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BSc in Food Science and Technology
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) · Gaborone
About this programme
Applies chemistry, biology and engineering principles to food processing, safety, preservation and quality control in the food industry.
Entry requirement
Entry requirement: at least 34 points.
Programme facts
| Qualification | BSc |
| Institution | Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) |
| Faculty / school | Agriculture |
| Duration | 4 years |
| Location | Gaborone |
| Minimum points | 34 |
| Accreditation | BQA Accredited |
| Funding / sponsorship | Government Sponsorship Available |
| Demand outlook | HRDC forecasts about 1,191 openings a year in SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2025). Years of backlog: not shown. Appendix 3 publishes no unemployment sector matching Science & Technology, so no figure is available. Graduates per opening: 0.42. Fewer graduates than forecast openings. These openings are a forecast of need, not posts that are currently being filled. In July 2026 the Directorate of Public Service Management told Parliament's Public Accounts Committee that government "currently do not have the financial capacity to create new vacancies", and that more than 8,000 students now graduate each year while the economy is no longer creating jobs at the same pace. Government policy reserves 80% of entry-level vacancies for new graduates and is achieving about 70%. (Directorate of Public Service Management, evidence to the 62nd sitting of the Public Accounts Committee, reported by Mmegi (July 2026).) This describes the whole field, not this programme alone, and it is not a government waiting list — Botswana publishes no such figure. Source: HRDC Priority Skills Report, March 2025, Table 31 p.41; HRDC Tertiary Education Statistics Report 2024, Table 22. |
Careers this programme leads to
Food Technologist Quality Control Officer Food Safety Inspector Product Development Specialist Food Processing Manager Nutritionist Lab Analyst Food Industry Consultant Regulatory Affairs Officer Supply Chain Analyst
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