This programme aims to provide graduates with the knowledge, skills, professional behaviours, and competencies required to become a registered dietitian. It is designed in accordance with professional and statutory body benchmarks, enabling graduates to be adaptable and responsive to the evolving landscape of healthcare provision. Through a curriculum that integrates academic knowledge, research, and supervised practice-based learning, students will develop the capacity for continuous improvement and innovation via advanced critical, analytical, reflective, and independent thinking.
Graduates will be equipped to work across a wide range of settings, including clinical dietetics in hospitals and primary care, community and public health nutrition, health promotion, food service management, research, education, the food industry, and healthcare policy. While developing core professional competencies, students will also build an applied understanding of research principles and evidence-based practice to support safe, effective, and informed decision-making in real-world dietetic contexts.
| College | Atlantic Technological University (ATU Sligo) |
| Course ID | 194298 |
| Course Location | Sligo Town, Sligo |
| Course Type | Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online |
| Course Qualification | Masters Degree |
| Course Duration | 2 years full-time |
| Course Time | Recommended Study Hours per week: Teaching is around 10-15 hours per week. We expect students to dedicate roughly the same number of hours to self-guided study. |
| Course Fee | Total Fees EU: €16,200 |
| Entry Requirements | Minimum Entry Requirements Candidates must hold a nutrition-related Level 8 Bachelor (Hons) degree with a minimum grade classification of H2.2 or equivalent. These awards should include considerable biological sciences (e.g. biochemistry and physiology). English Language Requirements Non-EU applicants who are not English speakers must have a minimum score of 7.0 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent. EU applicants who are not English speakers are recommended to have a minimum score of 7.0 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent. All results must have been achieved within 2 years of application to ATU Applicants will also be required to provide and/ or complete the following: Personal statement Two references (one academic and one workplace) Online interview Garda vetting All students accepted onto the MSc Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics programme must undergo and pass Garda vetting. Fitness to Practise This programme will be subject to the University’s Fitness to Practise Policy. |
| Career Path | Graduates may go on to practice within the Irish National Health Service via hospital, community or charity sectors. Research institutes, food retailers, consumer groups and government departments and agencies are additional avenues for employment. Private practice work and careers in the food and pharmaceutical industries are also potential end destinations for the programme. |
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