It is the only school in Iran and in the region that covers nutrition areas of education, research, and training from “Cell to Society” at all three levels of disease prevention
The Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry and the Department of Health Sciences and Nutrition of the School of Public Health were merged to form the Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics in 2010 with three departments, namely, Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, and Cellular and Molecular Nutrition. The Graduate School has 23 full-time faculty members. It follows goals such as capacity building and professional training in various areas of nutrition and dietetics, expanding nutritional knowledge and culture, safeguarding national noble nutrition culture and its spiritual heritage, and providing a forum for scientific collaboration with individuals as well as national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
It is the only school in Iran and in the region that covers nutrition areas of education, research, and training from “Cell to Society” at all three levels of disease prevention. It has highly trained faculties educated in Europe and USA with 4 holding M.D. Ph.D. degrees and 19 Ph.D. holders. Its close collaboration with TUMS School of Public Health and School of Medicine provides vast fields of research and training for the students. Furthermore, a friendly environment for study and research is provided by the School.
More information regarding the school's offered programs can be found on its
official webpage.
Research Activities
• Assessment of community nutritional status and factors affecting it
• Finding effective interventions, e.g. for prevention of obesity in schools, promotion of nutrition security in communities, etc.
• Finding new methodologies for assessing food/nutrition security
• Collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in conducting national nutrition surveys, e.g. micronutrients surveys
Contact Person
Ms. Fereshteh Sojoudi
Dean’s Secretary
E-mail: sojoudi.f@gmail.com
Postal Address:
School of Nutritional Sciences
and Dietetics,
Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
P.O. Box: 14155-6117, Tehran, IRAN.
Tel: 
(98 21) 88955975-
88955742
Fax: (98 21) 88955975
E-mail: Info@snsd.tums.ac.ir
Website: http://snsd.tums.ac.ir