After your studies

Your future with a Bachelor's degree in Nutritional Science

Once you have successfully completed your Bachelor's degree in Nutritional Science, you can continue your studies by entering the professional world or pursuing a subsequent Master's degree. This is when many wonder: What can I do with my studies? We would like to support you in answering this question from the very beginning. This does not mean that we can tell you what specific job you will have later or what Master's degree program you should study. But we can show you the areas in which you could work as an expert in Nutritional Science, which subsequent Master's degree programs are available, and how we can support you in starting your career.

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Career prospects

Diverse and interesting career possibilities

You’ve had enough studying and want to finally start your career and earn your own money? With a Bachelor's degree in Nutritional Science, there are various entry-level opportunities, depending on your personal focus during your studies through electives, internships, and additional qualifications.

Nutritionists can be very versatile. Scientific work is in demand in the area of research and development. Therefore, they are often involved in planning, coordinating, conducting, and evaluating scientific studies. At the same time, the work can vary greatly: for example, the effect of a food ingredient on individual cells or animals can be studied in the laboratory. Human studies can be used to investigate factors influencing people's dietary behavior as well as influences of dietary patterns on the development of diseases such as diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular diseases.

Nutritionists are also fundamentally involved in communicating study results in a way that both the public and professionals can understand. As a specialist journalist, they produce specialist literature for scientists based on the results of studies. In addition, the study results can also be used to market products. In the context of nutritional counseling, nutritionists provide direct support to patients with nutrition-related diseases, such as food intolerances and metabolic disorders, to maintain or even improve their health.

We envision you in the following positions and activities, to name a few examples:

Research and development (universities and other research institutions, research-based pharmaceutical companies, and the food industry)
- Basic research
- Clinical/pharmacological/biomedical research
- Product development
Side entry into teaching profession after appropriate module selection in Bachelor's and Master's program (vocational schools)
Study support and study management (universities, university hospitals, research institutions)

Nutritional counseling and therapy - with appropriate additional qualifications (self-employment, clinics, health insurance companies, health centers)
Project management (associations, ministries, food and pharmaceutical industry, public service, professional societies, mass catering companies)
Product management (food and pharmaceutical industry)
Quality management and assurance as well as distribution (food and pharmaceutical industry)

Public relations (associations, industry, health insurance companies, health authorities, public service, professional societies)
Preventative nutrition (health authorities, etc.)
Specialized journalism (publishing firms)

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Master’s studies

You’re still thirsting for knowledge?

You want to know even more, deepen your knowledge, or aspire to a profession that requires a Master's degree? No problem! Start a Master's degree with us or discover something new. Your degree will provide optimal preparation for research-oriented Master's degree programs in nutritional sciences or biomedicine leading to senior positions in research, development, and management, as well as careers in academia.

At the University of Hohenheim, you can gain further qualifications with the following Master's degree programs:

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CareerCenter Hohenheim

We support you with career orientation and career entry.

The CareerCenter Hohenheim (CCH) is the first point of contact for you when it comes to career orientation and career entry. According to a nationwide survey by the market research institute Trendence, our students value CCH as a springboard to their career.

We will support you and answer your questions on the following topics:

Planning your studies in a career-oriented manner
Developing your own professional profile
Finding suitable positions for internships, working student jobs, and direct entry
Putting together application documents
Establish contacts with companies

Every year in the summer semester the CareerCenter Hohenheim organizes the career fair “Life Science” for the agricultural and natural science programs. Here you will get to know future employers and get an impression of professional fields of activity.