Dietitian Professional Programme

The Department of Nutrition Science, as one of the departments in the Faculty of Human Ecology at IPB University (FEMA IPB), is one of the pioneering higher education institutions offering undergraduate and postgraduate nutrition programs in Indonesia. The Indonesian Nutritionists Association (Persagi) has formally mandated 12 departments from various universities in Indonesia that are considered capable of providing professional dietitian education, including the Department of Community Nutrition at FEMA IPB (Number 1908/DPP-PERSAGI/SEK/VII/2017 and number 1790/DPP-PERSAGI/SEK/V/2017).

The results of a 2015 Ministry of Health study show that Indonesia will need 36.391 dietitians over the next 20 years, while the current number available is very limited at 746 dietitians. In addition, the presence of dietitians from other countries also needs to be anticipated. In relation to the ASEAN Economic Community (MEA) policy, nutritionist graduates from abroad, especially from Asia and Australia, have been able to easily enter the Indonesian workforce since 2016. Indonesian nutritionists must be prepared to compete both at home and abroad with foreign nutritionists.

To address these challenges, on June 26, 2019, the Department of Nutrition Science at FEMA IPB officially launched the Dietitian Professional Education Programme in accordance with IPB Rector’s Decree No. 147/IT3/PP/2019 and has met the Minimum Accreditation Standards of LAM-PTKes with Number 0004/LAM-PTKes/Akr PSB. PTN-BH/Pro/VII/2019. The presence of the IPB Dietitian Professional Program is expected to produce reliable and competitive professional graduates.

Vision

To become a globally renowned research-based higher education institution in the field of nutrition, with the aim of improving the quality of healthy, intelligent, productive and sustainable life by 2038.

Mission

The mission of the Dietitian Professional Education Study Program is designed to realise the vision of the Study Program, and is in line with the mission of the Department of Community Nutrition as a UPPS. The focus of the programme’s mission is on its core competencies in the field of dietetics. The mission of the Dietitian Professional Education Program is as follows:

To provide high quality higher education in dietetics
To develop science, technology and art through cutting edge dietetic research
To apply standardised and up to date nutritional care in the fields of clinical nutrition, community nutrition and food service management

Education Program

The Dietitian Professional Program requires 38 credits, including orientation and professional work experience (internship) carried out at hospitals for clinical nutrition rotations, at health offices, community health centres, sports nutrition clinics, and wellness program companies for community nutrition rotations, and at non commercial (hospitals) and commercial (catering) food service institutions for Food Service Management (MPM) rotations. The programme is scheduled over 2 semesters (48 weeks). The number of courses taken is 15, beginning with orientation/preparation at the start of the academic year, followed by internships at the designated practice locations.