Diploma in Baking & Culinary Science

(JAE code: T44)
At a Glance

Duration: 3 years full-time
Qualification: Diploma in Baking & Culinary Science
Application:

Apply during the Joint Admissions Exercise following the release of the GCE O Level results. For other categories of local applicants, please refer to the section on 'Admission and Requirements'. For international students, please refer to the section on 'Information for International Students'.


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The Course

Imagine hosting a party and your guests are waiting in anticipation for the food. When it arrives, you know your caterer has done it again by delivering a heavenly meal. This happened because the food was cooked with expertise and loving care and then served with precision. This course aims to produce such creative professionals trained in scientific culinary skills to make eating become an increasingly memorable experience for all of us.


The course focuses on cultivating baking and culinary skills to develop high quality products that are safe, nutritious and consistent in quality. You will undergo comprehensive and intensive hands-on training to make your learning a truly interactive experience through a curriculum that encompasses chemistry, microbiology, food safety, product development and baking/culinary technology. The integration of these diverse disciplines, complemented with a 10-week industrial attachment, will enhance your dynamic creative expression in international culinary presentations and equip you with a multitude of skill sets to create impact in food research and development.


If you love the intense creativity of baking and cooking and want to build an enviable culinary career, this course will prepare you to become a culinary professional in the rapidly growing food and beverage (F&B) industry. The course also hones your entrepreneurial skills to help you embark on your own business ventures or take up challenges in sales and marketing of food and nutrition-related products and services.



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Career Opportunities

Our graduates are well positioned to join the F&B industry as baking technologists, junior chefs, product development executives, food science executives, R&D executives or food hygiene officers. They can also choose to work in the baking, foodservice and food consultancy industries as well as in other supporting industries dealing with food ingredients, equipment and food packaging. Graduates with a strong desire to pursue higher degrees may move on to universities that offer culinary science and technology courses.



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Minimum Entry Requirements


English Language (EL1)* Grades 1-7
Mathematics (E or A) Grades 1-6
One of the following Science subjects:

Additional Combined Science, Additional Science, Biology, Chemistry, Combined Science, Engineering Science, Integrated Science, Physical Science, Physics, Science (Chemistry, Biology), Science (Physics, Biology), Science (Physics, Chemistry), Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
Grades 1-6

Any two other subjects, excluding CCA
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*SPM/UEC holders must have a minimum of Grade 6 for their Bahasa Inggeris (Paper 122/Paper 322)/ Communication English or English Language (for UEC holders).
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