UNDERGRADUATE

Nutrition and Dietetics

about the

Program

 

The professional training of Nutritionists and Dietitians at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) responds to the demands of the social, political, and economic environment of the country. Through the use of a competency-based training model, from which the integrality of the individual is considered and in addition to cognitive learning, skills are discovered and developed, the strengthening of values, the incorporation of socio-affective and attitudinal dimensions, ethics, responsibility towards oneself, others and the environment, to be able to insert themselves in society as citizens aware of the responsibility generated by being professionals and intervening in the solution of problems in the food and nutritional order that obey the current world.

 

 

Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 692 | Qualified Registration: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 001045 dated February 4, 2022, with a  validity of 8 years. (More information, see PDF)

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Título

DEGREE:

Dietitian Nutritionist

Duración

Duration:

10 Semesters

Modalidad

Modality:

In-Person / In-Spanish

Ubicación

Campus:

Bucaramanga Health Campus

APPLICANT

Profile

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The applicants to the Nutrition and Dietetics program from Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) must have some characteristics that allow them to develop their human and learning potential throughout their career:

  • Sensitivity and social commitment
  • Ability to communicate
  • Be critical and disciplined
  • With the ability to learn

GRADUATE

Profile

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The Nutritionists and Dietitians from UIS are high-quality professionals, they are autonomous, ethical, and responsible. As citizens, they are committed, and as professional, they are leaders in the competent teamwork to:

  • Advise on the selection, promotion and production of safe and nutritious food.
  • Manage food and nutrition services for healthy and sick communities.
  • Plan to monitor and evaluate nutritional and food care for healthy individuals during the human evolutionary cycle.
  • Plan to monitor and evaluate nutritional and food care, for the treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with health and nutrition problems.
  • Administer food and nutrition programs considering the socio-economic and cultural factors of the population.
  • Administer nutrition education programs for different audiences, considering the cognitive process, psychological well-being, health and nutritional status of individuals.
  • Interpret the fundamentals of research: scientific, statistical, and epidemiological method, to generate knowledge in food and nutrition and communicate its results.

OUR

Accreditations

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Accredited for eight years, according to Resolution No. 003641 dated April 1, 2024, by the Ministry of National Education. (More information, see PDF)

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Academic

Curriculum

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Code:  20422                Credits:   6  – Biosciences I


Code:  21958                Credits:   1  – Human Development and Sexuality I


Code:  23423                Credits:   1  – Physical Education and Sports


Code:  23427                Credits:   3  – Language Workshop


Code:  23508                Credits:   2  – Introduction to Nutrition


Code:  24948                Credits:   0  – University Life and Culture


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Code:  22110                Credits:   1  – Human Development and Sexuality II


Code:  23437                Credits:   2  – Psychological Development


Code:  23438                Credits:   2  – Colombian Sociopolitical System


Code:  23472                Credits:   6  – Biosciences II


Code:  27553                Credits:   7  – General Morphophysiology


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Code:  23439                Credits:   3  – Food Chemistry


Code:  23441                Credits:   2  – Economics in Food and Nutrition


Code:  23440                Credits:   4  – Public Health


Code:  27554                Credits:   3  – Basic Nutrition


Code:                            Credits:   3  – Context Course


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Code:  23444                Credits:   3  – Research Seminar I


Code:  23442                Credits:   4  – Food Legislation and Standardization


Code:  23443                Credits:   3  – Food Microbiology and Safety


Code:                            Credits:   3  – Context Course


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Code:  23452                Credits:  4  – Food Planning


Código:  22964            Credits:   3 – Business Management I


Code:  23445                Credits:   5  – Food Technology I 


Code:  23447                Credits:   4  – Research Seminar II


Code:  23425                Credits:   4  – English II


Code:  23474                Credits:   1  – Professional Ethics


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Code:  23448                Credits:   4  – Nutrition and Physical Activity


Code:  23453                Credits:   3  – Education and Communication Strategies


Code:  23449                Credits:   3  – Food Technology II


Code:  23450                Credits:   4  – Fundamentals of Marketing


Code:  23451                Credits:   3  – Nutritional Epidemiology


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Code:  27555                Credits:   3  – Pharmacology and Toxicology


Code:  27556                Credits:   1  – Nutraceuticals


Code:  27557                Credits:   3  – Education and Communication Materials


Code:  23455                Credits:   7  – Human Nutrition Across the Life Cycle


Code:  23456                Credits:   4  – Food Service Management


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Code:  23458                Credits:   3  – Local Management


Code:  23459                Credits:   3  – Quality Management


Code:  23460                Credits:   7  – Pediatric Clinical Nutrition


Code:  23461                Credits:   7  – Adult Clinical Nutrition


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Code:  40031                Credits:   7  -Integrated Practicum I


Code:  40032                Credits:   7  – Integrated Practicum II


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Code:  40033            Credits:   7  – Integrated Practicum III


Code:  40034            Credits:   7  – Integrated Practicum IV


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Faculty

Front photograph of Professor Alberto Angel Martín

Alberto
ÁNGEL MARTIN

PhD in Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition
Front photograph of Professor Ana Paola Mora

Ana Paola
MORA VERGARA

Doctor in Behavioral Sciences with a specialization in Food and Nutrition.
Front photograph of Professor Diana Cecilia Alvarez

Diana Cecilia
ÁLVAREZ SALAZAR

Master in Food Sciences and Human Nutrition
Front photograph of Professor Edna Magaly Gamboa

Edna Magaly
GAMBOA DELGADO

Doctor in Population Nutrition Sciences
Front photograph of Professor Katherin Castro Rios

Katherin
CASTRO RÍOS

Doctor in Agricultural Sciences
Front photograph of Professor Martha Lucia Caceres

Martha Lucía
CÁCERES JEREZ

Master in Administration
Front photograph of Professor Oscar Fernando Herran

Oscar Fernando
HERRÁN FALLA

Master in Epidemiology
Front photograph of Professor Sandra Milena Bueno

Sandra Milena
BUENO PÉREZ

Master in Food Science and Technology

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Students

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Contact
Contact

School of Nutrition and Dietetics

Telephone: +57 (607) 634 4000

Extension: 3128 – 3154

Email: escnut@uis.edu.co

Location
Location

Campus Salud UIS

Bucaramanga, Santander

Cra. 32 # 29 – 31

Office hours
Office hours

Office Hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – noon.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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