Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics

Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics is a Diploma program taught at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia. Intake: July. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (Full Time - 1 Years / 3 Semester) options.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is a one-year, full-time programme (3 semesters) designed to enhance competencies in dietetics practice. It focuses on nutrition care for adults, older adults and children, community outreach and dietetics education, professional ethics in dietetics and entrepreneurship, counselling skills, and food service industrial training.

Coursework includes clinical dietetics in inpatient and outpatient settings across Semester 2 and Semester 3. The programme also includes Foodservice Industrial Training and develops communication, interpersonal collaboration, and digital and numeracy skills across clinical, community, food service, and corporate dietetics domains.

Graduates are prepared to contribute to dietetics services across hospitals, outpatient and community clinics, and may undertake consultancy roles in nutrition and healthcare. Career prospects listed include dietitian roles in government and private hospitals, community health service centres, the food industry, academic teaching staff in higher education institutions, and freelance or private practice dietitian work.

Modules

• NNND5214 Nutrition Care Process & Medical Nutrition Therapy for Adults
• NNND5234 Community Outreach & Dietetics Education
• NNND5212 Professional Ethics in Dietetics & Entrepreneurship
• NNND5213 Nutrition Care Process & Medical Nutrition Therapy for Older Adults and Children
• NNND5232 Dietetics Counselling Skills
• NNND5074 Foodservice Industrial Training
• NNND5026 Clinical Dietetics in Inpatient I
• NNND5046 Outpatient Clinical Dietetics I
• NNND5254 Clinical Dietetics in Inpatient II
• NNND5274 Outpatient Clinical Dietetics II

The minimum requirements for admission in Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as pre-requiste for admission in Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.75, obtained from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or any other university recognized by the Senate, and having passed an interview as stipulated by the faculty, in the following fields:

• Didactic (without clinical training), or
• Nutrition or equivalent

OR

Bachelor’s Degree with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 2.50 but below 2.75, obtained from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or any other university recognized by the Senate, with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant working experience, and having passed an interview as stipulated by the faculty, in the following fields:

• Didactic (without clinical training), or
• Nutrition or equivalent

IELTS 5.5; TOEFL iBT 64; TOEFL pBT 543; TOEFL ITP 543; or equivalent score from any English proficiency test based on The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) score equivalence table and senate approval.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.ukm.my/studyukm/postgraduate-diploma-in-dietetics

• Dietitian positions in government and private hospitals
• Community Health Service Centres
• Food Industry
• Academic teaching staff in Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education
• Freelance / Private Practice Dietitian

11 fully funded scholarships are listed for Malaysia. See Malaysia scholarships.