The study plan for the specialization of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics at Applied Science Private University is characterized by teaching new courses that contribute to increasing students' knowledge and ability to provide counseling on important topics, including mental health and its association with obesity and nutritional disorders. The program also offers specialized elective courses including functional foods nutrition for adults and children in health and disease.
This specialization is concerned with graduating dietitians working hand in hand with all members of the healthcare team working in hospitals, healthcare institutions and sports clubs. In addition, it is concerned with the provision of nutritional counseling to the healthy and ill patients alike.
The specialization includes distinctive courses that will contribute to graduating dietitians with great knowledge in human nutrition, metabolism and special diets needed for people suffering from various illnesses.
Studies showed the urgent need of the labor market locally and in the Arab world to specialize clinical nutrition and dietetics in proportion to the development of newly ascending diseases and increasing the number of patients including more than hospitals, health centers and sports centers (according to the latest results of the accreditation committee published on the website of the Ministry of Higher Education and based on the reference of the nurses and nurses and legal midwives and the Jordanian Food and Nutrition Association)
In addition to this, the University of Applied Sciences is characterized by its location in the Jordanian capital Amman, and easy access especially with the provision of the University for transportation service that includes different areas in the capital.