M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics is a 2-year full-time post graduate divided across 4 semesters. It has been designed to impart to eligible candidates requisite skills in:

  • critical evaluation through an integration of nutrition, dietetics, and research.
  • interaction with patients and students.
  • hands-on training in hospitals, in association with dieticians and clinicians.
  • advanced diet therapy.
  • participating in symposiums, research projects, and conferences in Nutrition & Dietetics.
  • forging a connection between medicine, chemistry, and food, focusing on the good and bad effects of alimentation on the human body.A balanced diet is about prevention of bodily diseases, since a poor diet leads to imbalances in the human body.

    Obesity and chronic illnesses, hence, are the most popular specializations in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics. The science of nutrition is:

    • the study of food elements and nutrients and their impact on the human body.
    • analyses of the substances from food and the drinks that people ingest.
    • determination of such food/ drinks’ impact on the human body.
    • provision of a balanced food diet to the body.

    The course prepares students for:

    • practice in medical and dental schools.
    • understanding composition, quality, and safety of foods and properties of food ingredients.
    • proficiency with relationships of metabolism and utilization of nutrients in food by the human body to health and disease states
    • advanced understanding of the influences of exercise and fitness.

    Such postgraduates are hired in areas such as:

    • Nutrition-based communities and organizations
    • Management and operation of food service facilities.
    • Dietetics
    • service management, and industries.

    Major components of study within the discipline include:

    • Integrative and preventive educational approach to nutrition, health, and disease. Nutrition and Dietetics such as fundamentals of nutrition
    • Food microbiology
    • Sports nutrition
    • Weight management
    • Measuring nutrition
    • Nutrition support
    • Nutrition during special situations etc.
    • Evidence-based approach to health and wellbeing.

    This course has been designed for graduates of Life Sciences who wish to pursue a career in clinical nutrition.

    M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics: What is it About?

    Nutrition is the relationship between diet and health. The science of Nutrition and Dietetics involves:

    • metabolic and physiological responses of the body to diet.

    • safe, getting evidence-based dietary advice and interventions.
    • negative impacts on health of solving deficiencies, excesses and imbalances in diet.
    • diet imbalance-related diseases such as:
    • cardiovascular disease
    • diabetes
    • obesity
    • scurvy
    • osteoporosis
    • psychological and behavioural problems. 
    • process of food-consumption and nourishment of the body.

      Eligibility for M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics

      Candidates aspiring for admission to the course are required to fulfill the following minimum eligibility criteria.

      • Graduationor another such equivalent course in a relevant discipline, completed from a recognized university.

      • Graduation needs to have been completed in any of:

      Home Science

      Nutrition or Dietetics

      Food Science

      Biology

      Microbiology

      Clinical Biochemistry

      Life Sciences

      BNYS (Naturopathy)

      BAMS (Ayurveda)

      • A minimum aggregate score of 50% (45% for SC/ST/OBC candidates) at the level of graduation.
      • Candidates in their final year of graduation can also apply for the course on provisional basis.

      M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics: Admission Process

      Some colleges also offer admission on the basis of obtained merit at the level of graduation. However, generally, in most of the colleges and institutes offering the course, admission is provided based on the candidate’s performance in a relevant entrance test, conducted at any of State and national levels, followed by a subsequent round of counselling.


Colleges offering MSc Nutrition

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR WOMEN - [UCW], HYDERABAD

University College for Women is a constituent of Osmania University established in the year 1924. Located in a sprawling campus of 42 acres in Hyderabad, the college is celebrating the successful completion of 93 years of empowering women. The goals and objectives of the... View More
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The graduation type of MSc Nutrition is PG
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The occupied stream of MSc Nutrition is Life Sciences

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