Annual Transition Year Experience Programme - School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

The School of Food and Nutritional Sciences holds an annual Transition Year Experience Programme which takes place towards the end of March/early April each year The week of activities is designed to promote an understanding and appreciation of both Food and Nutritional Sciences and to highlight career opportunities in these areas. The programme provides students with opportunities to conduct ‘hands-on’ experiments in our laboratories and includes a session in our bakery, a workshop in our meat processing hall, a day in Nutrition learning about techniques in nutritional assessment and performance nutrition, a day with APC exploring Futures Food, Microbiome and Health, a workshop on dairy processing, and pupils will also learn about the sensory analysis of foods while participating in a taste panel comparing food products.

The following link will allow you to view the schedule of activities from  TY Week  2025 (31st March to April 4th, 2025) as an example of how the week is formatted. Note, the activities may vary annually as we continuously update and improve our offering.  TY Week Sample Schedule from 2025

TY Week 2026

Please note: Due to the very high demand for places for 2026, our expression of interest list has now closed (08/10/25). 

The TY programme will take place from Monday 13th to Friday 17th April 2026. The week will appeal to students who have an interest in Food and/or Nutritional Sciences and would benefit from/enjoy a week-long programme of activities across both disciplines.

Students attending our TY week must be available to attend all 5 days.

For any enquiries or clarifications, please do not hesitate to contact the course coordinator Dr Therese Uniacke-Lowe (t.uniacke@ucc.ie or 021-4901385). 

Scroll through our Spotlight Carousel below to read some feedback comments from TY students who attended our week of activities in 2025