Justus Liebig University Giessen campus

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MSc Nutritional Sciences (Ernährungswissenschaften) at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Programme overview

Deepens Bachelor's knowledge of human nutrition: food ingredients, the effect of foods and diets on the body, links between nutrition and health and disease, with individual specialisation in preventive and therapeutic nutrition or food science.

Faculty: Fachbereich 09 - Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management  |  Department: Nutritional Sciences  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester and summer semester  |  Location: Gießen, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Physiological and biochemical processes of human nutrition and their disorders, composition and analysis of foods and the functional action of food ingredients, with training in scientific work in research and development.

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Entry requirements

Admission is locally restricted (NC). Entry requires a relevant Bachelor's degree, currently Ernährungswissenschaften; applicants with an Ökotrophologie Bachelor's must show knowledge in nutritional sciences, nutritional physiology, nutritional medicine, pathobiochemistry and food science; other degrees are reviewed individually. English at CEFR B2 is expected; no formal proof is required.

Intake: Winter semester and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung

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