Master of Public Health in Nutrition and Dietician (Registered Dietitian Training) in Charlotte United States | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Master of Public Health (MPH) in Nutrition program was the inaugural degree launched by the Department of Nutrition. Since awarding degrees to its first three graduates in 1951, the program now admits approximately 40 on-campus students annually. In 2018, the Nutrition and Dietetics concentration at UNC Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health became among the nation's first ACEND-accredited Future Education Model programs. Renowned across the U.S. for its outstanding public health nutrition education, this program prepares students for the new requirement that all registered dietitian candidates must hold at least a master's degree to take the credentialing exam starting January 1, 2024.

Nutrition stands as one of the most vital environmental health factors across all life stages. It plays a crucial role in healthy pregnancies, child development, and lifelong wellness. Modern research highlights nutrition's significance in preventing and managing chronic conditions like obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Food safety, quality, availability, and distribution remain pressing policy concerns at local, national, and global levels.

Graduates earning an MPH with a Nutrition and Dietetics concentration gain comprehensive public health training combined with expertise in human nutrition and food science. The two-year program includes all required internship hours, making graduates immediately eligible for the CDR examination to become Registered Dietitians.

This concentration aims to develop dietetics professionals into nutrition leaders through rigorous academic instruction and hands-on clinical and community experiences, both domestically and internationally.