Overview

About the programme

The importance of diet for health promotion and to prevent illness is central, but aspects such as the environment and performance are also dealt with. Food and nutrition includes studies of, among other things, day-to-day behaviour, choices made and habits of individuals and those responsible for diet.

This may involve both meals and diets as a whole. Learning, work with change and the thoughts, attitudes and perceptions of individuals concerning diet also represent important starting points for research. This Food and Nutrition programme is offered at the University of Gothenburg.

Programme Structure

Structure:

For the Degree of Doctor, the student is to write a thesis based on independent scholarly work.
The thesis is to be formulated as connected scholarly work, in the form of a monograph, or as consolidated scholarly works with an annotated and summarising chapter (‘compilation thesis’).
The thesis will be reviewed at a general seminar on three occasions – planning seminar, halfway seminar and final review.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Prospective doctoral students apply for vacancies.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Nutrition & Dietetics Food Science View 4 other PhDs in Nutrition & Dietetics in Sweden

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

A person meets the general entry requirements if he or she has been awarded a second-cycle qualification, or has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle.
The applicant is required to have satisfied the requirements for courses, comprising at least 90 higher education credits in the subject of food and nutrition or in another subject of relevance to food and nutrition activities, in order to meet the conditions for specific entry requirements.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.

PhD students do not pay tuition fees.

Living costs for Göteborg

7552 - 13932 SEK /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.