DUAL STUDIES
Combine a vocational training qualification with a state examination and a Bachelor's degree.
Nutrition from : academic perspective
What nutrition is recommended for diabetes? How can people with food intolerances eat a balanced and enjoyable diet? Which dietetics support cancer therapy? How can malnutrition be prevented? In the dual study programme in dietetics, we offer in-depth insights and academic answers to these and other questions. By combining theory and practice, you will receive comprehensive training that will enable you to analyse nutritional challenges from a research perspective and develop effective nutritional strategies.
Internationally, the field of dietetics is exclusively taught with an academic degree. In Germany, the professional qualification is acquired through a state examination after three years of training at vocational training colleges. The dual Bachelor's degree study programme provides international connectivity that was not previously available and offers the first step towards academisation.
At a glance
Degree
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Type of programme
Dual study programme
Start of study programme
Winter semester
Language of instructions
German
Standard duration
9 semester
Free of Admission Restriction
Yes
ECTS-Punkte
180 ECTS
Do you enjoy working with employees? Are you interested in science and nutritional medicine and could you imagine working in clinical diet therapy and nutritional counselling? Then the dual Bachelor's degree programme in Dietetics is just right for you.
The study programme is suitable for you if you are interested in nutrition and nutritional therapy after completing your (university entrance) qualifications and would like to combine your university studies with professional training.
The dietetics study programme is designed as a full-time dual study programme. To this end, the Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences department cooperates with five state vocational training colleges for dietetic assistants. The standard duration of studies is 9 semesters. In the first 6 semesters, you will complete your training as a dietitian at one of the cooperating vocational training colleges in parallel with your university studies. In the last 3 semesters, you will study modules from the fields of dietetics and nutritional science, dietary counselling, health care, social and cultural sciences in full-time attendance.
The modules build on each other step by step. Theoretical basics and research methods are used in practical case studies. In project work, you will work on questions comprising practical issues based on academic basics.
- Diet school at the Bad Hersfeld clinic
- Location: Bad Hersfeld
- Contact: Irmtraud Weidenbach
- Vocational training college for dieticians University Hospital Giessen and Marburg
- Location: Giessen
- Contact: Anja Constien
- School for Dietary Assistance University Hospital Giessen and Marburg
- Location: Marburg
- Contact: Christina Ferber
- Training Centre for Nutrition and Dietetics (AZED) of the University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Location: Mainz
- Contact: Dr Daniel Buchholz
- Würzburg State Vocational School Centre for Health Professions (BSzG)
- Location: Würzburg
- Contact: Ines Maier
University entrance qualification
Applicants who have not obtained their university entrance qualification at a German-speaking facility must provide evidence of German skills at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (DSH-2 or equivalent).
Training contract with one of the cooperation dietary schools and learning agreement with one of the cooperation dietary schools.
With German educational certificates: 15 April to 30 September, with foreign educational certificates: 1 March to 30 September
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Combining university studies with training as a dietitian at school offers many advantages: it increases students' academic and professional competences by enabling them to translate current research findings directly into practical solution strategies. In addition, a dual study programme is also financially rewarding, as there is usually a monthly remuneration.
Work self-employed : and independently
After successfully completing your university studies, you will be able to work independently and autonomously in diet therapy and nutritional counselling. You will also be able to develop concepts and strategies to put academic findings in nutritional medicine and dietetics into practice and test their effectiveness.
Potential employers are primarily clinics and hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, but also health insurance providers, research institutions and manufacturers of dietetic foods.
A postgraduate Master's degree is also possible.
Students and alumni share their experiences : Impressions from the study program
”For me, university studies are the perfect complement to my training as a dietitian, enabling me to expand my knowledge in areas that had no place in my training.
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Theresa Imhof, Bachelor's programme Dietetics
”I was particularly positively challenged by the suggestions to critically question the content I had learnt and to form my own opinion based on academic research.
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Judith Simon, Bachelor's programme Dietetics
More about the subject
Your Department
The study programme is an offer of the Nutritional Food and Consumer Sciences department. Find out more about your new environment, teaching, laboratories and your future professors on the department's website.
Prior to the study programme
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