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Graduate Course in Nutrition and Health Science

Former Graduate School Applications No Longer Being Accepted.

Graduate Course in Nutrition and Health Science (Master’s Degree Course)

  • 1.Based on the idea that dietary lifestyle is the key to becoming a truly healthy person, this course has as its principal themes the maintenance and improvement of health through food and dietary lifestyle. To this end, in addition to the traditional food science, the course fully covers other health science fields such as health management studies, basic medicine, medical treatment, health and welfare, exercise and sports.
  • 2.The course offers research and education programs designed to meet the needs of a changing society, covering various problems surrounding the food consumption such as the rapid change to an aging society, the marked increase in lifestyle-related diseases, the biotechnology-based food production, and appropriate instruction in dietary lifestyles of welfare and nursing.
  • 3.The curriculum is designed to cultivate food and nutrition specialists with a high degree of knowledge and practical ability that allows them to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of human health via the consumption of food, such as nutritionists (national registered dietitians), who can play an important part in team medicine consisting of health, medical treatment, and welfare specialists.
Admissions Policy

Because this course conducts research and study for the maintenance and improvement of health from the standpoint of food consumption, we are seeking individuals who possess fundamental or specialized knowledge and skill in the field of “diet and health” as well as a high degree of desire to conduct research and put what they learned at graduate school to good use in their life's work.

Acquirable Qualifications

Master’s degrees are granted at the completion of the Human Environment of Sciences Master’s Course. Also, individuals who have earned a set amount of credits can acquire the following educational personnel certifications.

Major Type of Certificate Subject
Master’s Degree Course in Nutrition and Health Science Junior High School Specialized Teacher’s Certificate
High School Specialized Teacher’s Certificate
Home Economics
Specialized Nutrition Teacher’s Certificate

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