Promotion of

Keeping in view the emerging importance of nutrition in the care of patients, M.Sc Community Health and Nutrition has been launched in collaboration with Kings College, London, U.K. The study centers are established at local teaching hospitals/ institutions at Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Peshawar, and Multan. Qualified tutors are drawn from these institutions for providing necessary guidance to the students.

Eligibility Criteria

Students completing five credits for either of the PGD in Dietetics or PGD in Nutrition are considered eligible to continue with M.Sc Community Health and Nutrition programme.

Duration and Credit requirement

Duration	Minimum four semester (Two years)
AIOU credit requirement	Ten full credits
Course work	Eight full credits
Research/ Thesis	Two full credits
After the completion of course work, the students will be allowed to undertake research work for thesis in the laboratories either at PCSIR or in the Nutrition laboratory of local teaching institutions or other scientific institutions to be approved by the University. Minimum duration for submission of thesis is one semester (Six months.

Scheme of Studies and Course Contents

The students who earn total of five credits via either of Diploma routes would be able to proceed to M.Sc Community Health and Nutrition. It would be necessary for them to successfully complete the following five additional credits to obtain an M.Sc Degree.

Course Title and Code No.

Credit

1. Research Methods and Techniques—858

Full Credit

2. Food Science and its Application-------867

Full Credit

3. Food Microbiology----868

Full Credit

4. Thesis---869

Two Full Credit

Practical Work

Five days practical training workshop for a Course Food Science and its Application is arranged in local teaching institutions like PCSIR, NIH etc towards the end of the study period during which practicals are conducted and demonstrations from subject experts are arranged.

Fee Tariff


Fee for Full Credit Course	Rs. 2330
Fee for lab based practical )	Rs. 1500
Thesis fee	Rs. 7000
Thesis evaluation fee	Rs. 2000 (At the time of submission of thesis for evaluation)
Registration fee	Rs. 200 (At the time of first admission)
Degree fee	Rs. 350 (Only once at the time of first admission)

Enrollment

All the students are first enrolled in PGD Dietetics/ Nutrition for the first two semesters. After the successful completion, these students are then eligible either to enter into M.Sc Community Health and Nutrition for research work or get the diploma and leave. Since the initial courses (1 st two semesters) of PGD Dietetics/ Nutrition and M.Sc Community Health and Nutrition are same and all the students are enrolled together so the enrollment for both is shown in one for the last 3 years.

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Alumni

M.Sc Community health and Nutrition was first time launched in 2000. It is offered all over Pakistan and once a year i.e., Autumn. The study centers are established at local teaching hospitals/ Institutions at Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Peshawar and Multan. Year and gender wise distribution of degree awarded students is shown in the Bar Graph.

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