Sep 17 2008
Paths to dietetic career
This information is valid for both who is still studying in HKU or who have already graduated.
To become a registered/accredited dietitian (referred as dietitian afterwards) and be eligible for employment by the Hospital Authority (HA), you will need either a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, or have finished a postgraduate course of dietetics or related discipline. Both of them should include clinical placement not less than a semester length.
There is currently no bachelor’s level dietetic curriculum offerred by the local universities, and the only way to become a dietitian locally will be pursuing the postgraduate diploma/Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Dietetics offerred by the HKUSPACE. However, due to lack of clinical placement offers from the local hospitals, the College had changed the course structure. All applicants for the PgD Dietetics have first to be enrolled in PgD Human Nutrition, and ONLY after satisfactory performance in the PgD Human Nutrition the student could transfer to PgD Dietetics and then MSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics. What is the implication for this? Obviously, you are NOT guranteed a dietetic degree/diploma after enrollment into PgD Human Nutrition.