Graduate Study

Master of Science

The Master of Science (MS) in Nutritional Sciences provides students with an advanced understanding of human nutrition with applications in both research and community settings.

Highlights

Earn an MS while completing RDN training.  At UW, apply to both the MS degree and Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics (GCPD, RDN training program) and complete a cohesive curriculum that integrates the degree requirements, coursework, and internship required to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN).

Interdisciplinary curriculum.  The MS curriculum involves biostatistics, epidemiology, and nutritional sciences coursework and culminates in a group capstone project or individual thesis.

Faculty. Work with our core, interdisciplinary, and clinical faculty, who are recognized as national and international experts in the areas of epidemiology, food systems, health policy, program planning and evaluation, dietetics, and public health nutrition.

Top-ranked school of public health. Our program’s location within the accredited UW School of Public Health lends a systems perspective to our curriculum and teaching philosophy and supports strong linkages with state and local public health agencies and programs.

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