Nutritional Sciences Hochschule Niederrhein
- Degree
- Bachelor of Science
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 6 semesters
- Location
- Mönchengladbach
Overview and admission
Study Type
undergraduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
Nutritional Science
Focus
Food Communication and Marketing, Nutrition Management, Nutrition and Health Counselling, Human Nutrition
Annotation
Career entry or Master’s degree. "Nutritional Sciences (MSc)" is offered as a consecutive Master’s degree programme.
A special feature of the degree course is the long-term project. A team of students from different semesters work and research together on a practical problem for three semesters.
A practical semester or a semester abroad can be incorporated. This changes the standard period of study to 7 semesters.
Admission requirements
higher education entrance qualification
- Higher education entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences (academic and practical part)
- general higher education entrance qualification (A levels)
- Higher education entrance qualification earned abroad
- other previous education recognised as equivalent
Special enrolment requirements
Internship
A pre-study work placement must be proven at the latest at the beginning of the fourth study semester. Duration: 8 weeks altogether.
At least 4 weeks of pre-study work placement must be completed consecutively. The eight-week pre-study work placement should be completed before the start of the course.
The pre-study work placement will provide basic work experience in Nutrition and Health. In particular, companies and institutions of the health and food industry as well as upstream or downstream areas may be considered as practice locations.
Lecture period
- 29.09.2025 - 17.01.2026
- 06.04.2026 - 31.07.2026
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2025/2026)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.05.2026 - 15.08.2026
https://www.hs-niederrhein.de/bewerbung-und-einschreibung/#c298196Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.05.2026 - 15.09.2026
https://www.hs-niederrhein.de/bewerbung-und-einschreibung/#c298196Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.05.2026 - 15.09.2026
https://www.hs-niederrhein.de/bewerbung-und-einschreibung/#c298196Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.05.2026 - 15.09.2026
https://www.hs-niederrhein.de/bewerbung-und-einschreibung/#c298196
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
No tuition fees are charged. The semester contribution is EUR 350.80. With this, the student also obtains a ticket for the local public transport system as well as for whole of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German



