Lab rooms and technical infrastructure

Lab rooms and technical infrastructure

(a) Number and capacity

The Department has 14 labs for students’ practical training, each one having a capacity of hosting 15 to 25 students. 

(b) Adequacy, suitability and quality of lab rooms

Labs are adequately equipped. Additionally, they meet safety specifications and requirements.

(c) Adequacy, suitability and quality of lab equipment

The majority of Department’s laboratories are equipped with analytical instruments and devices and other measurement instruments, with processing equipment, refrigerators and freezers, incubators, laminar hoods and other micro-devices. Specific details can be found in the Appendix of the Study Guide.

The laboratories that are currently installed within the Department are briefly mentioned:

 Laboratory of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Food Analysis: Coded as K11.012, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Biochemistry”, “Chemical composition and food quality”, and “Food Chemistry I”.

Organic Chemistry: Coded as K11.123, it is located at the first floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “General Chemistry”, “and “Organic Chemistry”.

Laboratory of Instrumental Food Analysis: The lab includes two different rooms, coded as Κ11.006 and Κ11.007, located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. Room Κ11.006 is mostly oriented to the Department’s research activities and hosts post-graduate students and PhD candidates. In the premises of room  Κ11.007,   undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Instrumental Food Analysis”.

Laboratory of Aquatic Products (fisheries): Coded as K11.013, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Science and Technology of fish and aquatic products”.

Laboratory of Food Engineering: Coded as K11.015, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Food Engineering II”.

Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables: Coded as K11.026, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Fruits and Vegetables Science and Technology”.

Laboratory of Cereals and their Products: Coded as K11.030 and K11.031 (it includes two separate rooms), it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. Room Κ11.031 is mostly oriented to the Department’s research activities and hosts post-graduate students and PhD candidates. In the premises of room Κ11.030, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Science and Technology of cereals and their products”.

Laboratory of Fats and Oils: Coded as K11.033, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Science and Technology of fats and oils”.

Laboratory of Milk: Coded as K11.014, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses “General Chemistry”, “Quantitative food analysis” and “Science and Technology of milk and its products”

Laboratory of Meat and its Products: Coded as K11.020, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Meat and Meat Products Science and Technology”.

Laboratory of Food Processing: Coded as K11.029, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In its premises, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Food Processing II”.

Laboratory of Food Microbiology: Coded as K11.009 and K11.010 (it includes two separate rooms), it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. In the premises of these rooms, undergraduate students perform their practical courses for “Introduction to Food Microbiology” and “Microbiological Analysis.

Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Applications: Coded as K11.016, it is located at the ground floor of Κ11 building. This laboratory is mostly oriented to the Department’s research activities and hosts post-graduate students and PhD candidates