NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

The aim of the department is to educate qualified dietitians who possess advanced professional competence and ethical values, in accordance with nationally and internationally recognized professional standards; who contribute to the protection, improvement, and promotion of individual and public health throughout the lifespan, as well as to the enhancement of quality of life, by ensuring adequate and balanced nutrition at both individual and community levels; who apply evidence-based scientific principles related to nutrition and foods in the fields of health promotion and disease prevention and management; and who are capable of contributing to the development of nutrition policies and performing at world-class standards in both the public and private sectors.

A dietician is a person who has received at least four years of higher education in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics and received the title of Dietician with the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dieticians can get the titles of Specialist Dietitian and Doctor Dietician by completing their master's and doctoral programs after their undergraduate education.