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Specialized Diploma of Nutrition in Healthcare (Professional Diploma)

Specialized Diploma of Nutrition in Healthcare (Professional Diploma)

College of Pharmacy |
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Program Description

This Specialized Professional Diploma delivers intensive, evidence-based training in clinical nutrition tailored for healthcare contexts. The curriculum provides a comprehensive understanding of basal nutrition, metabolic changes associated with major pathologies (including cardiovascular disease and cancer), and the critical management of nutritional deficits and obesity. The program specializes in optimizing nutritional requirements for diverse populations, including pediatrics, geriatrics, athletes, and patients undergoing pregnancy/lactation. The diploma aims to qualify graduates as pioneering specialized practitioners capable of applying rigorous nutritional skills to enhance patient outcomes in clinical settings.

Learning Outcomes

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Markets and Career

The Specialized Diploma in Nutrition in Healthcare strategically qualifies graduates for immediate integration into the expanding public and private healthcare sectors. Career trajectories are diverse, including critical roles in Hospitals and Medical Centers focused on clinical nutritional counseling and individualized dietary management. Opportunities extend to Private Clinics and Fitness Centers, specializing in consultations for athletes and specific health conditions, and into Educational and Care Facilities for meal program planning and nutritional education. Graduates are also valuable assets to the Food Industry and Wellness Centers for product development and weight management program design. Furthermore, the emphasis on applied research prepares graduates for roles in Scientific Research and Academic Teaching, while their training uniquely equips them to lead effective Community Nutritional Initiatives and contribute to broader public health objectives aligned with Sustainable Development Goals.

Admission Requirements

• Graduates of College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and College of Physiotherapy may apply by providing the following:
• Bachelor’s degree certificate
• Equivalency Certificate from the Supreme Council of Universities (Egypt), for Private and non-Egyptian universities
• Academic transcript
• Military service status certificate (for male applicants only)
• Birth certificate
• A recent photo

Tests & Prerequisites

None is required

Cooperation

Data will be available soon!

Accreditation

Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities (SCU)

Brief

Specialized Professional Diploma in Clinical Nutrition is an intensive program focused on cultivating high-level competence in evidence-based clinical nutrition, specializing in metabolic adaptation and the comprehensive dietary management of diverse special populations within complex healthcare and disease contexts..

Term 1

Code	Title	Prequisites
PBP 6101	Basics of nutrition and food science (2 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6102	Nutritional defects and metabolic disorders (3 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6103	Nutritional requirements for Pediatrics and Geriatrics (3 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6104	Applied nutrition for sport and physical activity (3 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6105	Maternal nutrition: nutritional requirements for females during pregnancy and lactation (3 cr. h.)	None

Term 2

Code	Title	Prequisites
PBP 6201	Nutrition in special patient population: Gastrointestinal tract Diseases (3 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6202	Nutrition in special patient population: renal and cardiovascular diseases (3 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6203	Nutrition in special patient population: cancer patients (3 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6204	Enteral and Parenteral nutrition (2 cr. h.)	None
PBP 6205	Research Project (2 cr. h.)	None