Degree and career prospects

You’ve had enough studying and want to finally start your career and earn your own money? With a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science, there are various entry-level opportunities, depending on your personal focus during your studies through electives, internships, and additional qualifications. 

Foto: Zwei Personen sitzen an einem Tisch in der Nähe eines Fensters und unterhalten sich. Auf dem Tisch liegen Broschüren mit einem Ernährungskreis. Eine Pflanze steht auf der Fensterbank.

Diverse and interesting career possibilities

Nutritional scientists can be employed in many different ways. Scientific work is required in the area of research and development. For example, you will be involved in the planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of scientific studies. Human studies can be used to investigate factors influencing people’s dietary behavior as well as the influence of dietary patterns on the development of diseases such as diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular diseases. 

Alternatively, you will be involved in communicating study results to both the public and professionals in an understandable way. As a specialist journalist, you write for scientists based on study results. The study results can also be used to market products. In the context of nutritional counseling, as a nutritionist you directly support patients with nutrition-associated diseases such as food intolerances and metabolic diseases to maintain or even improve their health.

We see you in the following areas:

  • Research and development (universities and other research institutions, research-based pharmaceutical and food industry)
    • Basic research
    • Clinical/pharmacological/biomedical research
    • Product development
  • Lateral entry Teacher Program for Secondary Schools after appropriate module selection in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs (vocational schools)
  • Study assistance and study management (universities, university hospitals, research institutions)
  • Nutritional counseling and therapy – with appropriate additional qualifications (self-employment, clinics, health insurance companies, health centers)

     

  • Project management (associations, ministries, food and pharmaceutical industry, public service, professional associations, community catering companies)
  • Product management (food and pharmaceutical industry)
  • Quality management and assurance as well as sales (food and pharmaceutical industry)
  • Public relations (associations, industry, health insurance companies, health authorities, public service, professional societies)
  • Nutritional prevention (health authorities, etc.)
  • Expert journalism (media and publishing firms)

Master’s programs

Do you want to know more?

Start a Master’s degree with us or discover something new. Your degree offers optimal preparation for research-oriented Master’s degree programs in the fields of nutritional science and biomedicine with the aim of a leading position in research and development and management as well as for a scientific career.

CareerCenter Hohenheim

The CareerCenter Hohenheim (CCH) is the first point of contact for you when it comes to career orientation and career entry. According to a Germany-wide survey by the Trendence market research institute, our students value the CCH as a springboard into the world of work.

We are happy to support you and answer your questions on the following topics:

  • Organising your studies in a career-oriented way
  • Developing your own professional profile
  • Finding suitable positions for internships, student traineeships, and direct entry
  • Preparing application documents
  • Establishing contacts with companies

Every year in the summer semester, the CareerCenter organises the “Life Science” careers fair for agricultural and natural science degree programs. Here you can get to know future employers and gain an impression of professional fields of activity.

Find out more about what the CareerCenter has to offer