About the Nutrition Degree Course

The main efforts that nations seek to improve the quality of life of their populations are aimed at “ending hunger” and “ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages”. In this regard, food and nutrition professionals play a key role in achieving these goals.

Cayetano’s future nutritionists are trained with the abilities, skills, and scientific competencies that will allow them to prescribe personalized diets considering the genetic factor that determines metabolism. They will also be able to implement food and nutrition education based on responsible consumption, selecting foods with environmental care in mind, thus contributing to people’s health and society’s welfare.

Faculty: Science and Engineering

Duration: 10 semesters (5 years)

Site: San Martín de Porres Campus

Degree earned: Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition

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Why choose us?

Professional training

  • Degree course courses from the first semester.
  • Field internships from the second semester.
  • Participation in multidisciplinary research from the third semester.

Extracurricular practices

We offer voluntary summer internships starting in the seventh grade.

Integration of knowledge and experience

We develop 4 blocks integrating theory and practice in the ninth semester:

  • Food Safety
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Public Nutrition
  • Sports Nutrition

University social responsibility

We participate in university extension and social projection projects from the first semester.

Two degree courses in less time

We facilitate the study of a second degree course in the Faculty of Science and Philosophy in only 3 years.

Generic Competencies of Graduate

Graduates integrate different types of thinking (scientific, logical, critical, systemic, and innovative) for the solution of complex problems through the mastery of cognitive skills such as logical reasoning in challenging situations. They are prepared to address present and future challenges in the exercise of their profession and to tackle the transformation of the environment as committed citizens 

Graduates use verbal and non-verbal language to interact effectively in various inclusive, multicultural, and multilingual contexts. Also, they make conscious use of information and communication technologies. They join collaborative work teams to achieve common goals in multicultural, academic, and professional contexts. Moreover, they assume leadership roles with responsibility and respect for other people’s views.

Graduates act ethically and responsibly in different academic, professional practice, and research contexts. They carry out their work honestly, rigorously, and coherently in terms of their values: tolerance, openness, responsibility, environmental awareness, respect, democratic participation, and a sense of belonging.

Graduates creatively propose innovative solutions to solve a situation or problem; they demonstrate initiative and take action in improving their environments within the framework of values consistent with sustainable development: tolerance, openness, responsibility, environmental awareness, respect, democratic participation, and a sense of belonging.

Program Curriculum

SEMESTER

1

Develop the foundations of your professional future

  • Biology I
  • Chemistry I
  • Mathematics I
  • Philosophy and Ethics
  • Introduction to Food and Nutrition
  • Complementary Activity I

SEMESTER

2

Develop your comprehension skills

  • Nutrition and Life Stages Evaluation I
  • Chemistry II
  • Mathematics II
  • Social Sciences
  • Communication and Writing II
  • History of Scientific Thought
  • Complementary Activity II

SEMESTER

3

Experiment with experimental nutrition

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physics I
  • Statistics and Probabilities
  • Nutrition and Life Stages Evaluation II
  • Applied Dietetic Technique
  • English 1

SEMESTER

4

Know the human body and human thinking

  • Physicochemistry
  • Scientific Research
  • Eating Psychology and Eating Disorders
  • Clinical Genetics
  • Anthropology and Sociology of Food
  • Human Anatomy
  • English 2

SEMESTER

5

Get ready for action

  • Biochemistry
  • Biostatistics Applied to Research
  • Nutrition Research
  • Food Economics and Policy
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation Processes
  • Principles of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition
  • Complementary Activity III
  • English 3

SEMESTER

6

Make your first researchs

  • Principles of Molecular Biology
  • General Microbiology
  • Human Physiology
  • Applied Nutritional Epidemiology
  • Dietetics
  • Food Biochemistry

SEMESTER

7

Learn how nutrients work in your body

  • Nutritional Genomics
  • Pathophysiology
  • Macro and Micronutrient Metabolism and Functions
  • Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • Public Nutrition
  • Bromatology
  • English 4

SEMESTER

8

Decide your certification

  • Food Technology
  • Communication and Nutrition Education
  • Dietotherapy I
  • Food and Nutrition Security
  • Elective Course I
  • Complementary Activity IV

SEMESTER

9

Start your thesis work

  • Thesis Project
  • Integrating Block: Clinical Nutrition
  • Integrating Block: Sports Nutrition
  • Integrating Block: Food Safety
  • Integrating Block: Public Nutrition

SEMESTER

10

Choose how to mark the story

  • Undergraduate Rotation
  • Nutrition and Business
  • Elective Course II

*Curriculum subject to modifications as part of the curriculum update process.

Work Opportunities

Clinical Nutrition

They venture into clinical nutrition from private practice health centers and specialized institutes.

Public Nutrition

They participate in nutrition and public health through projects of international organizations, NGOs, and strategic alliances with institutions and civil society.

Food Safety

They participate in public and private institutions that provide sustainable food programs to contribute to the country’s food security.

Sports Nutrition

They guide the specific and personalized nutrition of athletes and people who choose sports as a healthy lifestyle.

International Agreements

Latin America

Argentina

  • Universidad Juan Agustín Maza
  • Universidad de Morón
  • Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
  • Universidad Nacional de la Plata
  • Universidad de Mendoza

Brazil

  • Universidade Federal do Minas Gerais
  • Universidade do Sao Paulo
  • Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro
  • Universidade do Sagrado Coracao
  • Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

Chile

  • Universidad de Concepción
  • Clínica Las Condes
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Universidad de Antofagasta
  • Universidad Mayor

Colombia

  • Universidad de Antioquia
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Mexico

  • Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  • Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
  • Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
  • Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Europe

spain

Spain

  • Universidad CEU San Pablo
  • Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide
  • Universidad de Valencia

Norteamérica

USA

  • University of Kansas Medical Center
  • University of Texas Medical Branch

Our testimonials

Yeesenia Chavez

Graduate

Studying nutrition at Cayetano has been a rewarding experience because it allowed me to strengthen the knowledge that exists between food and health, thanks to it, we can achieve behavioral changes in the population, participate in intervention projects for disease prevention and thus improve their quality of life. Thanks to this, we can achieve behavioral changes in the population, participate in intervention projects for the prevention of diseases and thus improve their quality of life. These activities must be accompanied with the vocation of service for a good performance and achievement of the objectives of nutrition.

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