Program Overview
The Técnico Superior en Dietética program equips students with the knowledge and skills to become dietitians and nutritionists, preparing them to create diets, supervise food handling, promote health, and manage work areas and businesses. Combining theoretical and practical learning, the program offers opportunities in healthcare, hospitality, and entrepreneurship, empowering graduates to advance in higher education and contribute to the well-being of communities.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Técnico Superior en Dietética is a two-year higher-level vocational training program. Students learn about nutrition, food, and nutritional values. The program aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to work as dietitians and nutritionists. They will be able to create diets for individuals, groups, and patients with specific conditions. They will also learn to supervise food handling and composition to ensure hygiene and dietary quality, and to promote health and good nutrition. The program also teaches students how to manage work areas and start their own businesses.
Outline:
First Year:
- Organization and Management of the Work Area Assigned in the Dietetics Unit/Cabinet: 95 hours
- Balanced Diet: 320 hours
- Food Control: 190 hours
- Physiopathology Applied to Dietetics: 225 hours
- Relationships in the Work Environment: 65 hours
- Training and Job Orientation (F.O.L.
- ): 65 hours
Second Year:
- Dietotherapy: 240 hours
- Microbiology and Food Hygiene: 240 hours
- Health Education and Promotion for Health: 160 hours
- Training in Work Centers (F.C.T.
Teaching:
- The program combines theoretical and practical learning.
- Students have access to modern facilities, including an industrial kitchen, clinical laboratories, and research spaces.
- The faculty includes experienced professionals in the field who integrate practical experience into their teaching.
- The program emphasizes communication skills, which are essential for promoting healthy eating habits.
- Students receive personalized attention from faculty.
Careers:
- Potential Career Paths:
- Dietitian in sports centers, schools, and daycare centers
- Dietitian in private practice
- Food safety supervisor in laboratories
- Food manager in catering companies
- Food hygiene technician
- Nutrition consultant
- Health educator
- Opportunities:
- Work in primary care and community health services
- Work in general hospital services
- Work in the hospitality, catering, and food industries
- Outcomes:
- Graduates will be prepared to work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, clinics, schools, and food service companies.
- They will be able to provide nutritional counseling and education to individuals and groups.
- They will be able to develop and implement nutrition programs.
Other:
- The program offers a variety of interdisciplinary connections with other programs, allowing students to specialize in other areas after graduation.
- The program includes training in entrepreneurship, providing students with the tools to start their own businesses.
- Students can advance to a university degree in Nutrition, Nursing, or other related fields after completing the program.
- The program includes practical training in companies, providing students with real-world experience.
- The program has partnerships with companies such as Eurest Colectividades and Mediterránea de Catering.
