Bachelor in Nutrition Sciences
Lisbon, Portugal
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
Portuguese, English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* International Students (Non-EU) - 1st Call
Key Summary
The Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences qualifies to practice the profession of Nutritionist, which is one of the most relevant professions in the field of health.
The teaching of Nutrition Sciences at NOVA Medical School, sharing a large part Medicine teaching, is a strong bet from an integrative point of view, as it allows students to acquire hands-on research skills, allowing them to understand associations and recommendations, and to ensure more holistic and effective diagnostics and intervention strategies.
Main objective
The main objective of this degree is the qualification of graduates in the following fields:
- Food and Human Nutrition in the Lifecycle
To analyze the effects of what is ingested, arising from the use and metabolic functions of nutrients and other food constituents, as well as the study of food, diet, diets, and supplements in the life cycle. - Public Health and Epidemiology
Develop and apply the study of food intake, nutritional status, and their relationships with the disease. Plan, promote, and communicate community intervention programs. - Clinical Nutrition
Evaluate the nutritional status, nutritional needs and prescribe the food/nutritional plan appropriate to each pathology. - Food Services and Management
Analyze the functional technical and sanitary conditions of facilities, personnel, and foodstuffs. Plan menus and optimize the cost/quality of meals. - Research and Teaching
Investigate and convey knowledge by promoting health and well-being. - Nutrition in Sport
Assess nutritional status, and nutritional needs and draw up adequate food plans, according to the training program. - Food Industry
Collaborate in the development of new products, based on nutritional recommendations. Provide technical and scientific support to marketing.
This Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition Sciences is designed so that future Nutritionists are able to:
- Use concepts in the problematization and analysis of a particular case or situation (simulated or real)
- Evaluate, analyse, and make decisions based on scientific evidence (Code of Ethics of Nutritionists, Art. 4, d)
- Express personal opinion with arguments
- Take positions revealing critical and/or humanistic and/or ethical attitude; express ability to design strategies appropriate to different situations and in different scenarios
- To carry out the profession by showing a critical and/or humanistic and/or ethical and/or welcoming and/or respectful position in the development of the various professional activities
- Respect diversity
- To participate in the health policy debate as an active part.
Applications open for International Students to the Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition Sciences
Semester 1
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Nutrition and Metabolism I
- Sociology and History of Food
- Primary Food Production
- Food Chemistry
- Human Feeding
Semester 2
- Nutrition and Metabolism II
- Biostatistics I
- Morphology I
- Genetics
- Human Nutrition
- Health Communication
- Optional
Semester 3
- Immunology
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Physiology
- Morphology II
- Basic Microbiology
- Food technology and new products
Semester 4
- Biopathology
- Bromatology
- Pathophysiology
- Gastrothenia
- Food and Nutrition Marketing
- Food Microbiology
- Public health
Semester 5
- Nutrition Assessment
- Pharmacology
- Food Management Tools
- Research Methods
- Maternal and Pediatric Nutrition
- Food Safety
- Food Toxicology
Semester 6
- Diet Therapy I
- Ethics and Professional Deontology
- Community Nutrition
- Nutrition in Geriatrics
- Nutrition in Sports
- Psychology and Nutrition
- Food Quality and Management Systems
Semester 7
- Collective Feeding and Management
- Biostatistics II
- Diet therapy II
- Artificial nutrition
- Nutrition Policy
- Research project
Semester 8
- Internship
NOVA Medical School is part of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, which is present in some of the most relevant international rankings, including:
- QS World University Rankings (#388)
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings (Top 600)
- THE Impact Rankings (Top 500 for "Clinical and Health")
- Academic Ranking of World Universities (Top 800)
- U-Multirank (top 10 young European universities)
- Financial Times - European Business Schools Ranking (#18)
This Bachelor's Degree is designed so that future Nutritionists are able to:
- Use concepts in the problematization and analysis of a particular case or situation (simulated or real)
- Evaluate, analyze and make decisions based on scientific evidence (Code of Ethics of Nutritionists, Art. 4, d)
- Express personal opinion with arguments
- Take positions revealing critical and/or humanistic and/or ethical attitude; express ability to design strategies appropriate to different situations and in different scenarios
- To carry out the profession by showing a critical and/or humanistic and/or ethical and/or welcoming and/or respectful position in the development of the various professional activities
- Respect diversity
- To participate in the health policy debate as an active part