Training Structure
School of Pharmacy, Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology (IUT)
Language(s) of Instruction
French
Overview
The Nutrition and Human Food Studies (NAH) program, located on the Montpellier IUT campus, is offered exclusively as an apprenticeship program. This program equips students with the essential skills needed to manage all activities resulting from socioeconomic, health, and regulatory changes in the French food sector across various employment sectors, such as personal services and industry. It addresses the needs of professionals in food safety and meets the public’s expectations for nutritional counseling and education—with a focus on prevention as well as training. This one-year degree program (leading to a bachelor’s degree) is designed to prepare students for professional practice, equipping them with the essential skills needed to manage all activities resulting from socio-economic, health, and regulatory changes in the French diet across various employment sectors, such as personal services and industry.
Objectives
The Professional Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and Human Food Science is designed to meet the needs of professionals in the field of food safety and the public's expectations regarding nutritional counseling and education, with a focus on prevention as well as training.
Expertise and Skills
Upon completion of the training, the candidate will be able to:
• Ensure food safety (through compliance with the Hygiene Package regulations) and nutritional quality (through compliance with GEM-RCN recommendations) in the context of institutional food service.
• Design and implement the production of pre-prepared culinary items.
• Identify and implement, within the context of institutional food service, initiatives related to sustainable development (combating food waste, developing short supply chains, etc.).
• Participate in the development or improvement of a quality system in the areas of food and health
• Apply a project management methodology
• Communicate with all professionals (including in English)
• Lead health promotion, prevention, and education initiatives in the field of nutritional and therapeutic education, in line with health policy objectives
• Integrate the determinants of eating behavior, the challenges of the caregiver-patient relationship, and health status into nutritional and therapeutic education initiatives.
• Participate in the design, implementation, and analysis of epidemiological and clinical research studies.
• Analyze nutritional problems in developing countries and evaluate strategies for improving diets.
• Conduct and analyze sensory evaluation tests.
• Assess and monitor the effects of functional foods and dietary supplements.
• Apply consumer information regulations (INCO Regulation) for foods and dietary supplements.
Organization
Program
The program is available as a traditional program or as a work-study program. The work-study program is offered through apprenticeship contracts or professional training contracts. Continuing education also includes returning students and recognition of prior learning (VAE).
Course Details:
Course Unit: Institutional Food Service and Sustainable Development
Course Unit: Additional Training for Businesses
Course Unit: Health Promotion
Course Unit: Nutrition
Course Unit: Food Science and Law
Course Unit: Project
Course Unit: Internship
Admission
Admission Requirements
Online registration procedure (available for a limited time): ecandidat.umontpellier.fr.
Enrollment in the Professional Bachelor’s Degree program at the IUT consists of three steps. Each step must be completed before moving on to the next:
Step 1 – Eligibility of the application:
- Hold a BTS in Dietetics or be currently enrolled in the program*.
- Complete file.
Step 2 – Eligibility : Determined by an admissions committee after reviewing the application (resume, cover letter, transcript, etc.—details available on e-candidat). The committee may request additional documents as needed.
Step 3 – Final Admission: Subject to the signing of a work-study contract (apprenticeship or professional training contract) with a company, with assignments aligned with the LPro program’s focus, subject to the availability of spots in the program.
*Qualifications: Holders of a BTS in Dietetics.
Target Audience
Holders of a BTS in Dietetics.
Mandatory Prerequisites
Holders of a BTS in Dietetics, VAE...
And then
Continuing Education
The professional bachelor's degree is designed to prepare students for the workforce, not for further study. However, students who wish to do so may go on to pursue a master's degree or attend a specialized engineering school.
Continuing Your Education Abroad
The professional bachelor's degree is designed to prepare students for the workforce, not for further study. However, students who wish to do so may continue their studies abroad.
Employment Placement
This degree qualifies graduates for supervisory positions in healthcare facilities, rehabilitation centers, and post-acute care centers, a food service operation, a public health organization, a nutrition research facility, a sports center, the food and agricultural industry, the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement sector, the distribution of food and dietary products, an information and training organization, an association focused on nutrition and nutrition education, or a service provider (such as home-based artificial nutrition).