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Nutritional and Metabolic Sciences

Study program:
Nutritional and Metabolic Sciences
SP code:
P0912D360002
Study form:
full-time
Study type:
doctoral
Standard duration of study in years:
4
Language of instruction:
English
Title:
Ph.D.
Title:
No
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SP name in Czech:
Nutriční a metabolické vědy
SP name in Latin:
Disciplinae nutriciae et metabolicae
SP profile:
academically oriented

SP characteristics

The professional profile of the study programme is clinical nutrition of the metabolism. It builds up on the basic medical education and Masters study programme Nutrition Specialist (clinical nutritional therapist), which is accredited at the faculty.
The goal of the doctoral study programme Nutritional and Metabolic Sciences is the training of specialists with deep knowledge of nutrition and metabolism. This includes knowledge from wide areas of clinical nutrition, diets, metabolism, physiological and pathophysiological effects of nutrients, including deep knowledge of their properties.
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Graduate profile for the public:
A graduate of the Doctoral Program in the field of Nutrition and Metabolic Sciences acquires a comprehensive education aiming to achieve transdisciplinary research excellence in the identification of individual risk factors of metabolic diseases, scientific aspects of nutrition and possible therapeutic interventions, (ii) advanced knowledge and skills in clinical work in the field of nutritional intervention and metabolism and a theoretical insight into public health issues in the field. Graduate of a doctoral program gains a deep understanding of the field and its anchoring in theory, politics and its interventions, in the context of nutrition, metabolism from a transdisciplinary perspective. The combination of these pillars of study will provide graduates with a program of expertise in transdisciplinary research applied to clinical evaluation and effectiveness assessment. This makes program graduates well prepared for the needs of science and research, as well as expert positions in the public and private sectors. Their transdisciplinary backgrounds enable them to work with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines, communicate the results of their research to managers and decision-makers at inter-departmental level, and take leadership positions at a high level of expertise.

Related accreditations

Faculty Name of the study program Language of instruction Study form
3. lékařská fakulta Nutriční a metabolické vědy čeština prezenční
3. lékařská fakulta Nutriční a metabolické vědy čeština kombinovaná
1. lékařská fakulta Nutriční a metabolické vědy čeština kombinovaná
1. lékařská fakulta Nutritional and Metabolic Sciences angličtina kombinovaná
1. lékařská fakulta Nutriční a metabolické vědy čeština prezenční
3. lékařská fakulta Nutritional and Metabolic Sciences angličtina kombinovaná

Teaching provided by

Faculty:
Cooperating institutions:
  • Institutions:
  • Institute of Physiology of the CAS
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Foreign university joint diploma type:
No
External department:
No

Classification

Area of education:
  • Healthcare Fields

SP structure

Specialisation:
No
Double-curriculum study:
No
Data for persons with disabilities
Contact person for persons with disability:
doc. MUDr. Lukáš Zlatohlávek, Ph.D.
Web page for persons with disability:
https://www.lf1.cuni.cz/studenti-se-specialnimi-potrebami-uchazeci-lf1
Further information about the study of persons with disability:

Personal provision

Garant SP:
  • doc. MUDr. Lukáš Zlatohlávek, Ph.D.
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Subject Area Board Members:
  • Chairman, Zlatohlávek Lukáš, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 7.12.2020)
  • Members, Blaha Vladimír, prof. MUDr., CSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Brát Jiří, doc. Ing., CSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Brunerová Ludmila, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 24.3.2025)
  • Members, Dostálová Jana, prof. Ing., CSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Gojda Jan, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 24.3.2025)
  • Members, Heneberg Petr, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (from 24.3.2025)
  • Members, Houšťková Hana, doc. MUDr., CSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Hubáček Jaroslav, doc. Ing., CSc., DSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Ješina Pavel, doc. RNDr. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Karásek David, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Kršek Michal, prof. MUDr., DrSc., MBA (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Křížová Jarmila, MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Müllerová Dana, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Petřeková Karin, Mgr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Rossmeisl Martin, MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Rossmeislová Lenka, Mgr., Ph.D. (from 24.3.2025)
  • Members, Soška Vladimír, prof. MUDr., CSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Souček Miroslav, prof. MUDr., CSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Svačina Štěpán, prof. MUDr., MBA, DrSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Šumník Zdeněk, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Tesař Vladimír, prof. MUDr., MBA, DrSc. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Trnka Jan, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 24.3.2025)
  • Members, Vohnout Branislav, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)
  • Members, Vrablík Michal, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (from 29.7.2021)

Instruction

Admission procedure requirements:
Study programme (branch) is open for applicants for the academic year 2026/2027:
Admission procedure requirements in the acaademic year 2025/2026:

Can be studied in combination

No combinations have been found
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