To Empowering individuals and communities through and dietetics education, research, and practice; fostering health and wellness to build a healthier and more sustainable society.
To educate, innovate, and advocate for dietary practices that promote health, prevent disease, and enhance well-being across diverse populations. Prepare future leaders through rigorous academic programs, transformative research, and community engagement in the field of nutrition and dietetics, to address current and emerging health challenges.
The graduates will know about human nutrition and dietetics, food use in society, food science, nutritional assessment, clinical dietetics, and community and public health nutrition research.
The graduates will also acquire the professional skills and ability to:
Department of Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences, formerly known as Nutrition and Dietetics, was established in within the premises of the Health Sciences Wing.Its primary objective was to launch a 10-semester graduate degree program leading to the degree of Doctor of Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences (DDNS). Additionally, the department offers a post-graduate degree program of M.Phil and DOCTOR OF PHILOSPHY PhD in Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences
Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities the department conducts practical and research-based experiments in its therapeutic food product development nutritional chemistry laboratories. The faculty comprises highly qualified and conscientious individuals holding Ph.D. and M.Phil degrees re committed to imparting the best possible subjective knowledge to the students.
Our nutrition graduates may find jobs in both public and private sector organizations inside or outside the country as indicated below:
3rd International Symposium on World Foo...
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Talented students from TUF broadening th...
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Insightful Panel Discussion on Health an...
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Understanding Fasting: How Ramadan Promo...
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Health Sciences
