Information for Prospective Students

Admission to the Bachelor's Programme in Nutritional Sciences is only possible if you have successfully completed the entrance examination procedure and meet all general requirements for admission to a Bachelor's programme at the University of Vienna.

The entrance examination procedure takes place only once a year. Registration for the entrance examination in summer is required for both the upcoming winter semester and the following summer semester.

A teacher accreditation degree programme in the natural science subject "Home Economics and Nutrition" provides subject-specific, didactic, and pedagogical professional training, including school-based practical training in the field of nutritional sciences.

In combination with a second school subject, it qualifies graduates to teach at secondary schools.

The primary goal of the programme is the acquisition of broad, scientifically grounded foundational knowledge in the respective subjects. This education equips graduates to stay abreast of scientific developments in their field throughout their professional careers and independently keep their subject knowledge up to date.

Graduates are familiar with fundamental experiments and are capable of demonstrating subject-specific phenomena experimentally, as well as guiding student experiments.

Furthermore, this degree programme offers the opportunity to acquire cross-disciplinary knowledge alongside corresponding didactic, linguistic, and social competencies.

As experts in communicating nutritional and natural science concepts, graduates gain qualifications that open up additional career paths, such as:

• Teaching positions at other school types
• Adult education
• Public relations
• Science journalism and management

The Master's programme offers three fields of specialization: Molecular Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety, and Public Health Nutrition.

Building upon the foundation of a Bachelor’s degree, graduates of the Master's Programme in Nutritional Sciences are equipped to efficiently develop multidisciplinary solution models for nutritional and health issues.

The goal of the programme is to train students in advanced topics within nutritional and food sciences. It serves to deepen and complement professional training while providing the skills required for scientific research in both academic and non-academic institutions.

Graduates possess:

• An understanding of statistical methods
• Skills for scientific work in research and development
• The ability to critically evaluate relevant literature and provide well-founded scientific advice

Within the Master’s Programme in Nutritional Sciences, students can choose from the following specializations:

Students deepen their competence primarily in aspects of Public Health Nutrition, health education and promotion, as well as in the practical implementation of home economics and nutritional science concepts for classroom instruction.

The aim of the Master’s Programme in the teaching subject Home Economics and Nutrition is to qualify graduates for teaching positions at secondary schools in Austria.

Students build upon the subject-specific and pedagogical training acquired during their Bachelor’s studies to meet the required subject-matter and methodological expertise. The Master's programme encompasses aspects of Public Health Nutrition, health education and health promotion, as well as the application and transferability of home economics and nutritional content to school instruction.

Graduates are able to identify current issues and areas of interest within their discipline and effectively integrate them into modern, competence- and action-oriented teaching. In doing so, they develop a commitment to lifelong professional learning as a core element of their professional identity.