Nutrition, Health and Food Systems (Master)

• Are you interested in the subject areas of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, in particular nutrition and health, the food industry and food quality, sustainability and quality management as well as education, politics and society?
• Do you enjoy innovative academic research in combination with project-orientated research?
• Would you like to experience the link between theory and practice during your university studies and acquire new knowledge and skills independently?
• Have you completed a Bachelor's programme in Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Dietetics or a related study programme?

The study programme comprises a standard duration of studies of four semesters and 120 credit points. By vouching for eleven compulsory modules and a total of six compulsory elective modules, students can create their own individual profile. A central component of the university studies programme is a three-semester research project, which is chosen and supervised individually.
 

An international orientation is possible through an optional period abroad in the fourth semester, but is also supported by a wide range of elective modules and international guest lectures in English.

Fulda University of Applied Sciences has had the right to award doctoral degrees since 2017. A wide range of research projects from all areas of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences are carried out at the department, providing an excellent framework for following up your Master's degree with a doctoral degree at one of the university's doctoral centres.

Proof of a first professionally qualifying university degree in a course of study with a focus on ecotrophology or related courses such as household and service sciences in the food industry, nutrition and food sciences; dietetics with a minimum of 180 ECTS credits and a grade point average of 2.5 or better. If the degree was passed with a grade lower than 2.5, the applicant may be granted admission to the programme upon request by providing evidence of very good food or nutrition-related expertise. Proof of this must be conclusively presented in a one-page cover letter and reviewed by a committee of the department. Applicants who are not graduates of a bachelor's programme in ecotrophology may be required to take modules from the department's programmes in order to compensate for identified deficits. 
All applicants who did not obtain their university entrance qualification at an English-speaking institution and who have not completed a university degree or training programme predominantly in English must demonstrate English language skills at level B2 of the European Framework of Reference. The details are regulated by the statutes on the language skills required for studying at Fulda University of Applied Sciences.

With German educational certificates: 1 May to 30 September
With foreign educational certificates: 1 May to 30 September