The degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics was born as an innovative project for train dietitians-nutritionists in the field of clinical or sports nutrition, also able to intervene in processes of assessing the nutritional status of the general population, in the food industry, in catering services or in research. It offers students two curricular itineraries: clinical nutrition and sports nutrition.
Dietitians-nutritionists are registered health professionals who intervene in the assessment of the nutritional status of the population, implement food and nutritional intervention programs, act in the prevention of disorders and pathologies, work in the field of food industry in the development of new products, supervise, organize and manage catering services in hospitals, clinics or high performance centers and lead research and investigation centers. Always with a multidisciplinary approach, because health cannot be understood without a holistic approach to the human being.
The degree integrates disciplines such as nutritional nutrigenomics or genomics, as part of science that studies the interaction of genes with the genome; Phytotherapy, as a science that studies the use of botanical extracts as health promoters; and ergonutrition, which seeks to increase athletic performance or recovery after a competition through supplements or food.
Goals
- Train professionals with general skills in human nutrition and dietetics.
- Train professionals with specific skills in clinical nutrition.
- To train professionals with specific competences in sports nutrition.
- Provide training in the community field in order to develop community policy programs.
- Prepare professionals for collective catering, food services for healthcare institutions and other services or institutions that need professionals who are experts in hygienic-sanitary, dietary-nutritional or food quality and safety issues.
- Prepare professionals to teach specialized training in human nutrition and dietetics.
- To train professionals in the field of basic or applied research, nutrition and diet, health and illness.
"The Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics offers a unique project of part-time studies with two itineraries: clinical nutrition and sports nutrition. In addition, students will be able to train in community nutrition, collective catering, food industry and research.”
Jordi Sarola Gassiot, degree coordinator.
Study load:
240 ECTS
Mode:
Blended
Schedule:
Mornings from 8 a.m. to 14 p.m.
Taught by:
School of Health Sciences
Official degree:
Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Price:
Check the cost and funding of the studies at the following link (Prices and financing)
Access:
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Places:
60
Teaching languages:
Catalan, Spanish and English
Organized by:
School of Health Sciences
Semi-attendance
The learning model combines 105 virtual ECTS (43,75%) with 135 face-to-face ECTS (56,25%). In this way, it allows work and studies to be combined, and encourages the use of new technologies.
Professional degree
Degree oriented to the labor market with a strong practical and experimental basis.
Integrated languages
Classes in Catalan, Spanish and English incorporated into different disciplines of the degree.
Training route in Clinical Nutrition
As an optional one, specialization in clinic can be taken semi -distance.
Training route in Sports Nutrition
As an elective, the specialization in sport can be taken part-time.
Teaching innovation
Participatory, innovative and creative learning model with a strong practical base.
Internships in hospitals, sports centers and companies
They are mandatory and are carried out in different hospitals, clinics, sports centers or collective catering companies.
84%
Job placement of graduated students
Work placement has been on the rise since it came out as its own degree, in the case of Catalonia, in 1993, where 84% of graduates were in work three years after obtaining their degree.
10
Last ten years
The profile with the most output is that of collective catering and the food industry, although clinical and sports profiles have been on the rise in the last decade.
150
Incorporation of new dietitians-nutritionists
The clinical nutritionist profile is endorsed by the Generalitat de Catalunya through the Department of Health, which in 2022 promoted the incorporation of 150 dietitians into the public health system.
1/50.000
Future forecast
In the future, it is expected that in Catalonia there will be one dietitian-nutritionist for every 50.000 inhabitants.
Admission Profile
The Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics is aimed at students interested in human food and nutrition, both for healthy people and those affected by some disease. It is a degree with two well-differentiated training itineraries with the aim of professional specialization: one in clinical nutrition and another in sports nutrition.
The student must have:
- Knowledge of biology, human anatomy, physiology, chemistry and biochemistry.
- Disposition to process, cook and taste food or culinary preparations.
- Predisposition to interdisciplinarity, autonomy, social and environmental sensitivity and the desire to know, apply and transmit positive values.
- Language knowledge and new technologies.
- Interest in everything related to food and human nutrition, as well as dietetics.
The Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics is accessed from the Scientific Baccalaureate and from Higher Degree Training Cycles related to health or specifically from the Higher Degree Training Cycle in Dietetics, which validates the subjects of Physiopathology and Bromatology I , and from the Higher Degree Training Course in Processes and Quality in the Food Industry, which validates the subjects of Bromatology I and Hygiene, food safety and quality control.
It enables for the exercise of the regulated profession of dietitian-nutritionist.
The formation of graduate in human nutrition and dietetics allows to work in the following areas:
- In the field of clinical nutrition, as a dietitian-nutritionist clinical in public and private social and health centers (clinics, hospitals, primary care centers, elderly residences, spas, etc.).
- In the field of sports nutrition, as a sports dietitian-nutritionist in public and private sports institutions (high performance centers, gyms, etc.).
- In the field of community nutrition and public health, in the development of health prevention and promotion programs.
- In the field of collective catering, in the supervision, organization and management of food services in public and private centers (clinics, hospitals, penitentiaries, day centers, homes for the elderly, etc.).
- In the field of food industry, in food design and/or food supplements companies.
- In the field of teaching, in public or private training centers (universities, vocational training centers, schools, etc.).
- In research and research centers, both public and private, in the clinical, sports, collective restoration or food industry.
Skills
Generic
- Demonstrate commitment to the profession and its values, with the continuous improvement of practice, always seeking excellence in the care of healthy and sick people, and acquiring skills for teamwork.
- Participate in activities related to public health and community nutrition, demonstrating skills in interpersonal relationships and empathy with people.
- Develop the capacity for critical analysis in daily practice and teaching and research.
- Plan menus and diets adapted to health and disease for both clinical, sports nutrition or collective restoration.
Specific
- Know the anthropology of human health and nutrition at an evolutionary level and its implication.
- Be able to apply basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, chemistry, bromatology, biology and the psychology of eating behavior.
- Understand the foundations of human nutrition and diet, to understand metabolic functions.
- Design food and nutritional plans for healthy and sick people, identifying problems and biases, stereotypes and gender roles.
- Participate in the design of food policies, with a global perspective, with commitment to fundamental rights, social justice, democracy, the environment and sustainability policies.
- Integrate knowledge of basic science and food to be able to classify food according to its chemical composition, physico-chemical properties, nutritional value, organoleptic, bioavailability and sustainability.
- Participate in the design, organization and management of collective catering services.
- Integrate knowledge of exercise physiology and sports training.
- Know supplements and ergonutrients, their characteristics, properties, dosages and time of use, as well as the groups or people they are intended for.
- Design menus and preparations for athletes taking into account age and gender, needs and sports.
- Know pathologies related to clinical and hospital nutrition.
- Design specific menus and recommendations for people affected by cancer, allergies and food intolerance, obesity and other prevalence diseases.
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1 quarter |
2 quarter |
3 quarter |
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1st year |
ECTS: 24 |
ECTS: 18 |
ECTS: 18 |
2nd course |
ECTS: 24 Bromatology 2 (6 ECTS) |
ECTS: 18 Dietetics 1 (6 ECTS) |
ECTS: 18 Dietetics 2 (6 ECTS) |
3st year
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ECTS: 24 Food technology (6 ECTS) Hygiene, food safety and quality control (6 ECTS) Food business economics and management (6 ECTS) Community nutrition (6 ECTS)
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ECTS: 18 Diet therapy (6 ECTS) Nutritional assessment (6 ECTS) Collective restoration (6 ECTS) |
ECTS: 18 Nutrition education (6 ECTS) Public health (6 ECTS) Nutrigenomics (6 ECTS) |
4th year |
Mention in Clinical Nutrition Nutrition, dietetics and life cycle (6 ECTS) Cancer and nutrition (6 ECTS) Food allergies and digestive intolerances (6 ECTS) Nutrition applied to the clinic (6 ECTS) Mention in Sports Nutrition Physiology of physical exercise (6 ECTS) Basics of sports training (6 ECTS) Supplementation and ergogenic aids (6 ECTS) Sports nutrition (6 ECTS) |
Mention in Clinical Nutrition Phytotherapy (6 ECTS) Mention in Sports Nutrition Gastronomy applied to sport (6 ECTS) |
Common external academic practices Specific external academic practices Final year project |
1. The why of a tutorial space
2. The PAT at the ESCST
3. Objectives of the PAT
4. Modalities of tutoring
5. ESCT tutors
1. The why of a tutorial space
Research and practical reflection on the tutorial function at the University is an open field in which an experimental theoretical corpus is beginning to be formed in recent years. Today's society demands not only professionals theoretical and practical knowledge (knowing and knowing how to do), but also skills related to knowing how to be and knowing how to be.
This is where the tutoring space acquires relevance in terms of the educative and socializing function, one more function within teaching that contributes to the integral development of the person.
2. The PAT at the School of Health Sciences
The Governing Council of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) approved on July 13, 2011 the Regulations for Tutoring of Undergraduate Students. In this line and within the methodological and curricular adaptation in which the universities are immersed, the tutorial action represents a relevant and effective teaching action in the student learning process. For this reason, UPF is committed to a comprehensive tutoring model where various aspects are taken into account that can affect the student's learning throughout the years of study.
The School of Health Sciences, as a center attached to the UPF, considers the need for students to have a Tutorial Action Plan (PAT)
The PAT was created with the aim of promoting the integration and involvement of students in the ESCST. This is an educational action that is being carried out to provide university students with support and advice from the beginning to the end of their university career.
3. Objectives of the PAT
The tutorial action must satisfy both the objectives of the student and those of the university. The purpose of the tutorials is:
- Ensure the adaptation of students to the university.
Adapting students to the first term of the first year is essential to reduce early school leaving and frustration.
- Stimulate study and academic performance.
It is important to offer students specific support for the studies they have chosen to pursue, providing them with tools and resources that will help them enhance their development of their academic and professional itinerary.
- Help in situations of personal or study difficulty.
Sometimes, there are personal situations that affect the good follow-up of studies. The tutor must support the student so that he / she can overcome them. If personal problems are important, the tutor may recommend psycho-pedagogical help.
4. Modalities of tutoring
Tutoring can take the following forms:
- Individualized tutoring. This type of tutoring allows student support based on the personal and direct relationship with the tutor. It can be at the request of the student and / or the tutor.
- Group tutoring, previously planned, is carried out to work on either cross-cutting issues (curriculum, itineraries ...), or common issues between group members.
In reference to the development of the tutorials, there are three ways: face-to-face, telematic and mixed.
- In class, through direct interviews, both individual and group. At times agreed between the student and the tutor.
- Telematics, by email or video conference.
- Mixed, if both of the above modes are used.
The tutor has a special involvement in situations such as:
- Regime of dedication to part-time study.
- Special educational needs.
- Elite athletes.
- Risk of academic failure, defined as exhaustion of two calls for a subject.
- Other situations that, in the opinion of the school principal, advise strict supervision.
5. ESCST tutor
The ESCST academic tutor is Mrs. Elisabeth Rosell.
In order to get in touch with them, you can write an email to erosell@tecnocampus.cat.
Mr. Jordi Sarola Gassiot
Dr. Marta Carrasco Marginet
Dr. Meritxell Puyané Oliva
Mrs. Dolors Muns Cornellas
Dr. Màrian Buil Fabregà
Mr. Pere Bacardit Pintó
Mr. Pau Carratalà Pérez
Dr. Jorge Castizo Olier
Dr. Esther Cabrera Torres
Dr. Ishar Dalmau Santamaria
Dr. Alba Vidal Torres
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One in four students have obtained some kind of scholarship
Outstanding scholarships:
- TecnoCampus Scholarships, with economic and academic criteria, which offer different renewable grants throughout the studies and which are resolved before the end of the pre-registration period in June.
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