Dairy Technology is a science and engineering field that deals with the study of milk processing and its products. It is a part of food technology and processing industry that involves processing, packaging, distribution and transportation of various dairy products such as milk and ice-cream by using the science of biochemistry, bacteriology, and nutrition. The field of dairy technology basically uses “technology” to make dairy products hi-tech as well as useful.

There are different dairy technology courses available for candidates at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Candidates can choose to pursue a degree or diploma course in dairy technology. Some of the popular dairy technology courses include BTech, BSc, MTech, and MSc.

As a discipline, Food Technology is the combination of engineering, food science, hotel management, and home science. B.Sc. Food Technology course is an advanced study of the technology and processing methods used to develop, research, manufacture, produce, preserve, process food and related substances.