School of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Over a period of 28 years, SUMS School of Nutrition and Food Sciences had developed from a department located at SUMS School of Medicine. This Department, the Department of Nutrition, was established in 1985 and only offered an M.Sc. degree in Nutrition Sciences at that time. In 1991, the department moved to SUMS School of Health and in 2000, started to train students for a B.Sc. degree in Nutrition Sciences. Providing the necessary requirements and facilities, in 2009 and later, in 2013, it offered a Ph.D. in Nutrition and an M.Sc. in Health Sciences in Nutrition, respectively. Considering the available facilities, as well as the sufficient number of faculty members and staff and their rich experience in educating students at different levels of study in the realm of nutrition sciences, SUMS decided to turn the Department into a school, the School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, on July 7, 2013. Currently, within 3 departments, the School of Nutrition and Food Sciences provides training to approximately 200 students in 7 graduate and undergraduate programs. 

In the following, you can find a comprehensive list of the degree programs the School offers:

Program Information	B.Sc.	M.Sc.	Ph.D.
Clinical Nutrition
Community Nutrition
Food Safety and Hygiene
Nutritional Sciences

School of Nutrition and Food Sciences enjoys a wide of range of educational and research facilities including but not limited to:

•  laboratories for nutrition research, food microbiology, food chemistry, and anthropometry

•  The Library of the Faculty of Nutrition with 9601 volumes of Persian books and 3573 volumes of English books (joint with
   the Faculty of Health) and a total of 100 printed theses. 

•  An electronic library with over 100 electronic books.

SUMS School of Nutrition and Food Sciences provides purposeful and conducive facilities to promote student and staff participation in recreational and sports activities:

• Prayer hall
• An amphitheater
• A library
• A sports field
• A gym
• A parking lot are used jointly with the School of Health

Contact Details

Dean: Dr. Siyavash Babajafari

Tel.: (+98 71) 37 25 80 99

:  scnutrition@sums.ac.irEmail Address

Address: School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Razi Blvd., Shiraz, Iran

Zip Code: 71348–14336