Nutrition (MS)

Graduate School

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Graduate Field

Nutrition

Program Description

Graduate students in this program may obtain training in many aspects of nutrition and in the biological or social sciences related to nutrition. Students applying to the MS program in Nutrition will apply to one of three tracks: 1) public health track, 2) individualized track or 3) dietetics track.  

Students in the dietetics track must have completed a Cornell dietetic internship or be currently enrolled in this program.

Students in the MS Nutrition program at Cornell University have access to active research programs that provide opportunities for laboratory research, human clinical research and field experience in the United States or abroad. MS students select a Chair of their committee from among the faculty in the Field of Nutrition at Cornell University. All faculty members in the Field of Nutrition have interests in nutrition. Field of Nutrition faculty belong to many colleges and divisions across Cornell University including Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Sociology, Animal Science, Epidemiology, Microbiology and Genetics, and Genomics and Development among others.     

Concentrations

  • Public health nutrition
  • Individualized
  • Dietetics