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Why Choose Us ?
DESCRIPTION
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Cihan University was established in 2017 as the only department in all Iraqi universities that award a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. The program offers students a solid knowledge base in clinical dietetics, human nutrition, food science, and public health throughout the four-year program. The students will be taught to a high level the importance of the link between food, nutrition, and human health. As food is an essential part of the therapeutic process of any disease, nutrition and dietetics is an application of food science, therapeutic nutrition, and diet programs to prevent and treat diet-related diseases to enhance the health of the individual and society.
VISION
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics' vision is to increase the nutritional and food awareness for the community in the Kurdistan Region and the rest of Iraq through better nutritional care for the public. It is also aimed to be recognized at national and international levels for nutrition science, education, leadership, and research.
MISSION
The mission of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Cihan University- Erbil is to prepare graduates to be future leaders in nutrition, dietetics, and food services to improve human health and prevent non-communicable disease through better nutrition care and a healthy lifestyle. The department strives to accomplish this goal through research to understand how diet influences health at molecular and population levels, the development of nutritional strategies, informing policy, the education of researchers and practitioners, and the distribution of nutrition information to health professionals and the public.
What to Expect from the College?
OBJECTIVES
* Preparing a generation of qualified graduates
* Educating the community about healthy food
* Developing the department regionally and globally
* Emphasize cooperation and partnership
* FoInitiating different activities to improve nutrition
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
* Therapeutic nutrition
* Product developer
* Food technologist
* Food safety
* Academic instructor
LABORATORIES
* Microbiology Laboratory
* Anatomy and Histology Laboratory
* Physiology and Hematology Laboratory
* Biochemistry Laboratory
* Computer Laboratory
DEPARTMENT MEMBERS
M.Sc. Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Assistant Lecturer
M.Sc. physiology of physical education
Assistant Lecturer
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION
Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research-Iraq
Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research-KRG
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CONTACT US
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07501788177
nutrdep@cihanuniversity.edu.iq
Location
100 St. Newroz, Erbil, Kurdistan Regoin, Iraq
Official Hours
Sunday-Thursday 08:00 AM-04:30 PM
