The high school or lycee graduate students
who are successful at Student Selection Examination organized
by High Education Council will have the title of “dietitian” in
case of completing their four-year bachelor’s degree education.
A dietitian is educated at the areas of nutrition and
dietetics who examines the individual’s and public’s
nutritional status and habits so makes health protecting and
treating nutritional implementations, nutritional plans,
policies and nutrition education.
With the educational background a dietitian can work in
hospitals, child and old nursing residences, mother and child
health centers, factories, institutional food services such as
hotels and catering factories, sports health centers and
private nutrition and diet centers in addition to all
foundations where dietitian’s nutritional service is given.
Graduates who want to make academic work can continue their
studies in nutrition and dietetics departments of different
colleges as research assistant or instructor and master of
science and doctorate students.
Dietitian’s profession organization is “Turkish Dietetic
Association” located in Ankara and it is a member of “European
Dietetic Association”.
