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⇒ Transfer 2 years of the Degree Programme: download the Call
⇒ Ranking list published on 30th March 2023
Candidates who are admitted must register by 1:00 p.m. of 5th April 2023 following the procedure indicated on the Enrolment page for the TRANSFER TO THE SECOND YEAR.
NB: Registration is considered completed upon payment of the first instalment.
Those who have not completed the registration and completed the payment of the first instalment by that date will be considered waivers.
Teaching language: Italian
Attendance modality: lectures can be attended also by workers. The distance learning technology in use is highly advanced.
Duration: 2 years (120 CFU)
The Degree course in Human Nutrition Sciences – accredited By the Ministry of the University and Research with Decreto n. 899 of 19/07/2021 – has the objective of creating graduates in possession of a solid and highly qualified scientific, professional and methodological knowledge in the area of the Human Nutrition, able to perform advanced tasks and assessments, coordination and control activities, planning, giving directions, managing and training, towards the preservation and the promotion of the condition of the human health via the eating, in different professional frameworks (medical, industrial, regulatory).
The didactic organization of the Degree course in Human Nutrition Sciences ensures knowledge, skills and competencies based on a solid scientific and interdisciplinary training relative to the physiology, the fundamentals of nutrition and its implementation, as well as to complementary subjects such as hygiene, food safety and biochemistry, nutrition microbiology and technologies, pharmacology, and guidance on food legislation. The presence of clinical subjects gives the opportunity to go in deep with other sides of the pathologies that come from nutrition or have some aspects related to it, to better understand the role of different foods and diets in different physiological conditions, as well as to approach the prevention of the chronicle-degenerative diseases and to improve the wellbeing and the quality of life.
Read the Regulation of the Degree course in Human Nutrition Sciences (in Italian).
The graduate student in Human Nutrition Sciences will easily find a job opportunity in various sectors, both public and private, or as an independent contractor in the Nutrition field. The sector is growing thanks to some innovative aspects, and will be in the future more and more important for the human health in the third millennium. In particular::
1) Public healthcare facilities: in the context of national and regional healthcare programs, participating in health promotion and disease prevention projects; planning and managing nutritional assessment programs.
2) Public and / or private research institutes: planning, managing and developing scientific research studies in the field of Food Science.
3) Food, dietary and pharmaceutical companies: planning, developing, and enhancing food products with a high nutritional impact (functional foods); managing information and labeling related to nutrition and health claims; developing certification systems, control and food technology laboratories;
4) Catering companies and hospital food services: implementing integrated management systems for food quality.
5) Private practice: Degree Course in Nutrition Sciences graduates, will be able to engage in business activities and as freelancers, after passing the State examination and after the registration to the Biologists Association, in the field of the Feed and the Human Nutrition and Life Science (Biology).
Graduates can also work for organizations and NGOs interested in malnutrition problems in the southern countries or in groups of populations at risk of malnutrition.
Finally, graduates of Human Nutrition Sciences will be able to enroll, after passing the State exam, in the Professional Order of Biologists.
In order to access the Master degree course, students must have a bachelor or single-cycle degree or different suitable qualifications achieved abroad, as well as specific curricular requirements and an appropriate personal preparation.
As regards the curricular requirements, students shall have guaduated in one of the following degree courses:
Students graduated in other master’s degrees can access the course provided that they achieved at least 48 ECTS in the following subjects areas (in brackets the minimum number of ECTS required in each subject area):
Students must have a very good knowledge of English language, which has to be certified by:
– an exam of English language that proves at least the B1 level or an exam of English language of at least 3 ECTS.
– an official B1 Level certificate;
– a degree course of first level officially taught in English;
FIRST YEAR
| SUBJECT | SSD | CFU | TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY |
| Physiology of digestive, uptake and human nutrition process | BIO/09 | 6 | Core educational activity |
| I.C. Biochemistry and molecular biology | |||
| Biochemistry and Metabolism of nutrients | BIO/10 | 7 | Core educational activity |
| Clinical biochemistry and clinical molecular biology | BIO/12 | 5 | Core educational activity |
| I.C. Hygiene, quality and food safety | |||
| Food Hygiene | MED/42 | 5 | Core educational activity |
| Quality and microbiological safety of food | AGR/16 | 6 | Core educational activity |
| I.C. Analytical and pharmaceutical food chemistry | |||
| Food chemistry | CHIM/10 | 5 | Core educational activity |
| Pharmaceutical chemistry | CHIM/08 | 5 | Similar/Supplementary |
| I.C. Food allergies, immunity and medications | |||
| Pharmacology | BIO/14 | 7 | Core educational activity |
| Physiopathology | MED/04 | 4 | Similar/Supplementary |
| I.C. Statistics and Processing | |||
| Medical and epidemiological statistics | MED/01 | 3 | Similar/Supplementary |
| Data and Information management | ING-INF/05 | 3 | Similar/Supplementary |
| Elective course | 4 |
SECOND YEAR
| SUBJECT | SSD | CFU | TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY |
| I.C Food Technology and Law | |||
| Technology and Control of food quality | AGR/15 | 6 | Core educational activity |
| Food Law | IUS/03 | 5 | Core educational activity |
| I.C. Human Nutrition | |||
| Nutrition and Health Promotion | MED/49 | 8 | Core educational activity |
| Nutrition Bioethics | MED/43 | 2 | Similar/Supplementary |
| I.C. Practical aspects in general and specialized medicine | |||
| Endocrinology | MED/13 | 5 | Core educational activity |
| Practical aspects of nutrition in cardiology | MED/11 | 2 | Similar/Supplementary |
| Practical aspects of nutrition in internal medicine | MED/09 | 5 | Core educational activity |
| Practical aspects of nutrition in eating disorders | MED/25 | 2 | Similar/Supplementary |
| Elective course | 4 | ||
| English language | 6 | ||
| Useful knowledge for the entry into employment | 3 | ||
| Final Exam | 12 |
For the academic year 2021/2022, starting from February 2022, there will be 1 exam call every 2 months.
The exams consist of a multiple choice test.
Headquarters:
Rome in Via di Sant’Alessandro, 8
Local offices: For each exam session, the exams will be held in the local offices with an adequate number of candidates.
In order to sit the final examination of the MA in Human Nutrition Sciences students must have completed all the modules as well as any qualifying examinations provided for in the Plan of Study.
The final examination consists in a public viva voce exam.
The final examination signals the completion of the degree course taken by students, enabling them to improve their skills in terms of knowledge, ability to apply knowledge, interpersonal skills development, communication and autonomy of judgement.
1. Summer session in July;
2. Autumn session in October;
3. Winter session in December or January;
4. Spring session in March.
Information related to admission requirements, deadlines, final examination, Academic Board, score and marking criteria are explained in the MA Human Nutrition Sciences Final Examination Regulations.
→ Download the Regulation
→ Download the guide to dissertation proposal
→ Download the guide to graduation application
Please note that you are required to read and use the attachments listed here below:
Attachment 1 – Deadlines schedule (Annex_1 pdf download);
Attachment 2 – Technical note for dissertation drafting (Annex_2 pdf download);
Attachment 3 – Exact copy of the dissertation cover page (Annex_3 docx download);
Attachment 4 – Exact copy of the dissertation front page (Annex_4 docx download);
Attachment 5 – Logo (Annex_5 png download);
Attachment 6 – Research originality statement and declaration of academic honesty (Annex_6 pdf download).
Attachment 7 – PowerPoint Template (Annex_7 ppt download).
For any information request regarding the graduation procedure, please write to:
The amount of the fees for students enrolled in the Academic Year 2022/2023 is 2500 € per year.
In order to be admitted to the regular exams and to the final one (graduation), students are required to comply with the payment of the tuition and fees.
Students who end their career (in case of graduation, diploma, study suspension, transfer, study waiver) are in any case required to pay in full the contributions for the academic year they are enrolled in.
Students are required to pay the regional tax for the right to study (Lazio Region), whose amount is set at 140 €, but it can undergo any changes set by the Lazio Region.
After the enrollment at the Human Nutrition Sciences degree course, it is possible to apply for the credit recognition as regards the previous academic activities that are related exclusively to:
– bachelor’s degree old system
– single-cycle degree
– master’s degree
N.B. exams taken during the bachelor’s degree or post-graduate degree will not be considered.
Enrolled students who apply for the credit recognition must:
– digitally fill in the module in all its parts and sign it;
– specify the scientific field (SDS) and credits (ECTS) of each exams;
N.B. if an exam has two scientific fields, please specify the credits of each of them (e.g. analitic chemistry and complements of general and organic chemistry SDS: CHIM/01 and CHIM/03; ECTS: 6+4).
N.B. fill in the module only with exams that are relevant to the study plan of Human Nutrition Sciences degree course (please, chek out the STUDY PLAN section on our website).
N.B. for the degree courses belonging to the D.M. 509/99 we invite you to contact the registrar’s office of the previous degree course in order to verify to which SDS and ECTS the exams taken are referable.
The above-mentioned documents have to be properly signed and sent exclusively in PDF format.
Incomplete documents will not be considered.
The evaluation will be carried out by the Credit Recognition Committee.
The Didactic Committee could request the syllabus or additional documentation.
Those who receive the credit recognition have to accept it by sending to nutrizione.umana@unicamillus.org the countersigned module.
N.B. Recognition is not automatic.
The Quality Assurance Group (QA) is chaired by the Director of the Degree Course or by the President, who is the Responsible for the Quality of the Course; it ensures the proper and regular performance of the activities, in coordination with the Academic Quality Assurance and with the QA referents of the University.
The QA contributes to the design, implementation and verification of the activities of the Degree Course.
The Review Group performs the following functions:
a) identifying the improvements, reporting the person in charge and specifying the deadlines and the indicators that allow verifying the degree of implementation;
b) verifying the achievement of the objectives pursued or identifying any reasons for a failure or partial achievement;
c) drafting the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR), which is sent to the Evaluation Unit and the Academic Quality Assurance through the University Quality Office.
TRANSITIONAL PHASE
During the statutory transitional phase, in order to facilitate the start-up phase of the QA System, UniCamillus considered it functional to choose the appointment at the level of each Degree Course of the only Quality Assurance Group, which is also called to perform the functions of the Review Group.
The QA has the task of monitoring the progress of the Degree Course management and of drafting the Annual Monitoring Report and the cyclical review report (RCC) in collaboration with the President of the Teaching Committee.
Quality Assurance Group of Master Degree Course in Human Nutrition Sciences
Students can contact the Human Nutrition Sciences office by calling the 06400640:
They can also send an email to nutrition.umana@unicamillus.org or fill in the form below.
Report from students is the service through which UniCamillus students can send any request relating to teaching or organization. The aim is to promote an efficient and direct communication between students and University Offices.
Contacts:
→ Didactic Manager: carolina.salomoni@unicamillus.org
→Didactics Office: nutrizione.umana@unicamillus.org
→ Requests related to the academic career: nutrizione.umana@unicamillus.org
→ Requests related to Social Media use: comunicazione@unicamillus.org
→ Requests to Student Representatives (Representatives’ aim is to collect students’ soliciting and implement activities to engage students in a proactive way towards the university life):
| Year of enrolment 2021/2022 | • Muscatello Riccardo • Bianchini Greta |
