Program overview
Aquatic Product Processing and Storage Engineering is a specialized field under Food Science and Engineering. It focuses on how raw aquatic materials like fish, shrimp, shellfish, and seaweed can be turned into tasty, shelf-stable products. Core courses include aquatic product chemistry, processing technology, preservation techniques, and quality safety control. There are plenty of lab sessions—making surimi products, testing microbes, designing cold chain solutions. This major suits students who are passionate about marine food, enjoy hands-on work, and want to solve real-world problems. China is a major aquatic producer, and coastal universities like Ocean University of China, Shanghai Ocean University, and Guangdong Ocean University have strong research capabilities in this area, with advanced lab equipment and close industry partnerships—you might even get to work on-site at processing plants.