Nutritional Sciences (Bachelor)

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The bachelor’s programme in Nutritional Sciences provides students with a multidisciplinary academic education in the field of nutritional sciences. Students acquire competences that enable them to deal with academic and practical problems arising from the relation between nutrition and people. The first phase of the degree programme focuses on principles of natural sciences, followed by a comprehensive academic pre-professional education.

Bachelor of Science

Degree Programme Code: 033 638

6 semesters / 180 ECTS credits (including 15 ECTS credits of extension curricula)

Language: German

Entrance exam procedure

Curriculum

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Data updated on: 20.07.2023

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Attention

Instruction Language German

Please note that the instruction language of this programme is German. To start the degree programme, you need to hold a certificate of German proficiency on C1 level.

Study programme

The bachelor’s programme in Nutritional Sciences consists of the following modules: Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP) (dietetics, chemistry); compulsory modules in the fields of chemistry, food safety, human nutrition, principles of medicine and biochemistry, general and molecular biology, public health nutrition and dietetics; and alternative compulsory modules (Quality Management, Community Nutrition, Advanced Botany, Molecular Nutritiony, Nutrition Ecology, Basics of Economics). To successfully complete the programme, students have to write a bachelor’s thesis.

Five concepts

which you will deal with during your studies:

  • Human nutrition
  • Food Safety
  • Public Health and Dietetics
  • Food chemistry/Biochemistry
  • Nutritional ecology

... and many more.

 Overview of the programme structure & topics

Here you find the current offer of courses for this programme to gain better insight into the topics and structure. For more information please click on the respective level.



After Graduation

Graduates can pursue a career in the following fields:

  • food industry
  • community catering
  • healthcare sector and public health
  • adult education
  • public relations and media
  • insurance companies
  • pharmaceutical industry.

Graduates' Perspective on the Degree Programme

Graduates ...

  • say that this degree programme receives the grade: 2.5 (good)
  • rate the level of difficulty as: 3.7 (high)

→ These results are basd on feedback from 179 graduates.

*You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of the bachelor’s programme in Nutritional Sciences graduation survey (in German).

3 years after graduation ...

  • find employment within 3 months after graduation on average.

*You can find further information on career entry and career paths in the tracking of graduates "BA Nutritional Sciences".

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