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Bachelor's Degree in Global Nutrition and Health – (B.Sc.)

Metropolitan University College Copenhagen

Global Nutrition and Health
Application Deadline: Non-EU/EEA applicants: 15 March; EU, EEA and Swiss applicants: 15 March
Annual Tuition Fee: Free - ≈ € 8,700 (non-EEA)
Location: Copenhagen / Denmark / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 42 months Start Date: August
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Fulltime
Credits (ECTS): 210
Languages: English 
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Location of Metropolitan University College Copenhagen

The Bachelor’s Degree in Global Nutrition and Health is aimed at creating a sustainable future. We educate you to be a nutrition and health professional of tomorrow. We are proud after your graduation to send you and your fellow students worldwide to help people live a healthier life.

With greater awareness of the ever-changing dynamics of a globalised world, Metropolitan University College look towards the international community to seek partnerships and cooperation for exchange of knowledge and insight.

The Bachelor’s Degree in Global Nutrition and Health is aimed at creating a sustainable future. We educate you to be a nutrition and health professional of tomorrow. We are proud after your graduation to send you and your fellow students worldwide to help people live a healthier life.

Your student tool box contains elements from natural, social, human and health sciences. This synergetic cocktail of multifaceted angles and approaches provides you capable of approaching the complexity of the global health and nutrition challenges.

Top Reasons to study the Bachelor’s Degree in Global Nutrition and Health

  • An involving, caring and challenging study environment As a student you will meet an international team of highly qualified and committed professors, who cares about your academic progress and your general well-being. Each of you are initially assigned an academic advisor which helps you adjust to the learning environment and ensure that you have the best possible framework for making educational choices in line with your individual professional goals
  • Practical experience – Hands on We call our programme a BA+, because in addition to your 3 years of academic studies here, you get 6 months hands-on, work-related learning experiences through internships.
  • Learn Global Nutrition and Health in a global setting We host students from all over the world. Being a student in our programme provides excellent opportunities to develop competences within global nutrition and health in a global setting. The student sitting next to you might come from Zambia, Portugal, Nepal, Australia, China, Island or India; you have as such direct access to primary data within global nutrition and health.
  • Learn Locally – Practice Globally Being a student in our programme you are part of a multicultural setting; you gain competences qualifying you to work in national as well as in international setting. Nevertheless the learning environment is based on the Danish way of teaching; in the 19th century democratic ideas. We emphasize team work, problem solving and project-based learning methods. We want to educate you to be independent, critical and able to debate. Our core values are participation, partnership, openness, global outlook, sustainability, ethical responsibility and human rights.

Metropolitan University College is located in central Copenhagen - the capital of Denmark. Campus is situated on the central pedestrian street and surrounded by cafes, parks and the buzz of the Copenhagen experience.

A high quality of life is a key issue here and among other things, Copenhagen is the bicycle capital of the world and we aim to become the world's eco-metropolis by 2015. This goal includes that 90% of Copenhageners will be able to walk to a park, a beach, an area of natural beauty or a harbour swimming facility in less than 15 minutes.

Given the fact that we have all four seasons represented here, we appreciate and enjoy them all – especially we celebrate the light in spring and summer, where everyone is outside as long as possible enjoying the sun.

If you are interested in food and gastronomy you should know that Copenhagen currently holds the number one restaurant in the world: Noma, which is known for its reinvention and interpretation of the Nordic Cuisine.


Contents

Complete list of modules offered:

  • Food security and safety

  • Food & lifestyle in a global perspective

  • Nutrition, physiology & biochemistry

  • Quantitative approaches to diet & disease

  • Educational theory & planning, communication & qualitative methods

  • Lifestyle change theories and methods

  • Food, nutrition and physical activity from a health education perspective

  • Food, nutrition and physical activity from a lifestyle perspective

  • Interdisciplinary research & project management

  • Health psychology and contextual factors

  • Determinants of health and health education strategies

  • Food and nutrition policy, consumption and markets

  • Sustainability, participation and environmental health

  • Interdisciplinary research & project management

  • Public health nutrition

  • Global nutrition and health promotion

You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.

Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.

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Requirements

Qualifying examination:

  • An Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate/high school exam that makes you eligible for entry into higher education in Denmark
    Please consult the Danish Agency for International Education (former CIRIUS) to check whether you are eligible for entry into higher education in Denmark.
    You must submit all relevant documentation pertaining to your qualifying examination, i.e. graduation/examination certificate, transcript/grade list, etc. Please submit certified photocopies, not originals, as they will not be returned to you.

And:

  • 1 year of higher education studies at university level or 2 years of studies at college level from your home country
    This particular admission requirement may vary according to which country the applicant is from. Please check whether this applies to you on the Danish Agency for International Education webpage.

Or:

  • 1 year of continuous studies at university level or 2 years at college level at an educational institution in Denmark.
    Please be aware that these studies must be continuous and taken at the same educational institution in Denmark, and the final examinations must be passed.
    Please note that we may in some instances contact the relevant institution for confirmation of the information you submit.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: High School diploma
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

Language Proficiency

IELTS Band: 6.5
TOEFL Paper-based: 560
TOEFL Computer-based: 230
TOEFL Internet-based: 83

Accreditation

Bachelor’s Degree in Global Nutrition and Health is approved by the Danish ministry of education and accredited.

The Bachelor's Degree in Global Nutrition and Health is designated as a WHO Collaborating Center which makes the education part of a global network comprising 80 other WHO Collaborating Centers, five of which are in Europe. In this relation we take part in WHO projects in Uzbekistan and Albania.

The Bachelor’s Degree in Global Nutrition and Health is involved in national and international research and development in collaboration with universities in Denmark and Europe.


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