The Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry and the Department of Health Sciences and Nutrition of the School of Public Health were merged to form the Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics in 2010 with three departments, namely, Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, and Cellular and Molecular Nutrition. It follows goals such as capacity building and professional training in various areas of nutrition and dietetics, expanding nutritional knowledge and culture, safeguarding national noble nutrition culture and its spiritual heritage, and providing a forum for scientific collaboration with individuals as well as national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
It is the only school in Iran and in the region that covers nutrition areas of education, research, and training from “Cell to Society” at all three levels of disease prevention. Its close collaboration with TUMS School of Public Health and School of Medicine provides vast fields of research and training for the students. Furthermore, a friendly environment for study and research is provided by the School.
TUMS School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics accepts international students in the following programs: |