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Nutritional Sciences (Clinical Nutrition)

Nutritional science investigates the metabolic and physiological responses of the body to diet. With advances in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, the study of Human nutrition is increasingly concerned with metabolism and metabolic pathways: the sequences of biochemical steps through which substances in living things change from one form to another.

Nutritional Sciences is an interdisciplinary field which combines biosciences and social sciences. This program will help nutritionists make conditions better through developing steady and equal improvement in the food and nutrition system, research and planning by learning nutritional matters and the associated influential causes. This field is comprised of a number of comprehensive and cooperative activities which demand extensive knowledge of physiology, biological aspects, medicine, food and nutrition metabolism and epidemiology on the one hand, and ecologic, cultural, social and economic matters affecting the choice of access to and consumption of foods on the other hand.


Basic Information:
Program Type: Degree Based
Level Of study: Ph.D.
School / Faculty: School of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Department: Department of Clinical Nutrition
Major (Name Of Program): Nutritional Sciences (Clinical Nutrition)
This program contact information:
Telephone: 00987132122884
Fax: 00987132356996
Mobile: 00987132356996
Email Address: admission_gsia@sums.ac.ir
Address: 6th Floor, Central building of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Zand St., Shiraz, Iran
Contact Person Name: Office of International Affairs
Program Detail:
Language Requirements:
  • Language requirements: Evidence of English Proficiency on the TOEFL or IELTS tests. The minimum score for TOEFL PBT, TOEFL iBT and IELTS is 533, 72 and 5.5 respectively.
  • Applicants from Persian (Farsi) Speaking countries (They shall both speak and write in Persian) who have applied for graduate Degree-based programs may be exempted, based on the decision of the department, from submitting any certificates regarding their English Language Proficiency. Nevertheless, they are required to hand in their English language certificate which meets SUMS’ minimal language proficiency requirements, within one year from commencing their studies at SUMS.
Admission Requirements:
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. or equivalent certificates for the applicants of Ph.D. degree.
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