Nutrition science is one of the most important health sciences that recently received much attention for the significant impact it has on human life at various stages.

In 2015, Therapeutic Nutrition Program was launched in order to enroll the students who have special interests in nutrition and health sciences, and look forward to serving the community in the areas of Disease Prevention and empowering it against diet -related diseases. Eventually, the student receives an Accredited Title as a Health and Therapeutic Nutritionist.

Students enrolled in Healthy and Therapeutic Nutrition will be able to acquire extensive knowledge about the relationship between foods consumed by individuals and its impact on both health and disease conditions. They will also have the ability to regulate the nutritional needs of different individuals depending on age, state of health or type of disease and appropriate therapeutic diet.

1. To empower nutritionists with sufficient knowledge in the field of health and eating patterns of individuals whose health conditions require nutritional therapeutic intervention.
2. To conduct scientific research projects in the fields of nutrition that fulfill the needs of the community.
3. To serve the community by promoting healthy and curative nutrition through workshops, training programmers and awareness-raising talks.

 ماذا ستكسب من هذا البرنامج؟  يعمل طاقم من الكفاءات  في البرنامج على تحضيرك لكي تكون  قادراً على:

1.     تحديد العلاقة بين الصحة والغذاء على أسس علمية.

2.     توظيف طرق التغذية الصحية السليمة كأسلوب للوقاية من الأمراض والأمراض المزمنة.

3.      تطوير برامج غذائية سليمة تساهم في تحسين الوضع الصحي وفي حل المشاكل الصحية التي يواجهها المجتمع.

4.       استخدام أنظمة غذائية مناسبة تساعد في علاج الحالات المرضية الشائعة.

5.     تحديد الاحتياجات الغذائية في كل مرحلة من مراحل حياة الإنسان.

6.     تحديد الاحتياجات البحثية في مجال التخصص وتقديم نصائح علمية للمجتمع.

7.     إطلاق نقاش علمي مبني على الأدلة العلمية حول القضايا المتعلقة بالتغذية .

8.     التواصل مع المجتمع المحلي أفراداً ومؤسسات بشكل يمكنك من أداء دور فعال وريادي في خدمة  المجتمع.

9.     الألمام بطرق تحضير وحفظ وتناول الاطعمة السليمة صحيا وتغذويا.

This program offers a number of job opportunities for graduates in many workplaces as follows.

• Ministry of Health
• Government and private hospitals.
• Health &Nutrition Centers.
• Nutritional care institutions (e.g. home nursing agencies).
• Research centers in nutrition, diets and food treatment.
• Sports centers as (a specialist in the nutrition of athletes)
•  Palestinian Standards Institution (PSI).
• Ministry of Education and Higher Education.