Overview
Key Features
Our interdisciplinary faculty hold appointments in the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Public Health, as well as research centers of excellence including the Arizona Cancer Center, Steele Memorial Children’s Research Center, Arthritis Center, Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, Sarver Heart Center, Center on Aging, BIO5 - Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch and Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease Prevention and Treatment.
Students of the Nutritional Sciences program from The University of Arizona can select a mentor from among 31 faculty membersrepresenting multipe disciplines. Read more on faculty and joint appointed faculty research interests.
Graduate research projects reinforce strategic linkages between basic, translational and applied nutrition research. Read more on the research strengths of NSc.
At the University of Arizona, the Department of Nutritional Sciences is a leader in providing an outstanding graduate program that advances the discovery and translation of the role of nutrition in optimizing health for people in Arizona, the nation and the world.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Statistics for Applied Nutritional Sciences
- Metabolism and Energetics
- Nutrition and Disease
- Micronutrients
- Advanced Nutrigenomics
- Laboratory Rotation
- Emergencing Topics in Nutritional Sciences
- Communicating Nutritional Sciences
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Medicine Nutrition & Dietetics View 48 other PhDs in Nutrition & Dietetics in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- One semester of Organic Chemistry (3 units) with laboratory (1 unit), equivalent to Chem 241 A or B and Chem 243 A or B
- One year (minimum 6 units) of upper division Biochemistry (junior or senior level)
- One year (6 units) of Biology, equivalent to BIO 181R and 182R (Microbiology can count toward one semester of this requirement)
- One year (minimum 4- 6 units) of Human Physiology, equivalent to PSIO 380 or PSIO 201 and 202
- One semester (3 units) of upper division, undergraduate Nutrition Science, equivalent to NSC 408 Nutritional Biology
Tuition Fee
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34000 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 34000 USD per year during 60 months. -
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34000 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 34000 USD per year during 60 months. -
In-State
14400 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 14400 USD per year during 60 months.
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