MPH Nutrition at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Programme overview

Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Nutrition & Dietetics Concentration Description The Master of Public Health (MPH) in Nutrition was the first degree offered by the Department of Nutrition. Since the first three students received their MPH degrees in 1951, the program enrolls cohorts of about 40 residential students per year. Beginning in 2018, The Nutrition and Dietetics concentration at The Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the first in the country to be an ACEND®-accredited Future Education Model program. The program is recognized throughout the United States for the excellence of its training in public health nutrition.

Faculty: Gillings School of Global Public Health | Department: Nutrition | Duration: Students complete the degree as well as all related internship training within two years and are then eligible to sit for the CDR exam to become a Registered Dietitian. | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What you will study

2 NUTR 910 is a repeatable course every semester for variable credits hours, for a total of 12 credit hours. Core courses include SPHG 600 Foundations of Public Health; BIOS 600 Principles of Statistical Inference; BBSP 710 Biostatistics for Laboratory Scientists; NUTR 600 Human Metabolism: Macronutrients; NUTR 620 Human Metabolism: Micronutrients; NUTR 622 Nutrition Research Seminar.

Career pathways

This degree is useful for students interested in nutrition research or in career in industry, as well as for students considering pursuit of a doctoral degree in medicine or in other areas of public health and biomedical sciences. MS students will perform advanced research in nutrition and take graduate nutrition courses that will provide the information and experience needed to help them choose their career path.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate School minimum (applies to all graduate programmes): a four-year bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) from an accredited institution completed before graduate study begins and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B) or better; application via the Graduate School online application with transcripts, three recommendation letters, statement of purpose and CV, plus any programme-specific tests/materials; international applicants add a TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test score; admission decisions are made by each programme.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants apply for a start term; fall is the main start term. Very few programmes admit new students for spring or summer terms.

Graduate applications and payment must be received by the deadline of the academic programme applied to, which varies by programme; the application closes at 11:59pm Eastern Time on the deadline date. The Graduate School recommends complete applications by December 15, 2026 for full fellowship consideration. The GRE is not required for the Master of Applied Professional Studies.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.unc.edu/admissions/instructions/

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