi

useful

Semi

Useless

Useless

No Answer

Statistics

4

12

13

1

 

 

Engineering Graphics

4

10

11

4

1

 

Engineering Mechanics

2

5

16

7

 

 

Principles of Chemical Engineering

10

15

5

 

 

 

Food Chemistry

15

12

3

 

 

 

Food Microbiology

15

12

3

 

 

 

Principles of Food Processing

16

14

 

 

 

 

Food Technology

16

14

 

 

 

 

Food Analysis

12

17

1

 

 

 

Food Nutrition

13

15

2

 

 

 

Food Machinery and Equipment

10

15

5

 

 

 

Food Plant Design

12

13

5

 

 

 

Food Packaging

4

10

10

6

 

 

Food Sensory Evaluation

7

12

11

 

 

 

Food Biotechnology

8

13

9

 

 

 

Food Additives and Ingredients

12

13

5

 

 

 

Food Laws and Standards

14

13

3

 

 

 

Food Safety and Hygiene

5

15

10

 

 

 

Food Product Development

12

14

4

 

 

 

Field Practice

8

22

 

 

 

 

Food Engineering Practice

12

15

3

 

 

 

Industrial Internship

15

15

 

 

 

 

Graduation Projects

20

10

 

 

 

 


10. Please indicate your confidence of the following knowledge and ability, after your study in BS program on Food Science and Technology, TUST. 

Professional Knowledge and Ability

High

Relatively

High

Relatively

Low

Low

No Answer

Chemical composition and nutrition of food

8

17

5

 

 

Food bioactive components and efficacy

8

17

5

 

 

The relationship between dietary and health

12

15

3

 

 

The chemical reaction of food and its components

12

16

2

 

 

Food composition analysis

8

14

8

 

 

Food quality attributes

9

15

6

 

 

Food Sensory Evaluation

10

16

4

 

 

Application of beneficial microbes

7

18

5

 

 

Detection of harmful microbes

7

18

5

 

 

Food biotechnology and application

9

14

7

 

 

Principles of food preservation

14

10

6

 

 

Food engineering principle and unit operation

12

15

3

 

 

Food processing and preservation techniques

14

10

6

 

 

The effect of processing and preservation techniques on food quality and safety

14

10

6

 

 

Food safety analysis and evaluation

15

12

3

 

 

Food product development

12

14

4

 

 

Food production process and production line design

8

15

7

 

 

The ability to identify quality and technical problems

12

16

2

 

 

The ability to solve quality and technical problems

12

16

2

 

 

The ability of data statistical analysis

5

12

10

3

 

Food laws, regulations and standard

12

15

3

 

 

Food quality control system

10

16

4

 

 

Current trends in food scientific, technology and industry

13

14

3

 

 


11. Please evaluate the contribution of our BS Program on Food Science and Technology to your following abilities:
(1) The ability to acquire knowledge 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

4

13.33%

High

20

66.67%

Average

6

20.00%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

        (2) Critical thinking ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

6

20.00%

High

20

66.67%

Average

4

13.33%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

        (3) The ability to identify problems 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

6

20.00%

High

20

66.67%

Average

4

13.33%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

 

 

       (4) Experiment operating ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

4

13.33%

High

15

50.00%

Average

11

36.67%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

       (5) Independent working ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

6

20.00%

High

19

63.33%

Average

5

16.67%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

       (6) Team work ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

12

40.00%

High

16

53.33%

Average

2

6.67%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

       (7) Communication ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

6

20.00%

High

19

63.33%

Average

5

16.67%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

 

 

      (8) Career development panning ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

2

6.67%

High

22

73.33%

Average

6

20.00%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

       (9) Leadership 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

6

20.00%

High

20

73.33%

Average

4

13.33%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

       (10) Life-long learning ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

4

13.33%

High

22

73.33%

Average

4

13.33%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

 

       12. Please evaluate the extent of our course and program assessment system in reflecting your real knowledge and ability 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

4

13.33%

High

22

73.33%

Average

4

13.33%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 

     
13. Please estimate the level of difficulty and workload of your graduate project and length of your lab work 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very hard

3

10.00%

Hard

17

56.67%

Average

10

33.33%

Easy

 

 

Very easy

 

 

Total

 

 

      *The average work time in laboratory for thesis is 10 weeks per student

14. Please indicate the ways to study besides the arrangement of the teaching program(multiple-selection)  

Category

 

Self-study with the library resources

30

Self-study with the internet resources

30

Activities arranged by student societies

12

Lectures by outside experts

15

Self-proposed project research

3

Competition held by enterprises

18

Participated in instructor’s research activities

11

Internship in enterprises and public institutions

24

Social Survey and Practice

12

Training provided by outside institutions

6

Others

2


15. Please evaluate the contribution of the above extra-curricular activities to your knowledge and ability. 

Ranking

Number

Percentage

Very high

13

43.33%

High

16

53.33%

Average

1

3.33%

Base line

 

 

Low

 

 

Total

30

 


16.Please indicate in which aspect the tutors and advisors gave help
 Plan research and direction and way for future development
 Guide the graduate thesis and provide the chance of practices
 Help us to get methods of analyzing and solving problems
 Have great impact on my study, life and view of life
 My tutor paid attention on my graduate thesis. At the beginning of my experiment, she taught me the basic microbiology experiment operation, and helped me process the data. She would answer all my questions.
 Guide for the experiment design, research and life planning.
 Guide for the experiment and training the comprehensive abilities. The operation ability and plan the whole life.
 Analyze the data and make next stage plan with me every week. Help me complete the graduate thesis.

17.Please tell the most satisfied point of the undergraduate education of FST, TUST.
 We can have close contact with our tutors in the sophomore, and we have many chances to visit and practice in the companies.
 “One to One” project makes the students involve in research much earlier. And the summer vacation exchange project broadens students’ horizons.
 There are good guarantee of practice condition, which makes student have more chances in the future jobs.
 There are abundant instrument for researching.
 We can make some food in the research experiment to enjoy.
 We have many chances in research and the tutors are responsible.
 We can contact the laboratory very early which gives us an early cognition of our specialty.
 Teachers are amiable.
 Because Food Science and Technology is a relatively new major, there are more chances to obtain employment.

   
18. Please tell the most unsatisfied point of the education of FST, TUST.
 Specialized courses are too easy and the examinations of experiments are not very challenging. I hope we can have more training focus on the skills.
 Should have more cooperation with companies. Professional courses should have stronger relationship with the industry, which could facilitate students to search a professional job.
 My tutor seldom paid attention on the innovation competition and international exchange.
 . Some advanced techniques should be involved in the teaching experiments. Some teachers don’t take care of students. They treat classes and graduate thesis as a task, and never consider students’ professional competence.
 The applicability and systemic of courses should be improved.
 Too many courses, but too easy, some courses containing repeated contents.
 There should be more experiments of the professional courses, and the industrial internship should be strengthened.
 

           * 2015 Alumni Survey was referred that of Zhejiang University with modification.