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Food Science and Human Nutrition Department

Food Science and Human Nutrition Department

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    The Food Science and Human Nutrition Department (FSHN) is one of the world’s largest combined academic programs where food science, nutritional sciences, and dietetics are all studied within one department. FSHN has nearly 30 full-time faculty members, 80 graduate assistants, and 600 undergraduate students. Our programs are accredited and recognized by the American Society for Nutrition, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and approved by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). After completing undergraduate degrees, our students typically move on to employment in the food industry or healthcare settings, graduate or professional programs. We have a strong record of excellent placement of our graduate students in industry, professional organizations, academia and government. Our faculty has trained at institutions from around the world; they have been widely successful in their teaching, research, and extension efforts. Throughout our programs in food science, nutrition, and dietetics, our faculty is recognized nationally and internationally as experts in their respective fields.

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Our Students

Honors Senior Nick Blumenthal has been deemed a 2024 Schwarzman Scholar, one of just 150 students worldwide making up the cohort. The 21-year-old Nutritional Sciences Major in the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is granted a full scholarship to Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and is UF’s third-ever recipient of this prestigious scholarship.

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