Food Production & Technology Management in Sri Lanka: Careers, Curriculum & Future Outlook

📘 Overview

Food Production & Technology Management is a food-science degree built around producing and processing food at industrial scale and managing the technology behind it. Offered by Wayamba University's Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition at Makandura, the English-medium programme gives a strong grounding in food production science and technology management. It suits science-stream students who want a technical career in Sri Lanka's food and beverage industry — from processing lines to product development and quality.

It earns a future-proof score of 7.3 because food production is an essential, demand-driven industry with steady local and global employment, and the degree's technology-and-management focus is resilient to automation at the technologist level.

📚 What You'll Study

The flexible, employment-focused curriculum blends food science with production and technology management, with specialisation options in the later years.

• Food science, chemistry and microbiology
• Food processing and product technology
• Food production and operations management
• Food quality assurance and safety
• Food product development and nutrition
• Specialisations: Livestock and Avian Sciences, or Aquaculture and Fisheries
• Industrial training and a research project

⏳ Duration

This is a four-year B.Sc. degree in Food Production & Technology Management, taught in the English medium.

✅ Entry Requirements

This is a Biological Science / Physical Science stream degree. To be eligible you must obtain at least three Simple (S) passes in one of the following combinations at the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination:

• Chemistry, Physics and Biology; or
• Chemistry; Physics or Mathematics; Biology or Agricultural Science; or
• Chemistry; Biology; Agricultural Science or Mathematics.

(Chemistry is required in every combination, with the other subjects from Physics, Biology, Mathematics and Agricultural Science.) Final selection also depends on your Z-score, which varies by university and district every year — check your eligibility with the free tool on findmydegree.lk.

🏛️ Where It's Offered

• Wayamba University of Sri Lanka — 140 seats

ℹ️ Entry requirements, seats and universities are sourced from official UGC data (2024/2025 A/L). Career and curriculum details are general guidance — confirm specifics with each university.