Dietetics
SECOND CYCLE DEGREE
The School of Health Sciences in Bytom was established in 2002 as one of the schools of the Medical University of Silesia. Our school currently provides opportunities to study public health and dietetics at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. At the beginning of the academic year 2014/15, we have launched PhD studies as well as bachelor and master degree studies in English.
In the field of research, our school’s employees conduct numerous research projects in areas such as: epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, health promotion, health policy and politics, health economics, health care management, and nutrition. Since the school was established, we have achieved a number of successes at the national and international levels. These include conducting and participating in research projects financed by polish institutions such as the Ministry of Health or Polish National Science Centre, as well as international ones, such as the European Commission. This wide set of achievements has allowed us to become a leading public health research center in Poland.
We are proud and honoured to announce that the School of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice has bee accepted into the ranks of the Association of Schools of Public Health of the European Region (ASPHER – Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region).
ASPHER is a prestigious organization of the best organisations in Europe providing education in the field of public health. The main goal of the Association is to strengthen the role of public health in European countries by improvement and development of uniform standards for the training of specialists in this field – both, for the needs of practice and scientific research. The organization was founded in 1966 and today incorporates 100 institutional members from the WHO European Region., Acting through institutions employing over 5 000 scientists and experts in the field of public health, it is represented in 42 European countries. It also participates in a network of cooperation with similar associations in other regions of the world, as well as with other institutions in the field of public health, closely cooperating e.g. with the World Health Organization and the European Society of Public Health.
For the personnel of the Faculty, ASPHER membership means an extensive opportunity to establish scientific contacts with international research organisations and participation in new projects. The students of the Faculty of Health Sciences will benefit above all from the guarantee of the highest educational standards and access to study curricula corresponding to the up-to-date European trends. In addition, the students gain the opportunity to participate in numerous projects organized by ASPHER and its partners, including scientific conferences, summer schools as well as publication of their contributions in international scientific journals.
Faculty: DIETETICS, SECOND CYCLE DEGREE
Degree: MASTER
Length of studies: 2 years (4 semesters)
The second-degree program in dietetics is addressed to graduates of the first-cycle studies in dietetics, public health (specialization: dietetics), nutrition, nutrition and food evaluation, food technology and nutrition.
During the course of the studies the graduates gain:
a. the knowledge of:
• principles of nutrition physiology and clinical biochemistry and their use in nutrition planning,
• methods of evaluation of the quality of individual groups of food products and their significance,
• essentials of clinical psychology and their use in everyday professional practice to solve complex health, social and family problems,
• principles of clinical nutrition including parenteral and enteral nutrition using industrial diets to prevent and treat malnutrition,
• team management principles,
• the basics of developing forms of individual entrepreneurship,
• regulations regarding official food control (Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard System and Critical Control Points), compliance with the above in professional work and understanding their importance in improvement of food production quality,
• rules for the operation of equipment used in mass caterers.
b. the skills including:
• developing clear and understandable instructions for personnel providing nutritional care,
• theory and practice of marketing and management,
• providing nutritional counselling as well as planning and providing nutritional care for inpatients,
• determining indications using industrial diets available in Poland, dietary supplements and foods for particular nutritional purposes in correction of the eating disorders,
• planning, age- and physical activity-tailored, dietary management based on scientific evidence, to prevent diseases due to faulty nutrition,
• providing instruction for employees employed in food production , comprising organization of work stations and compliance with the principles of good hygiene and manufacturing practice,
• providing independent nutrition counselling for diverse population groups, both healthy and ill,
• conducting training programs in nutrition and dietetics,
• operation and management of a diet clinic/nutrition department.
c. the social competence to:
• continue education throughout the working life constantly update the professional knowledge and skills,
• manage the team implementing tasks in the field of nutritional education as well as prevention and treatment of nutrition-dependent diseases,
• compliance with professional secrecy and patient’s rights, including the right to reliable information on proposed nutritional procedures.
The acquired qualifications enable a graduate to seek employment in public and private health care establishment, outpatient and inpatient nutrition departments (hospitals, kindergartens, schools, social welfare homes, sanatoria, prisons, restaurants, catering companies), dietary counselling centres and wellness clinics , sports facilities (sports clinics, fitness clubs, gyms), pharmaceutical companies producing preparations for enteral and parenteral nutrition, companies producing food for special purposes, health departments of local governments, sanitary and epidemiological stations, consumer and public benefit organizations, companies dealing with prevention and nutritional education, research institutes and institutions dealing with food quality assurance systems.
Candidates for a second-cycle degree program in Dietetics should possess a diploma confirming the completion of a first-cycle degree program in Dietetics, Human Nutrition, Human Nutrition and Food Evaluation, or Food and Nutrition.
The qualification procedure for the second-cycle degree program in Dietetics is based on the grade point average (GPA) obtained over the entire period of study. The GPA is calculated as the arithmetic average of all grades from examinations and credits earned for each subject throughout the course of the studies.
- Register and create an account on SUM’s platform.
- Follow the instructions and submit your application via the platform.
- Attach scanned copies of all required documents to your application.
- Pay the application fee of 85/100* PLN to the SUM bank account.
- 100 PLN applies to candidates qualified on the basis of an entrance examination conducted by the University.
- After submitting the application, you will be notified via your University online account or email regarding the status of your application.
- Once the University Admission Committee verifies your documents, you will be informed about the further procedures.
- Upon completion of the qualification procedure, the candidate’s number will be added to the ranking list.
- Note: Candidates may be required to attend the entrance examination, as specified in Conditions and procedure of recruitment for studies conducted in English at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
- The ranking lists will be published on the University website once a sufficient number of candidates have completed the application procedure.
- After satisfactory verification of the Electronic Application Form, the candidate is required to submit the printed and signed Application Form, along with the original or notarized copies of all attached documents, to the University’s mailing address or present them in person upon arrival, before the beginning of the academic year.
- Original or notarized copy of the high school diploma
- Original or notarized copy of first cycle degree diploma
- Identification document (to be presented for verification)
- Scanned ID/passport photo (resolution: 300 DPI)
- Certificate confirming English language proficiency
- Receipt of the registration fee payment in the amount of 85/100 PLN* (transferred to this account number) (*100 PLN applies to candidates qualified on the basis of an entrance examination conducted by the University).
- Apostille – required if the high school/college diploma was issued in a country that is a signatory to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961, which waives the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents.
- NAWA recognition statement confirming the recognition of the high school/college diploma. This applies in the case of documents not recognized in Poland by operation of law, issued in a country with which the Republic of Poland has not signed a mutual educational document recognition agreement, or documents from a country with which Poland has such an agreement but the specific document is not covered by it.
All documents must be issued in English language. If the original document is issued in another language, a sworn translation into English is required.
After satisfactory verification of the Electronic Application Form, the candidate is required to submit the printed and signed Application Form, along with the original or notarized copies of all attached documents, to the University’s mailing address or to present them in person upon arrival, before the beginning of the academic year.