The aim of the department is to prepare dieticians who possess those qualities of competences and skills requisite to a health professional. The department also aims to train people who demonstrate creativity and innovation in research with the help of technology that contributes to the development and application of knowledge in nutrition, dietetics, food service management and community nutrition.
1. To train nutrition and diet specialists who produce nutritional information at national and international level and use this knowledge in the development of nutrition and dietetics.
2. To train nutrition and diet specialists who contribute to the country in the fields of protection of human health and improvement of diseases in line with scientific principles based on evidence on nutrition and foods.
3. To develop nutrition policies, to train nutrition and diet specialists that enable public and private sector organizations to operate at world standards.
4. To train qualified "dietitians" with high-level professional equipment.