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Nutritional Sciences

Faculty of Medicine
Goals

Develop consistent training, with a solid and complete base, supported by practice and scientific research, translational and clinical research.

Train nutritionists through the acquisition of skills in the wide range of their areas of activity, directing their action to safeguard human health.

Transmit skills in the main areas of expertise: Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition and Public Health and Collective Food and Restaurants, but also related to sport, industry and food development, research and teaching.

Career prospects

The skills acquired will enable training nutritionists of excellence, able to respond to the needs of today's society, qualified to practice in the areas of food and human nutrition, clinical nutrition, community nutrition and public health, collective food and catering, sports, agri-food industry, research, and teaching.

The BNS is based on the Guide of the Nutritionists' Association regarding nutritionists’ academic training in Portugal. Therefore, upon completion of the degree, the recent graduate must, in order to exercise professional activity, obtain recognition from the Nutritionists' Associatio

National contest

Vacancies
30
Admission Exams

02 Biologia e Geologia e 07 Física e Química

Nota mínima de Candidatura
140
Nota mínima das Provas de Ingresso
100
Colocações no ano letivo
2024/25
Grade of the last student admitted – 1st phase
155,50
Grade of the last student admitted – 2nd phase
164.30
Fee – 1st year (indicative)
697,00€
Fee - remaining years (indicative)
697,00€

International student contest

International Student Vacancies
1
Fee – 1st year (indicative)
11 000,00€
Fee - remaining years (indicative)
11 000,00€
Degree
BSc - Licenciatura's Degree
ECTS
240
Duração em Semestres
8
Time period
Diurno
Language
PT

Accreditation

A3ES Accreditation

Decision date
Accreditation dealine
4

DGES registration

Registation Nr.
R/A-Cr 34/2017
Registration date
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