Profile and Career

At its core, the MSc programme in Human Nutrition focuses on how our health and well-being are tightly linked to the foods and diets we consume.

You will get a thorough understanding of nutrition physiology and metabolism, the nutritional requirements through different stages of life, and the dietary factors contributing to a healthy life. You will also learn how diet and physical activity play an important role in the prevention and treatment of major lifestyle-related diseases.

The programme will provide you a solid theoretical foundation. You will also achieve hands-on experience with applying the theories and methods through the use of exercises and case studies.

Among other things, this enables you to plan and manage human studies and clinical trials. You can also design new diets based on the latest research, including sustainable plant-based diets and personalized diets. As a master student you will learn to work independently, and also work closely together with students from other educational and cultural backgrounds.

Competence Description

With an MSc degree in Human Nutrition, you have aquired a set of valuable skills and competences which are highly in demand. Among other things you are able to:

• initiate, design, plan, and carry out research projects and clinical trials in human subjects.
• collect and evaluate dietary data using state-of-the-art methodologies.
• monitor, interpret, and advise on nutrition of individuals or groups of people for a variety of entities – e.g. health authorities, scientific organisations, and the industry.
• plan and conduct diet-related prevention initiatives in a public health context.
• Communicate and teach expert knowledge on nutrition and how it affects the entire life cycle of growth, health, and well-being.
• Evaluate and be critical of the scientific literature on nutrition and health.

Depending on your choice of elective courses you will also have knowledge and competencies within these fields:

• Clinical nutrition
• Sustainable diets and food systems
• National and international public health nutrition
• Gut microbiome
• Metabolomics
• Bioactive food components

Career Opportunities

As a graduate, you have a solid foundation for a career in the food and pharmaceutical industries, hospitals, food and health authorities, governmental agencies and municipalities.

Among other things, you are qualified to work as:

• project manager or researcher in companies or within the public sector
• trial manager or medical writer
• consultant in national and international organisations
• teacher, e.g. at university colleges
• clinical dietician team-leader in hospitals (provided you have selected the necessary courses)
• researcher in academia if you choose to continue your studies with a PhD within the field.