THE BERLIN-SUGAR-INSTITUTE

Nowadays the Berlin Sugar Institute, which has been in existence for m ore than a hundred years, considers itself to be a focal point where t he relevant tuition and research of the Faculty for Food Science and B iotechnology of the Technical University Berlin is concentrated. After the merger with the Sugar Institute of the Humboldt University Berlin in 1993 and the recent integration of the field Food Rheology, the bu ilding of the Institute houses the following fields at present: Saccha ride Technology, Energy Economics and Plant Design as well as Food Rhe ology. The field Basic Process Technology of Food Technology is planni ng to move into the Institute in the near future. The following articl e gives an account of all the Institute's activities carried out withi n the sphere of tuition and research and presents offers to both the n ational and international sugar industry within the framework of coope ration and post-graduate training.