Established 1948 Academic staff 46 Type of business Faculty | Dean Inga Ciproviča Location Jelgava, Latvia Founded 1948 | |
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Former names Faculty of Food Industry Technology Affiliations Latvia University of Agriculture Address Rīgas iela 22, Jelgava, LV-3004, Latvia | ||
Faculty of Food Technology (Latvian: Pārtikas tehnoloģijas fakultāte; FFT, LUA) is a faculty of Latvia University of Agriculture founded in 1948. It offers second-level professional higher education studies in food technology, academic baccalaureate studies in food science and professional baccalaureate studies in catering and hotel management, as well as academic master's degree studies in food science and nutrition science (in cooperation with Latvian University and Riga Stradiņš University) and doctoral studies in food science.
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History
On October 22, 2014 Latvia University of Agriculture signed a 2.34 million euro contract with a building company "RCBS" for the construction of a new Faculty of Food Technology two-storey building and its surrounding territory behind the Valdeka castle in 22 Riga Street, Jelgava for the total area of 1513.2 m2. The construction took place from autumn of 2014 till the summer of 2015. The official opening ceremony was held on May 11, 2016, but the building was open for lectures and laboratory work already since February 1, 2016.
On the first floor scientific laboratories and pilot plants for fruit and vegetable processing, beer manufacturing, grain processing and bread production, milk, meat and fish processing are located, as well as a packaging plant, but the second floor contains auditoriums, instructional laboratories and the dean's office.
Divisions
The Faculty is divided into three departments: