The Department of Food Engineering, which was established in 1977 and started to give its first graduates in 1980, has been continuing its education and research activities in two branches, the Food Science Branch and the Food Technology branch, since 1982. In the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, MSc and PhD programs in Food Engineering are carried out. 

The department aims to educate engineers competent in novel, theoretical and practical knowledge about food processing, developing new products, quality control, preservation and marketing. Hacettepe University Department of Food Engineering students works in all branches of the food industry and various public institutions in the fields of production planning and process design, production, processing, preservation, quality control and marketing of foodstuffs.