Nutrition Science

The Nutrition Science MSc program from University of Helsinki is built around human nutrition, food-related behaviour and consumership, as well as related research methods.

Themes based on Sustainable Development Goals - such as good health and wellbeing, zero hunger, equality, ecological and cultural sustainability– are embeddedthroughout the program.

The goal of the Master’s program is to enable you to:

• Understand the significance of nutrition to human physiology and health

• Learn to analyse the physiological, psychological, social and cultural aspects that are linked to food choices of individuals and communities

• Recognise the diversity of food and nutritional issues and ways to influence them

Career opportunities:

Upon graduation, you are qualified to work in expert, teaching, research and managerial posts in the public sector, NGOs and companies, and as an independent entrepreneur.

Examples of positions available to graduates include:

• Expert in nutrition and food

• Product manager

• Product development manager, development manager

• Director of food services

• Researcher, special researcher

• Planning officer

• Senior inspector

• Teacher or lecturer at a university of applied sciences

• Growth entrepreneur

• Journalist, press officer, content provider

Courses included:

• Nutritional physiology

• Diet related molecular mechanisms of chronic diseases

• Experimental nutrition research

• Nutrition and society

• The Health promotion project work

• Nutritional epidemiology

• Nutrition and Food Services