Majoring in Fermentation Science and Technology will give you a strong interdisciplinary science background with learning focused on the safety, culinary, and nutritional attributes of fermented foods and beverages. You’ll have the opportunity to participate in local hands-on brewing and fermenting to increase your practical understanding of fermented food and beverage production methods, preparing you for employment in product development, processing, quality assurance and control, sensory evaluation, packaging, distribution, and plant management.
SOME CAREER OPTIONS
CSU’s degree in Fermentation Science and Technology is one of the first and one of very few in the United States. You’ll have many opportunities within the local fermentation industry to broaden your hands-on experience, along with internships to get you connected for future jobs. The food industry is the largest in the world and fermentation science is a rapidly emerging area, so the future is promising.
Brewer
Fermentation Scientist
Food Scientist/Technologist
Food Health Inspector
Biotechnologist
Brewery Owner
Production Manager
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
Expected November 2025
Start date
January 2025
College of Health and Human Sciences
217 L.L. Gibbons Building, 850 Oval Drive,
1501 Campus Delivery,
FORT COLLINS,
Colorado,
80523, United States
You are an international freshman if you are not a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident and have a valid U.S. visa OR plan to apply for a student visa AND you’ve never attended college or all your college credits were earned prior to high school graduation.
English language proficiency:
TOEFL IBT: 72
IELTS Academic: 6.0
Duolingo: 110
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
With research projects in over 85 countries and +2,500 international students, CSU has the atmosphere and influence of a globalized institution.
