Nutritional Science, B.Sc.
Nutritional science (trophology) is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on nutrition and the associated processes in the human body that are necessary to maintain human health and performance as well as healthy aging.
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, Part-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €333.05 per semester |
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.
Programme selection →What you study
In contrast to ecotrophology (household and nutritional sciences), the subject is scientifically and biomedically oriented. You learn multidisciplinary and with high scientific standards various aspects of nutrition on a molecular, cellular level as well as on the level of whole organisms. To make this possible, comprehensive scientific and biomedical foundations are laid in the subjects of physics, mathematics, biostatistics, chemistry, molecular and human biology and microbiology in the first year of study. In the second year of study, nutritional content such as nutritional physiology and toxicology, biochemistry of nutrition and metabolism, food hygiene, chemistry and technology are based on this. In the third year of study, a wide range of advanced modules enables the deepening of a nutritional focus with consideration of individual professional interests. This serves to orientate and qualify for a corresponding professional field or to prepare for consecutive master's programs with corresponding specialist orientations.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
A bachelor's degree in nutritional science opens professional perspectives, for example in quality control and product development and marketing in the food industry. Other potential employers are biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
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The bachelor's degree in nutritional sciences also opens up the opportunity for further qualification to become a nutritionist.
Further fields of activity for nutritionists can be found in life science and biomedicine-oriented areas of public service, in associations, in the media industry, in training and further education, as well as in academic and industrial research after completing a master's degree and completing a doctorate.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Thuringia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €333.05 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | You should have a strong interest in biomedical and life science contexts and should be willing to work in an interdisciplinary manner. |
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| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, 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 uni-assist (VPD) + the university 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.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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.