What sort of jobs/careers can be undertaken with this degree?
After completing the Nutrition and Dietetics programme, the graduates can be employed in various professions. There are various job opportunities for the graduates of this programme.

Clinical Dietitians
Clinical dietitians provide nutritional services for patients in hospitals, nursing care facilities and other healthcare services. They assess patients’ nutritional status, develop and implement medical nutrition therapies appropriate to the patient’s medical history and lifestyle.

Community Nutritionists
Their duties include assessment of individual and community nutritional status, develop, supervise and evaluate community nutrition programmes, and counsel individuals and groups on healthy dietary practices essential for health promotion and disease prevention.

Industry Nutritionists
Increased public interest in nutrition has led to creation of new job opportunities in sectors such as food systems administration, advertising, and marketing. In these areas, nutritionists analyse foods, prepare informational materials for distribution, or prepare reports on the nutritional content of new food products and nutritional supplements.

Consultant Dietitians
Dietitians can work in their own private practice sometimes under contract with health care facilities. They perform nutrition screenings and offer advice on diet-related concerns such as weight loss, cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure management. Some work for wellness programs, sports teams, and other nutrition-related businesses.

Food Service Management Dietitians
This professional role lies mainly in the supervision of large-scale meal planning and preparation in health care facilities, company cafeterias, schools and other institutions e.g. prisons, nursing homes.

They may also work as independent consultants for the food service industry, providing expertise in sanitation, safety procedures, menu development, budgeting and planning.