By investing heavily in cutting-edge research enables you to apply the know-how you acquire to a reality of pioneering research in the field of child obesity and public health. This Research Centre is the only one in the country that studies obesity as a whole, interlinking clinical, nutritional and laboratorial aspects, which will allow you to obtain lab experience, develop critical thought and actively take part in studies that are of interest to the community, making it possible for you to acquire training that will make you fit for practicing a high-level professional activity whether in Portugal or abroad.

Of 630 hours in hospitals, health care centres, the food industry, social welfare institutions and charities to support the elderly, gyms, companies or other venues where nutritionists practice. In addition to this you can undertake voluntary observational placements in the same types of institutions.

That are duly equipped with all the materials and resources required for your learning and training, particularly the laboratories, the experimental kitchen and the nutrition practice.

• Pursue a career in clinical nutrition and in this case, you can work in hospitals, clinics or focus on having your own practice.
• Pursue a career in community nutrition and public health, practicing in Regional Health Administrations, health care centres, family health units, city halls.
• Pursue a career in the field of Food Hygiene and Safety, playing an important role in controlling the quality of food when manufactured (food industry), the way it’s served (companies, restaurants, canteens, and others) and also the way in which foodstuffs are distributed to the consumers (large supermarkets, specialised retail).
• Take part in the creation of new food goods.
• Pursue an academic career, continuing your education in second and third cycles that are specific to the various fields.
• Pursue a career in sports nutrition, working in gyms, health clubs and others.
• Focus on food marketing or food policy.
• Pursue a career in scientific research in various fields, being able to take part in national and international research projects in the field of food and/or nutrition.

Allowing the globalization of teaching and the internationalization of students. Here, students are really evolved in a multicultural and international context.