The education program of the second degree program is designed as a universal offer to supplement the education in dietetics from the level of bachelor’s degree, dedicated also to graduates of first or second-cycle degree programs in other majors related to human nutrition, dietetics or food technology, which leads to the professional title of master’s degree.
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Graduates of the second degree program will receive a development and deepening of practical medical training in human nutrition and dietetics, with particular emphasis on contemporary health risks (primary and secondary prevention of diet-related diseases). They will be prepared to establish and run a business with a profile of human nutrition and dietetics. The primary goal of training is to prepare a nutritionist – a medical professional, to work in therapeutic and health promotion teams, as well as to undertake management demands in entities involved in various forms of human nutrition.
We distinguish two educational paths in our second-cycle programme: Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition in Sports and Fitness, which offer the development and detailing of practical skills and knowledge in dietotherapy, clinical dietetics and clinical nutrition, respectively, as well as the theoretical foundations of sports and fitness, sports and health training and nutrition in specific sports and fitness disciplines.
In our educational concept, medical-clinical knowledge and competencies will be complemented by knowledge and competencies in food science and nutrition, including food technology, food chemistry and biochemistry, food microbiology, as well as the fundamentals of human nutrition in health at different stages of the life cycle.
