Programme Structure

At Human Nutrition, the teaching comprises lectures, seminars, and practical and theoretical exercises. You will be working both independently and in groups. The programme consists of compulsory and elective courses as well as a final thesis.

The elective courses enables you to create an individualised academic profile of your own choice together with your master thesis.

Do a Project in Practice or Study Abroad

You can use some of your elective courses to do a project in practice in collaboration with a company or an organisation. You can also choose to study abroad as part of your programme.

Master's Thesis

You will complete your studies by writing a thesis. Here, you will be working independently on an academic topic of your own choice. You may do either experimental or analytical work based on collected data.

Examples of subjects for previous MSc theses:

  • Changes in diet and lifestyle following a breast cancer diagnosis – in collaboration with the Danish Cancer Society.
  • The effects of different types of vitamin D – in collaboration with DTU-FOOD.
  • Sleep Behavior, Insulin Resistance, and Time-Restricted Eating as a Zeitgeber to Modify sleep.
  • Associations of breastfeeding patterns in infancy with anthropometry, body composition and cardiometabolic markers at 5 years of age in an Ethiopian birth cohort.
  • Personalized Dietary Management of Overweight and Obesity Characterization and Comparison of predefined Clusters.
  • A randomized controlled trial of the effects of Dairy Protein on liver disease severity and metabolism in patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
  • Effects of high whole grain rye and oat intake on gastrointestinal health in school-aged children.
  • Diet quality and sustainability in different countries and territories.
  • How abiotic factors in the human gut shape the fecal metabolome.
  • VegGut - How vegan diets affect the gut microbiota and well-being in healthy adults.

 

Programme Overview

Compulsory courses: 52.5 ECTS
Elective courses: 22.5 ECTS
Thesis: 45 ECTS

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4
Year 1

 Advanced Nutrition Physiology and Metabolism Integrative Human Metabolism Nutrition Related Diseases  Study Design in Human Nutrition
Tools and Techniques in Nutrition Research Lifecourse Nutrition and Health Elective course Elective course
Year 2

 Evidence, Diet and Health Thesis
Elective course

One block each year equals nine weeks of study and 15 ECTS.

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