Learn outside the classroom with an IFT Student Membership. For only $50 a year, eligible students* can jump start a career with unique tools, opportunities, and access. Gain knowledge and insight from the leading minds in food science and technology. Discover career paths you didn’t know existed. Develop new skills at your own pace with our online resources. Network with future employers and other food science students to share resources, challenge each other, and advance the science of food and food innovation.
*To qualify for a Student Membership, you must be a full-time student in an Associates program or higher studying either the field of food science and technology or a field related to food science and technology, i.e., one or more of the sciences/branches of engineering concerned with advancing food science and technology.
“I now have ideas for my career path moving forward that are completely different than I had when I first started school, and that’s all through my involvement with IFT. Because I have seen the possibilities, seen the different career paths of other people, and have a better idea of what interests me and what drives me and what makes me passionate about working in the science of food.”
Page charges are waived for student members publishing in IFT’s journals including the Journal of Food Science (normally $135/published page) and Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (normally $95/published page)
$50/year
For the price of a coffee per month, you can unlock the tools you need for your dream career in food science.
Section dues, where applicable, are additional and vary by section.
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