Total credits for the master’s degree
To obtain the Master’s degree, the candidate must complete, within a minimum period of 1 (year) and a maximum of 2 (two) years, counting from the date of initial enrollment, at least 25 credits of subjects, 10 of which are mandatory subjects and 15 of which are optional.

Total credits for the doctoral degree
To obtain the Doctoral degree, the student must complete all credits, including the defense of the Thesis, within a minimum period of 2 (two) and a maximum of 4 (four) years, counting from the date of enrollment. At least 30 credits must be completed, 8 of which are mandatory subjects and 20 are optional subjects, in addition to publishing a scientific article (2 credits).

Each subject will have a value expressed in credits, with each credit corresponding to 15 (fifteen) hours of class or equivalent work.

Common Core Subjects
– Research Methodology; Nutrition and Health Research Seminars; Nutrition Research Methods; Ethics and Bioethics in Research: from Project Development to Publication of Scientific Articles; Obesity: Genesis, Epidemiology and Intervention; Use of Statistical Data Analysis Programs; Writing Scientific Papers; Online Writing Lab (in English); Teaching Internship; Postgraduate Academic Activities; Final Paper Preparation; Dissertation Defense; and Thesis Defense.

Specific Core Subjects of the “Nutrition and Public Health” Research Line
Nutritional Interventions in Public Health; Food Environment and Health; Fundamentals of Epidemiology; Quantitative Methods Applied to Public Health; Advanced Topics in Prevention and Control of Health Problems: Regression Models; Introduction to Multivariate Data Analysis in Nutrition Studies; Public Policies for Food and Nutrition Security; Nutrition and Workers’ Health; Regulatory measures to protect adequate and healthy nutrition; Advanced Topics in Nutrition and Public Health.

Subjects of the Specific Core of the “Clinical and Experimental Nutrition” research line
Translational Approach in Nutrition; Nutritional Implications of Extreme Obesity and Bariatric Surgery; Clinical Nutrition; Immunology: from the Molecule to the Organism; Metabolic Alterations in Morbid Obesity; Nutrigenomics – Molecular Basis of Nutritional Therapy; Nutrients in Inflammatory Modulation; Experimental Models of Chronic and Infectious Diseases; Mucosal Immunology; Physiology of Nutrition; Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability of Minerals; Nutrition in Osteoarticular Diseases; Updates in Clinical Nutrition; Immunopathology and Nutrition; Advanced Topics in Clinical and Experimental Nutrition; Advanced Topics in Clinical and Experimental Nutrition I: Current topics in clinical and experimental nutrition (in English).