Ph.D HUMAN NUTRITION & DIETETICS

The Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics in Ziauddin University was established in the year of 2020 in the College of Natural Sciences under the Faculty of Eastern Medicine. The Department aims to provide quality education in the undergraduate and post graduate programs and transform the students into internationally competent professionals.  Currently, Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics in Ziauddin University is the only institute in Karachi which offers admissions of Ph.D. program in the discipline of Human Nutrition & Dietetics.

To Serve as a Center of Excellence (Institute) for Education and Research for Best Quality Human Nutrition Care in Pakistan and Low Middle Income Countries.

1. Establish Internationally Comparable undergraduate and postgraduate professional education programs in Human Nutrition and Dietetics.
2. Undertake, promote ad support research that can provide evidence base for resolving human nutrition issues.
3. Liaison with the industry and corporate sector to facilitate provision of nutrition promoting product and services.
4. Liaison with private and public stakeholders to Undertake, promote ad support projects to promote nutritious and safe diets and healthy life styles.

1. Quality education at newly started undergraduate programs.
2. Establishment of Post graduate program.
3. Establishment of HND Research Center.
4. Establishment of professionals, corporate sector and social networks to promote nutritious and safe diets and healthy life styles.

• Ph.D. in Human Nutrition & Dietetic.

PhD. in Human Nutrition & Dietetic

All the current guideline by HEC will be followed for admission and examinations

Course Work for Ph.D.

A maximum of 12 Credit Hour courses can be taken in one semester. A minimum of 18 credit hours (two semesters) of the coursework will be required to complete by those who have already done masters (i.e. 18 years of education) in the relevant field or equivalent. A minimum of 48 credit hours (four semesters) of the coursework will be required to complete by those who have not done masters and have completed only 16 years of education (BS) in the relevant field or equivalent.

1. Clinical Dietitians- Nutritionists
2. Nutrition Educationists
3. Public Health Nutritionists
4. Human Nutrition and Dietetics Researcher and Scientist
5. Nutrition experts in media

Candidates who have done BS as well as MS/M.Phil. in Human Nutrition & Dietetics are eligible to apply for admission. If candidates have a degree in a different subject and wish to be considered for admission, they must provide equivalency of their degree. These candidates are allowed to take up to three courses, with a maximum of 9 credit hours, to fulfill any deficiencies in their academic background. However, if the deficiency exceeds 9 credit hours, the candidate is not eligible to apply for the program.

• Appearance in Ziauddin University Entrance Test is mandatory for all applicants, who wish to seek admission in Ph.D. program to be conducted by the Department of Human Nutrition & Dietetics.
• The test shall comprise of the following sections:

               1) Section-I Nutrition 80%

               2) Section-II English 10%

               3) Section-III Analytical Reasoning 10%

• Candidates will be required to score at least 70% marks in each section to be eligible for consideration for provisional admission.
• If a candidate has already qualified the International (subject) GRE/GAT/NTS, he/she will be exempted from the subject test component. The validity of International (subject) GRE is 5 years and NTS/GAT is for two years. The passing score of GRE minimum is 60% and that of NTS/GAT is 60%. However, the candidate has to appear in interview

1. Time allowed 2.5 hours
2. Test will consist of 100 MCQs
3. Minimum marks required for passing the test are 70
4. Calculators are not allowed

All the students who (qualify & exempted) from the Ziauddin University Entrance test will be required to appear for an interview to be conducted by the Department of human Nutrition & Dietetics to finalize the admission procedure.

For PhD-HND: 15

Tuition fees and other costs are subject to change and are determined each year.

Details of Fee Structure (Fee per Semester) are as follows:

For PhD-HND

https://zu.edu.pk/academics/quality-enhancement-cell/#1660553878252-df8ae71c-c68c

PhD-HND:  Minimum duration for PhD program is 03 years and Maximum duration is 8 years.

A maximum of 12 Credit Hour courses can be taken in one semester. A minimum of 18 credit hours (two semesters) of the coursework will be required to be completed by those who have done MS/M.Phil. in Human Nutrition & Dietetics.

The year of study is scheduled as follows:

Ph.D. HND

First Semester:

Commencement of Regular Classes (January 11, 2023)

Mid-Term Examinations (March 15, 2023)

Preparation of Final Semester Exam (May 22, 2023)

Final Examinations (May 29, 2023)

Ph.D-HND

3rd Floor, DPT Building, Ziauddin University, Block-B, North Nazimabad, Karachi-74700.

Email ID: [email protected]

1. Dr. Rubina Hakeem

Chief Nutritionist and Head of Department of Human Nutrition & Dietetics

PhD (Nutrition) (UK), RD (UK), FAfN (UK), FAND (US)

2. Khursheed Hashmi

Professor

PhD (Microbiology)

3. Musarrat Jahan

Assistant Professor

PhD (Biochemistry)

4. Naveed Khan

Assistant Professor

PhD (Food science & Technology)

5. M/S Nida Azhar

Lecturer

BS in Home economics (Human Nutrition & Dietetics)

6. M/S Warda Qamar

Lecturer

BS hons. in Home economics (Food and Nutrition)

7. M/S Summaya Iqbal

Demonstrator

BS in Home economics (Human Nutrition & Dietetics)