Dietistic

The aim of the First Cycke Degree Programme in Dietetics is to produce professionals able to perform specific activities related to nutrition and dietetics in preventative and clinical contexts, collective catering and research.The programme offers theoretical and practical course modules in the basic and clinical disciplines, internships in the specific professional sector (MED/49) in a clinical environment (nutritional activities for groups of patients, hospitalised patients, outpatients, specialist activities for pathologies, activities related to hygiene, food regulations and hospital canteens, body composition evaluation), a community environment (maternity-infancy service, artificial feeding at home, etc.) or in catering environments such as school canteens, nursing homes, etc.Mandatory internships are an important element of the programme catalogue, as they enable students to better understand specific techniques and prepare for the world of work, acting with responsibility and autonomy, in a context that is very different from the lecture hall.The agreements in place with various health authorities, SIAN, and collective catering organisations make it possible to guarantee internships that are as close as possible to the real world of work.

Admission to the First Cycle Degree Programme in Dietistic (which qualifies graduates to work as professional dieticians) requires possession of a secondary school diploma awarded after five years of study or a foreign qualification recognised as suitable. Candidates must also possess the knowledge and skills defined each year by the Ministerial Decree setting out the rules for the entrance exam for the degree programmes planned at the national level.The number of students eligible for enrolment, the date of the entrance exam and the related selection procedures will be published each year in the call for applications.For enrolled students that do not pass the entrance exam, additional learning requirements will be specified which must be satisfied in the first year of the programme as indicated in the degree programme teaching regulations.