NUFT’s scientific activity is focused on the development of theoretical foundations for food technologies, their intensification and optimization, the creation of new progressive technologies and high-performance equipment, systems and means for the mechanization of labor-intensive processes and productions, new energy-saving equipment and rational energy use systems, as well as on improving the organization and increasing the efficiency of food and processing enterprises. In accordance with the main areas of scientific and innovation activity in Ukraine, the following priorities have been identified for NUFT’s research schools:
- Development of innovative energy- and resource-saving technologies and nanotechnologies for the production of high-quality and safe food products as an imperative for Ukraine’s food security;
- Development of scientific and practical principles for creating highly efficient technologies, processes, and equipment for food, pharmaceutical, and packaging-printing industries within the context of Sustainable Development Goals;
- Development of modern packaging systems and robotic complexes;
- Development of innovative automated control systems for high-tech complexes and information technologies for decision-making to optimize production and educational activities;
- Development of fundamentally new, highly efficient technologies for microbial synthesis as a factor in strengthening Ukraine’s food security;
- Greening of production processes in the food and processing industries as a component of European integration;
- Addressing fundamental problems in chemistry and the development of chemical technologies focused on innovation and sustainable development;
- Innovative directions and strategies for the development of hospitality industry enterprises;
- Development of scientific foundations for increasing the efficiency and resilience of food and processing industry enterprises.