Prof. Andrea Hofbauer, MSc MBA
Head Department Health Sciences; Head of Degree Program Dietetics
+43 1 606 68 77-4201
andrea.hofbauer@fh-campuswien.ac.at
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Dieticians are responsible for the nutritional management of healthy and sick persons, as well as in institutions and companies. As a legally recognized health professional and the only occupational group active in the field of nutrition, dieticians are the only experts besides doctors who may plan, implement and evaluate nutrition therapies. Counseling expertise and knowledge of the course of diseases therefore play a major role in the degree program in Dietetics. The practically oriented education provides you with the knowledge of medicine, nutrition, health communication and project management in health promotion necessary for a diversified professional future.
Bachelor of Science in Health Studies (BSc) incl. professional qualifications
Tuition fee pro semester
€ 363,361
+ ÖH premium + contribution2
Application winter semester 2025/26
16. February 2025 - 16. March 2025
30
1 Tuition fees for students from third countries € 727,- per semester. Details on tuition fees can be found in the general fee regulations.
2 for additional study expenses (currently up to € 83,- depending on degree program and year)
You enjoy working with people and are committed to life-long learning in order to provide the best nutrition therapy possible for patients and clients. In everyday life you combine the enjoyment of food with health consciousness. You have good knowledge of the natural sciences and food preparation. You possess strong people and communication skills.
Thanks to the state-of-the-art infrastructure, you will gain valuable practical experience during your classes.
A practical learning phase abroad offers the opportunity to broaden your horizons and gain new impressions.
Numerous disciplines at one location: participate in research projects and learn from others.
Take advantage of the "FIT for a health profession?!" self-assessment test to see what a profession in health care requires and if you have the right qualities.
FIT for a health profession?! (in German only)
You need a general university entrance qualification, proven by
or a relevant professional qualification with additional examinations
.
Limited higher education entrance qualification
Information on the limited higher education entrance qualification can be found on the website Erwachsenenbildung.at of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.
Relevant professional qualification with additional examination
The following qualifications are defined as relevant professional qualifications:
The required language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is at least
Once a place has been confirmed, additional proof of suitability is required:
Applicants may require legalization of documents from countries other than Austria in order for them to have the evidential value of domestic public documents. Information on the required legalizations can be found here in PDF format.
For documents that are neither in German nor English, a translation by a sworn and court-certified interpreter is required. Your original documents should have all the necessary legalization stamps before translation so that the stamps are also translated. The translation must be firmly attached to the original document or a legalized copy.
As part of your online application, upload scans of your original documents including all required legalization stamps. For documents not issued in German or English, scans of the corresponding translations must also be uploaded. The head of the study program decides on the equivalence of international (higher) education qualifications. Therefore, your documents can only be checked as part of the ongoing application process.
Your path to studying at FH Campus Wien begins with your registration on our application platform. In your online account, you can start your application directly or activate a reminder if the application phase has not yet started.
The ratio of study places to applicants in the Bachelor's degree program in Dietetics is currently around 1:20.5.
Your application is valid once you have completely uploaded the required documents. If you do not have all the documents at the time of your online application, please submit them to the secretary's office by email as soon as you receive them.
After completing your online application, you will receive an email confirmation with information on the next steps.
Once a place has been confirmed, additional proof of suitability is required:
The admissions procedure includes a written test, a practical aptitude test, and an interview.
The objective of the admissions procedure is to offer study places to individuals who achieve the best results in the multi-stage admissions process. The testing methods are designed to assess skills required for the desired profession.
The approximately three-hour written test takes place at FH Campus Wien and includes a variety of test tasks. In addition to assessing basic intellectual abilities (e.g., numerical series, word analogies, matrices, spatial reasoning, language comprehension), general knowledge in the natural and human sciences (see literature recommendations) is tested. Furthermore, knowledge of health professions and profession-relevant personality traits is evaluated.
Information about the written entrance test (information only available in German, PDF 289 KB)
Applicants who meet the required level proceed to the second part of the admissions process, which involves a practical aptitude test conducted in the Dietetics program's teaching kitchen and an interview.
The practical test evaluates skills and abilities such as:
During the interview, personal aptitude is assessed through guiding questions about the profession and study program. Topics include professional understanding and motivation, personal approach to nutrition, individual learning behavior, and willingness to perform. Additionally, social and communicative skills, such as verbal expression, self-presentation, and reflective abilities in the conversation, are evaluated.
The practical aptitude test and the interview take place on the same day, at a personally selected date, at FH Campus Wien in the Dietetics program.
The written entrance test will be held on Saturday, 29th March 2025.
The FH Campus Wien is characterised by extensive expertise and a large network. FH Campus Wien is the only university of applied sciences in Austria to train all seven legally regulated upper-level medical-therapeutic-diagnostic professions as well as midwifery. An important partner in the areas of education, research and development is the Vienna Healthcare Association. At our attractive main location, you also benefit from our modern infrastructure, which includes test kitchens. Furthermore, you have the opportunity to join a professional community across disciplines. There is great potential in research projects at the interface between health and technology and practical relevance is guaranteed when we organise one of our freely accessible lecture evenings with top-class experts as part of the Campus Lectures.
The practically oriented degree program combines medicine, natural, social and human sciences. Communication, counseling expertise and knowledge of the development and course of diseases play a major role. Internships that can be completed abroad make up approximately 25% of the bachelor's degree program. Workshops and projects provide varied teaching and learning processes. In practice the profession is more and more concerned with advising people on nutrition and providing training, for example in order to prevent diet-related lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Health promotion begins in kindergartens and schools, and this is also where the degree program in Dietetics is also active. As part of the course "Project Management", a prevention project is designed and implemented in practice. This is done in cooperation with a school in the 10th district, where dietetics students introduce school children to the importance of eating a healthy diet. The students and school children cook together in the teaching kitchen at FH Campus Wien to show everyone that healthy food can be very tasty.
With the event "Pimp your food", dietetics students at the main campus of FH Campus Wien recently encouraged visitors to include more fruits and vegetables in their daily diet and thus implemented project ideas and concepts from courses in practice. Their ideas included delicious smoothies in the entrance hall, practical tips in the form of recipes via Facebook, a photo contest and much more. Another successful class project is the "Dietetics-WiKi", which was designed and implemented as part of an e-learning best practice project and is an integral part of the teaching. This media WiKi tool supports competence-oriented, student-centered, interdisciplinary and networked learning and teaching.
You acquire a broad theoretical education and complete internships relevant to the dietician profession.
Times
Mon to Fri, all day (in exceptional cases also on Saturdays)
Semester dates
Winter semester: calendar week 35 to caldender week 4
Summer semester: caldender week 7 to caldender week 28
In order to enable all students to gain the necessary practical experience and thus to complete their studies within the regular period of study, there may be practical learning phases during the summer months if required. Four vacation weeks in July or August are planned in any case.
Electives
Selection and participation according to available places. There may be separate selection procedures.
As a graduate of this program, a wide range of occupational fields and career opportunities are open to you. Find out here where your path can take you.
In addition to being awarded the academic title of "Bachelor of Science in Health Studies", after completing the degree program you will also receive a legally recognized professional qualification. Besides doctors, dieticians are the only occupational group active in the field of nutrition that is allowed to work with sick people. Only with this degree program is it possible to practice the profession of dietician. The MTD Act is the basis for this degree program. The practically oriented degree program means that you will be ready to work immediately. In addition to therapy, the profession is moving more and more towards prevention and health promotion. In every area where you work you apply your know-how of counseling concepts and techniques as a tool to actually reach people. You work with people of all ages, for example in kindergartens, companies, hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, your own dietician practice or at home. As a dietician you will work in interdisciplinary teams or in one-on-one counseling. You will work in this profession either as a staff member or self-employed and will plan and implement nutrition therapies and evaluate their results. In food service management for hospitals and other facilities you will calculate various types of diets, train staff or supervise the preparation of the food. At hospitals, and especially in research, you will be engaged in interdisciplinary work. In addition, you can also apply your knowledge in the industry or in the media. Other areas include prevention and health promotion, for example in schools, businesses, restaurants and hotels as well as in communities.
Nutrition counseling begins with children and plays an important role even into old age. Prevention and therapy will be the core tasks of your future professional life. As a dietician, you can work either as a staff member or self-employed. The following occupations will be open to you:
We work closely with the Vienna Healthcare Group, universities like the Medical University of Vienna, the Austrian Association of Dietitians and other health care facilities. This guarantees you strong contacts for internships, employment or participation in research and development activities. You will complete the extensive internships at, among others, the hospitals of the Vienna Healthcare Group. You can find information about our cooperation activities and much more at Campusnetzwerk. It's well worth visiting the site as it may direct you to a new job or interesting event held by our cooperation partners!
Head Department Health Sciences; Head of Degree Program Dietetics
+43 1 606 68 77-4201
andrea.hofbauer@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Favoritenstraße 226, D.3.08
1100 Vienna
+43 1 606 68 77-4200
+43 1 606 68 77-4209
diaetologie@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Office hours during the semester
Mon to Fri, 8.00 a.m.-12.00 p.m.
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