Nakamura Gakuen University
Master in Nutritional Sciences

Fukuoka, Japan

DEGREE TYPE

Master degree

DURATION

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APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

Apr 2024

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The Master in Nutritional Sciences focuses on advanced nutrition topics, providing students with a robust understanding of dietary practices and their effects on health. The program covers various aspects, including nutritional biochemistry, public health nutrition, and the role of nutrition in disease prevention. This course typically spans two years and prepares graduates for roles in research, academia, and clinical practice.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as registered dietitians, public health nutritionists, food service managers, or nutrition researchers. Potential roles may be found in hospitals, community health organizations, and educational institutions.

The Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, only with a Master's Course opened in 1990 based on the long tradition and history of food-related achievements at Nakamura Gakuen University. In 2004, the first-ever Doctor's course established as an education and research facility related to nutrition in western Japan.

The Master’s Course comprises of the following three fields, enabling students to study the latest nutrition sciences from comprehensive perspectives: Functional Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, and Food Science. The Doctor's Course consists of three in-depth fields which follow on from the Master’s Course and give students an even more refined knowledge.

In order for Graduate School students to gain real experience outside the classroom walls, they carry out research in different fields while liaising with local communities, and actively present the results of their research at conferences and other venues.

Our graduates have gone on to play meaningful roles as experts and researchers in the field of health and nutrition sciences, working at universities, high schools, hospitals, care facilities, and businesses.

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