Nutrition

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Information Session

Prospective Students: Please call in to our mandatory info session. Learn about our program, the application process and requirements, and info on the Dietetic Internship Program. Sessions are held on the 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month from 9:00-11:00am eastern.

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The Program in Nutrition will be Online for the Fall 2020 Semester

Our nutrition faculty sorely miss our students and being in the classroom, but we know your health and safety must come first. Please be assured that our faculty are fully prepared to offer all of your classes remotely and will do everything possible to ensure a dynamic learning experience and create many opportunities for connection.

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Apply for Admission!

Our interdisciplinary program will help you build a solid foundation in clinical nutrition, sports nutrition, nutrition in education, and more. The 2020 degree application will open in early September.

Graduates of the Nutrition Program with Faculty at Graduation

Congratulations 2019 Master’s Graduates!

Recent Nutrition alumni are doing amazing work. View their alumni profiles to learn more.

Dietetic Internship Program

The Teachers College, Columbia University DI program prepares graduates for practice in a variety of disciplines within the field of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Congratulations 2019 Doctoral Graduates!

Our graduates are doing amazing work around the world. From research fellows to published authors and from policy-makers to university professors, we’re educating the next generation of nutrition leaders. View alumni profiles to learn more.

Welcome to the Nutrition program

When you become part of the graduate Program in Nutrition at Teachers College Columbia University, you will join students from all over the globe who want to positively impact the world through the field of nutrition. Our program provides you with solid grounding to work in clinical nutrition, sports nutrition, behavioral nutrition, nutrition education, or public health nutrition, all in an interdisciplinary context that will prepare you to adapt to the ever-evolving field of nutrition. Whether you’re a US or international student, we know you have lots of questions. That’s why we host semi-monthly information sessions with Dr. Lora Sporny, who has served on the nutrition faculty since 1992. The calls are held on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month, starting at 9 a.m. eastern.

Choose Your Degree

It's relatively straight-forward to become an RDN at Teachers College:

Begin by completing the master’s degree prerequisite courses.
Apply for admission to one of our master’s degrees.
Successfully complete the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) courses by completing one of our master’s degrees while concurrently completing three courses at Lehman College.
Work with Teachers College faculty to obtain the necessary documentation needed to apply to the Dietetic Internship Program.
Apply to and complete the Dietetic Internship Program (DI) at Teachers College.
Pass the Dietetic Registration Exam administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Effective January 1, 2024, CDR will require a minimum of a master’s degree to be eligible to take the credentialing exam to become an RDN. For more information about this requirement visit CDR's website: https://www.cdrnet.org/graduatedegree.

You can complete the whole process (excluding completion of the master’s prerequisite courses) in roughly three years of full-time study. However, we also welcome part-time students into our program.

Please attend one of our info sessions for more details.

We offer four master's degrees: