Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics

Our undergraduate Nutrition and dietetics program is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and leading to a degree in BSc. (Nutrition and dietetics). The program will provide the students with a strong background to make them understand the major role of healthy nutrition in the prevention, development, and treatment of most major diseases. It will produce competent dietitians and nutritionists who understand the relationships between nutrition, health, and disease. The program will provide a proper environment to sharpen students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills, to enhance students’ communication and leadership skills.
Job Opportunities The CoP is expecting to have a great demand for dietitians and nutritionists the UAE because the focus on diet as a health hazard and as a helping tool in treating diseases has not been given a great attention in the past, but recently the awareness of the relationship between diet and diseases has greatly improved. Consequently, dietitians and nutritionists are becoming one of the pillars of any health care team in different public and private health institutions as well as other institutions related to food such as hospitals, health centers, retail pharmacies, natural supplements shops, food industries and food research.