On the basis of the consent of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine (letter No. 1/11-1696 dated 14.07.98), the permission of the Ministry of Agro-Industrial Complex of Ukraine (letter No. 37-18-13/7946 dated 06.08.98), as well as the decision of the state accreditation commission of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine dated 08.12.98 for the issuance of a license for the training of specialists in the field 0917 “Food technology and engineering” from specialties 7.091707 “Technology of storage, canning and processing of meat” (license series VPD-IP No. 198791), 7.091709 ” Milk storage, canning and processing technology” (license VPD-IP series No. 198790) by order of the rector of Sumy State Agrarian University dated January 12, 1999 No. 1-k Faculty of Food Technologies was opened.
The emergence of such a faculty as part of the Sumy Agrarian University was called to life by the need to unite the efforts of specialists who trained specialists employed in the field of service and specialists engaged in the training of specialists in the field of food technology in order to provide the region with high-quality specialists in such promising areas for the modern economy industries
Despite the fact that this faculty is one of the youngest in the structure of the university, it has deep historical roots. The Faculty of Food Technology is one of the youngest faculties of the Sumy National University of Science and Technology. The faculty was established on January 12, 1999 by order of the rector of the university.
From 2005 to 2009, the faculty was headed by Viktor Mykolayovych Bondarchuk, candidate of science and engineering, associate professor of the department of technology of meat and meat products. From 2009 to 2011, the faculty was headed by Professor Mykola Ivanovich Mashkin. From 2011 to 2020 – candidate of technical sciences, associate professor Oleh Volodymyrovych Radchuk. In 2020, Ph.D., associate professor Oksana Yuriivna Melnyk was appointed dean of the faculty. From 2021 to October 2022, the Faculty of Food Technology was part of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and Biological and Technological Faculty.
In November 2022, the Faculty of Food Technologies again became an independent unit headed by the dean Nataliya Viktorivna Bolhova, PhD, associate professor.
Today, the faculty includes 3 departments: food technology, food technology and safety, physical education. The Faculty of Food Technologies is constantly developing, providing training of specialists under the educational and professional programs “Food Technologies” (SVO “Bachelor”, SVO “Master”, SVO “Doctor of Philosophy”), “Craft Technologies and Gastronomic Innovations” (SVO “Bachelor”) and “Hotel and restaurant business” (SVO “Bachelor”).
Each department within the faculty has its own special traditions. A peculiar hallmark of the faculty of food technology was the holding of master classes on serving and making various goodies (pancakes, pizza, glazed gingerbread, colored dumplings, etc.), as well as holding culinary battles among teachers and students of the faculty and tasting products of its own production.
The departments that are now part of the faculty have an equally ancient history.
One of the oldest departments at the faculty is the Department of Technology and Food Safety, which was established in 1999. In 2005, the department was renamed to the department of technology of milk and dairy products, in the same year to the department of technology of meat and meat products, and in 2009 to the department of technology of milk and meat.
Another department with a long and glorious history is the department of food technology, which has its history since 2010, when under the leadership of Doctor of Science, Associate Professor Lyubov Radoivna Dimitrievich, by the decision of the State Accreditation Commission and the order of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, the department was accredited for IV level with the right to conduct educational activities at the level of the qualification requirements of a bachelor. In the same year, the head of the department was taken by Doctor of Science, Associate Professor Olga Vasylivna Moskalenko, a former graduate of the Kharkiv State University of Food and Trade. In 2011, Associate Professor Viktor Mykolayovych Bondarchuk became the head of the department, and in 2013 and until now, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Pertsevoi Fedir Vsevolodovych.
At the end of 2015, by order of the rector, the Department of Food Technology created an educational and scientific laboratory of “Innovative technologies of food products”, which was overhauled and equipped with the necessary laboratory equipment during 2016-2019. This laboratory is now a powerful research base where students, masters and scientific and pedagogical workers can conduct scientific experiments on current problems of the industry. In addition, within the framework of academic mobility, master’s and postgraduate students from other scientific institutions and higher educational institutions not only of Ukraine, but also of other countries (China, Ghana) conduct research on the basis of the newly created laboratory.
