Nutrition and Dietetics

Faculty

Description

The 21st century is a century of population metabolic diseases, which are based on major nutritional imbalances; this is the case of diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemias, cardiovascular diseases, whose incidence, already high, is continuing to increase. The range of therapeutic measures applicable to these conditions is fundamentally based on prompt, integrated, and continuous nutritional intervention. Their prevention likewise requires the implementation, at the population level, of a new lifestyle that includes principles of healthy nutrition. The educational process offered by this study program ensures the formation of new knowledge, skills and abilities, which will serve both for professional training and as a communication and inter-relationship link with other specialists in the health field. The nutritionist plays an important role in maintaining health, physical performance, in the prevention and treatment of various diseases, in community education, in the development of public health policies, food service management, food quality expertise and consumer information.

Other details

  • Consultancy and expertise in the field of nutrition, dietary supplements, and health products, with an important role in maintaining health status, physical performance, and in the prevention and treatment of various conditions.
  • Management, marketing, and administration in the field of nutrition and public health.
  • Analysis and quality control of food products, dietary supplements, and other health-related products.
  • Community education, development of public health policies, and consumer information.


Career Opportunities
Obtaining the qualification of Licensed Nutritionist-Dietitian opens multiple career paths as an authorized dietitian, with graduates being able to choose successful careers in the following professional fields:

  • Clinical Dietitian: works at the level of primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare, in nutrition centers and practices, hospitals and clinics, spa resorts, recovery centers, etc.
  • Administrative Dietitian: works in the management of food services and products, catering units, the food industry, food analysis and control laboratories, interdisciplinary entrepreneurship, professional NGOs, etc.
  • Public or Community Health Dietitian: has a direct role in health promotion and in formulating policies for healthier food choices at the individual or group level, in public health institutions, NGOs, educational institutions, wellness and fitness centers, national health authorities (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry), etc.
  • continuing studies through Master’s or Doctoral programs in various fields, with involvement in teaching and research activities in higher education and research institutions.
  • Practicing the profession in the European Community, as the diplomas issued by “G.E. Palade” UMFST Târgu Mureș are recognized in the EU.

Documents

Study plans

Faculty

Admission status

Admission period closed

General information

Study program:

Accredited

Duration:

3 years

Credits:

180

Form of education:

With frequency

Language of instruction:

Romanian

Cycle of studies:

Bachelor's

Education figures: