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"Fueling Health, Nourishing Life"
Dr. Tanya Salam Salih
Head of Department - Nutrition and Dietetics

Why Choose Us ?

DESCRIPTION

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Cihan University-Erbil was established in 2017 as the only department among all Iraqi universities to award a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. The program provides students with a strong foundation in clinical dietetics, human nutrition, food science, and public health over four years. Students will learn the crucial connection between food, nutrition, and health.

VISION

The vision of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics is to raise public awareness of nutrition and food in the Kurdistan region and Iraq through better nutritional care. It also aims to gain national and international recognition for nutrition science, education, leadership, and research.

MISSION

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Cihan University-Erbil trains its graduates for leadership roles in nutrition, dietetics, and food services. Its objective is to enhance health and tackle non-communicable diseases by improving nutritional care and lifestyle choices through research, strategic development, policy recommendations, professional education, and dissemination of nutrition information to the public.

What to Expect from the College?

OBJECTIVES

* To prepare qualified graduates

* To educate the community about healthy food

* To develop the department regionally and globally

* To emphasize cooperation and partnership

* To initiate different activities to improve nutrition

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

* Therapeutic Nutritionist* Product Developer
* Food Technologist
* Food quality control specialist
* Academic Instructor

LABORATORIES

* Microbiology Laboratory

* Anatomy and Histology Laboratory

* Physiology and Hematology Laboratory

* Biochemistry Laboratory

* Computer Laboratory

FACULTY MEMBERS

Tanya Salam Salih

M.Sc. Immunology

Lecturer

Seyed Mohammad Sajadi

Ph.D. phytochemistry

Professor

Nashwan Qahtan Mahgoob

MBCHB. surgery

Profesor

Bashdar Abuzed Sadee

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry 

Assistant Profesor

Mohammed M.Hussein

M.Sc. Medical and Clinical Microbiology

Assistant Profesor

Qusay Hameed Al-Salami

Ph.D. Statistics

Assistant Professor

Yaseen Mammand Omar

 M.Sc. Food Quality and Nutrition

Assistant Profesor

Salih Mustafa Salih

Ph.D. Food Authenticity

Lecturer

Esmat Khaleq Sefat

Ph.D. Molecular genetics

Lecturer

Kamaran Ali Fathullah

Ph.D. 

Lecturer

Reza Hassan Hashemi

M.Sc. in Clinical Nutrition

Assisstant Lecturer

Shaker Mahmood Jaafar

Ph.D. 

Assistant Lecturer

Ibrahim Hashim Ibrahim

M.Sc. Pharmaceutics

Assistant Lecturer

Raghad Abdlsatar Abdulfattah

M.Sc. Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Assistant Lecturer

Asma Gholamreza Mohammad

M.Sc. physiology of physical education

Assistant Lecturer

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS

Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research-Iraq

Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research-KRG

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CONTACT US

Phone

07501788177

E-Mail

nutrdep@cihanuniversity.edu.iq

Location

100 St. Newroz, Erbil, Kurdistan Regoin, Iraq

Official Working Hours

Sunday-Thursday 08:00 AM-04:30 PM