Expand+The importance of the link between food and human health is becoming increasingly evident and graduates of the Food, Nutrition and Health postgraduate programmes will be educated to a high level in the science of food as it pertains to human nutritio...

Hide-The importance of the link between food and human health is becoming increasingly evident and graduates of the Food, Nutrition and Health postgraduate programmes will be educated to a high level in the science of food as it pertains to human nutrition and health.
-Understand the nature of food, how it is produced, how it is affected by processing, why we eat, what happens to food when we eat it, and how food components can interact with the functioning of humans.
-Apply the knowledge and understanding of food science and formulation to diet and nutrition in order to address nutrition-related problems in different groups, cultures and societies.
-Understand the nature of food, how it is produced, how it is affected by processing, why we eat, what happens to food when we eat it, and how food components can interact with the functioning of humans.

Expand+The Graduate Certificate in Food, Nutrition and Health will be delivered through the UCD Blackboard system and will consist of:
- pre-prepared lecture material delivered online
- videos and demonstrations by lecturers
- int...

Hide-The Graduate Certificate in Food, Nutrition and Health will be delivered through the UCD Blackboard system and will consist of:
- pre-prepared lecture material delivered online
- videos and demonstrations by lecturers
- interactive learning reinforcement quizzes
- online assessed multiple choice quizzes
- Interactive discussion boards
- virtual classroom environments

For each 5 ECTS credit module earned students are expected to undertake about 125 hours of work, to include on-line activity and performing their own study. Students will be required to complete quizzes periodically so that we can monitor progress. Formative assessments will be used to help you develop and critically assess your own understanding of the material presented. All modules will have a high continuous assessment component.

The Graduate Certificate is delivered and assessed online. Therefore students do not need to attend UCD campus for classes or assessment. Many of our current students are based internationally.
- Each module is assigned a Module tutor; students can make direct contact with the Module Tutor and Module Coordinator with any queries.

Expand+The course will provide you with the skills necessary to function in roles in the food industry, public health sector and food regulatory agencies. Within the food industry graduates will work in areas such as product innovation, technical sales, pro...

Hide-The course will provide you with the skills necessary to function in roles in the food industry, public health sector and food regulatory agencies. Within the food industry graduates will work in areas such as product innovation, technical sales, product quality enhancement with the distinct advantage of bringing a nutrition perspective to all aspects of the food industry including product development, marketing and sales.

Within public health and regulatory agencies graduates will work in the areas of nutrition and health promotion or food labelling regulation.