Nutritional Science, B.Sc.
Nutritional science is a scientific discipline that deals with scientific issues relating to nutrition, health, communication and consumption. The focus is on people. Nutritional sciences are scientifically and biomedically founded and include economics, communication and social sciences. Research and application are interdisciplinary.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €314.38 per semester |
| Campus | Campus Mönchengladbach |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
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Nutritional science is a scientific discipline that deals with scientific issues relating to nutrition, health, communication and consumption. The focus is on people.
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Nutritional sciences are scientifically and biomedically founded and include economics, communication and social sciences. Research and application are interdisciplinary.
Nutritional science and trophology have been independent studies in Germany since the 1960s. The field has been established in Mönchengladbach since 1971.
In the winter semester 2016/17, the degree program in Nutritional Sciences, detached from Oecotrophology, will be further developed and focused even more on the fields of work in Nutritional Science.
What you study
Knowing, communicating, managing, advising on nutrition
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Knowing, communicating, managing, advising on nutrition
The course focuses on the following topics:
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Diet, health, consumption and communication
The course prepares you for qualified tasks in the following sectors:
- Food industry
- Dietary food industry
- Healthcare industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Providers of utilities
- Communication industry
- Advice and training
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €314.38 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
Questions about this programme
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When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.