B.Sc. Nutrition & Dietetics

3-4 Years UG ₹80k-3.5 LPA Avg. Salary: ₹4.5–8 LPA

About B.Sc. Nutrition & Dietetics

B.Sc. Nutrition & Dietetics is a 3 to 4-year undergraduate allied health and life sciences programme that focuses on nutrition science, food management, clinical dietetics, public health nutrition, and therapeutic nutrition. The course equips students with the knowledge and practical skills to assess nutritional needs, develop personalised diet plans, promote healthy eating habits, and manage diet-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, and malnutrition. The curriculum integrates food science, biochemistry, human physiology, community nutrition, clinical dietetics, food safety, and research methodology. Students receive practical training through hospital internships, food laboratories, community health programmes, and nutrition counselling sessions. With increasing awareness of healthy lifestyles, preventive healthcare, sports nutrition, and wellness, nutrition & dietetics has become one of the fastest-growing healthcare and wellness careers. Graduates can work in hospitals, fitness centres, pharmaceutical companies, food industries, research organisations, sports academies, wellness clinics, and government health departments.