Summary of 2015 Alumni Survey*
Department of Food Science and Technology, CFEBT, TUST
June 2015
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.