Exchange programme | Nutrition and Dietetics

Choose Nutrition & Dietetics and pursue an exciting job in which you can combine your social skills with your scientific knowledge. As a dietician, you can go in different directions. Giving advice to clients (individually or in a group), optimizing food in a hospital, developing products in a food company or choosing to promote healthy food.
Join our exchange autumn or spring semester.
A whole semester consist of approximately 30 ECTS. We advise you to come to Thomas More for a full semester but you can also take less ECTS.
You can find more details about the courses by clicking on 'Courses' in the menu on the left.

The academic year in a nutshell 

Below you can find an overview of the courses ( under reservation of changes), with the number of credits per phase. Credits express how many hours you need on average to process the subject matter (incl. lessons). Count about 25 to 30 hours for 1 study credit. 

• We have explained the most important courses in a blue tooltip.  
• Would you like to know the detailed content of each subject? Check the programme guide. 
• Courses marked with a * are offered fully online. This means you don't have to physically come to Belgium to take these courses.
• Courses marked with a ** are Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP). These courses are offered partly online and partly on campus.

There are no specific pre-requisites for this exchange programme.

The autumn courses run from mid-September until the end of December. The spring courses run from the second week of February till the end of May. All offered Professional skill courses (except placement) are evaluated through continuous assessment and end in December or in May.

During work placement the trainee is assessed by the placement supervisor on a continuous basis. Interim evaluations and final evaluation are carried out via interviews between the student, the supervisor and the lecturer of the receiving institute.

Yes, we care  

During your exchange you can count on a whole support team to truly make you feel at home at Thomas More. The International Support Team, the International Office, your 'buddy', Student Services (STUVO), all of our lecturers and many more will personally guide you to ensure that you blend in from the beginning and prosper so that we help you to deploy and nurture your talents. You will never feel alone.  

Are you passionate about people and interested in different disciplines and cultures? Do you aim high and have what it takes to make a difference? Are you ready to shape the future? Do you have an open mind? Do opportunities and challenges trigger you to do more?

Become a STAR @ Thomas More

STAR-track is a multi-disciplinary exchange semester in English. Team up with students with a different cultural and study background. A STAR semester consists of a total of 30 ECTS which combines 15 ECTS professional skills in your field of expertise with 15 ECTS future proof skills of your choice.
More information in our webpage.