Fermented Foods and Beverages Certificate

Focus your interests

The certificate allows students to personalize coursework. Choose the path that most aligns with your interests and career goals, business or science, and customize your education. Deepen your scientific knowledge with a focus on chemistry, genetics, or microbiology or enhance your business skills with a focus on marketing, supply chains, or management.

Learn from local experts

Many fermented foods and beverages certificate courses apply classroom learning to real-world experiences. You’ll connect with and learn from local brewers, cheesemakers, winemakers, bakers, engineering firms, and entrepreneurs ranging from small to large-scale operations.

Get Involved. Find your people.

Explore a few of the fermentation food and beverage-related student organizations and extracurriculars at UW–Madison:

• The Food Science Club is an active chapter of the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association and connects students interested in food. Learn about career opportunities, attend student-faculty socials, and attend food-making workshops.
• The Dairy Product Judging Team is for students who want to test their skills and compete in regional and national judging competitions. Students on the judging team take a fundamentals of sensory evaluation class offered by the Department of Food Science.
• Challenge yourself by competing in the College Bowl, an annual trivia competition hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association. Or you can learn about product development, research, and experimentation with the Product Development Team.