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CAS in Nutrition for Disease Prevention and Health

Organisation:
ETH Zürich
City, country:
Zurich, Zurich area, Switzerland
Type:
part-time
Certificate:
CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies)
Duration:
2 semester(s)
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Programme

This course offers an advanced education that gives a broad overview on nutritional topics, the influence of nutrition on health, and its potential for prevention of diseases.

The course is in form of lectures, practical work, case studies, seminars and exercises. Teaching is concentrated on Thursdays for fall semester, and on Fridays for spring semester.

Successful students receive the title „Certificate of Advanced Studies ETH in Nutrition for Disease Prevention and Health (CAS ETH Nutrition)“.
Prof. Dr. Michael B. Zimmermann Delegate

Job description and target group

CAS ETH Nutrition graduates are trained to distinguish and understand problems of nutrition while continuing to work in the field of expertise. This includes food industry, pharmacies, medicine, nutrition teaching, and nutrition research.

Target group:
  • Parmacists
  • Medical doctors
  • Movement scientists
  • and other natural scientists.

Curriculum

  • Nutrition and Chronic Disease
  • Physiology Related to Nutrition
  • Nutrition and Performance
  • Nutrition Case Studies

Admission/Entrance requirements

Fees:

  • CHF 4'080 for the complete programme
  • CHF 50/150 registration fee.

Requirements:
Master's degree in natural sciences acknowledged by ETH or equivalent qualification.

Required language skills:
English: C1

Start:
In the spring and the autumn semester

Programme duration:
Part-time study during 2 semesters (1/2 - 1 day per week). Ca. 300 hours including lectures, preparation time and exams.

Languages and semester abroad

Sprache verpflichtend:
English
semester abroad:
not possible

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Organisation

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) is a leading provider of continuing education for specialists and executives with an academic background who work in the world of business, in the administration or at universities.

We offer a more in-depth and interdisciplinary range of continuing-education courses in our core fields of architecture, mathematics, engineering sciences, natural sciences and economic sciences, as well at the interface between technology, law, management and social sciences.

Further Information

ETH Zürich
Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health

Schmelzbergstrasse 7, LFV D21
8092 Zurich
Switzerland