Human Nutrition is a program focusing on the food we eat and human health in general. You get a thorough introduction to human anatomy and body, as well as the way the body absorbs energy and nutrients.

Human Nutrition has is also about the foods that we consume and are prominent in our society - the foods and their nutritional content is very important for our health or lack thereof. Often stems from our relationship to food and nutrition in the social and cultural conditions and you have the opportunity to work with explanatory models, which take into account this aspect.

There is a comfortable mix of mandatory and elective courses, and the teaching is done both through lectures, smaller courses, practical work and part group / project work. The subjects range from Dietary Intake and Nutritional Physiology for Madens Sociology and Public Health and Nutrition. Human Nutrition pose major challenges for you and your study form, but on the other hand also rewarding and the opportunities to take a study or internship abroad is good.

The program is taught in English, giving you international terms with the teaching, so that you can also serve as an international consultant when you have completed your education.

Work in project groups on issues that may arise, as well as exercises and seminars. In addition, there will be lectured. Your candidate title will be Cand. Scient. When you have completed your thesis in the last 9 months of training.

Job Opportunities

Dietary advice Dealer, researcher, project manager and lecturer on topics in nutrition.