Study programme 1st cycle
The tuition language at the Faculty of Health Sciences is Slovenian. Individual tutoring in English may be available upon agreement with the lecturers.
The study program is prepared in accordance with the European practitioner standards for dietetics adopted by EFAD in June 2005 in order to ensure the mobility of these professionals.
The study program develops quality and professional staff who can raise awareness among the public and certain target population groups about the importance of healthy nutrition for our health, about food safety, and health protection and improvement in general. Likewise, the dietitians are the ones who can aid essentially the patients’ faster recuperation and better condition during and after disease.
The basic contents of the study program are from the fields of food and nutrition. They are discussed mainly from the point of view of the importance of food and nutrition for maintaining and improving health, for preventing diseases and harmful effects on health, and for he patients’ faster recuperation. The largest share of the program’s supporting courses is from the field of medicine and a significant share of the supporting courses is from the field of natural sciences but they are intended solely for the understanding of health and disease.
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS FOR ERASMUS+ STUDENTS
| LECTURER | SUBJECT | * | ECTS |
| Mojca Stubelj | Alternative Nutritions | Individual consultations (W, S) | 3 ECTS |
| Tamara Poklar Vatovec | Nutrition and Lifestyle in Different Life Periods | Individual consultations (W, S) | 6 ECTS |
| Barbara Jurša Potocco | English I | Individual consultations (W,S) | 3 ECTS |
| Barbara Jurša Potocco | Foreign language for health sciences – English II | Individual consultations (W,S) | 3 ECTS |
| Ana Petelin | Pathophysiology I | Individual consultations (W, S) | 3 ECTS |
| Zala Jenko Pražnikar | Biochemistry | Individual consultations (W, S) | 6 ECTS |
| Saša Kenig | Cell Biology | Individual consultations (W, S) | 6 ECTS |
| Tadeja Jakus | Sport nutrition | Individual consultations (W, S) | 3 ECTS |
| Darja Barlič Maganja | Pharmacology and Laboratory Medicine | Individual consultations (W, S) | 6 ECTS |
| Boris Kovač | Food production | Individual consultations (W, S) | 6 ECTS |
Professional title
Diplomirani dietetik (VS) / Diplomirana dietetičarka (VS) – (dipl. diet.)
Study programme general data
Length of study
3 years
180 ECTS
Training
Practical training
in the working environment
Employability
Nutritional care
in healthcare, social welfare, etc.
Admission requirements
To enrol in the higher education professional study program Nutritional Counselling – Dietetics one needs to have passed the final examination of any four-year secondary-school program, the vocational matura or general matura. If enrolment is to be restricted, the candidates will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
- Overall achievement in the matura, vocational matura, final examination (60 % of points),
- Overall achievement in the 3rd and 4th years (40 % of points).
