History
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Faculty of Health Sciences & Education of Harokopio University was founded in 1992 under the name “Department of Dietetics”. The Department started to operate with the admission of the first students in 1994, in 1999 it was renamed to “Department of Nutrition and Dietetics “, and in 2013 it joined the School of Health Sciences & Education of Harokopio University.
It is the oldest University Department in the country in the field of Dietetics and Nutrition and its mission is to train scientists who will apply the Science of Dietetics-Nutrition, with the aim of improving the eating habits and nutritional status of both individuals and groups of the population, healthy or sick, for the promotion of health.
Since the academic year 2000-01, the Department has been offering both a full-time and part-time Postgraduate Programme in Applied Dietetics-Nutrition, and Doctoral Studies, leading to a Master’s and a Doctoral degree, respectively. Alongside the education of students, the Department of Dietetics-Nutrition is strongly active in research, with numerous national and international collaborations. According to evaluations of the National Documentation Centre, Harokopeio University and the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition Science in particular, hold a top position among all Greek Universities in terms of the impact of research carried out at international level.
