Welcome to our Department’s website,
The Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics was established in 2019 (Legislation 4610/2019), it belongs to the School of Health Sciences of the University of the Peloponnese and its operation started in the Academic Year 2019-2020 with 150 students. The Department is located in Antikalamos in Kalamata (University Campus) and is easy to access by bus or car.
The Department’s mission is to educate new scientists specialized in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics. The Department aims at providing an in-depth, evidence-based and critical thinking approach, for students to obtain knowledge and skills to practice nutrition in health and disease, improve dietary habits in special population groups and individuals and enhance quality of life and well-being of the general population.
To achieve its goals, the Department covers a wide range of academic subjects, such as Nutrition, Food Science, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Metabolism, Pathophysiology and others, combining theory and laboratory teaching along with students’ placement for undergraduate studies.