What is the difference between an M.Sc. In nutrition and dietetics and an M.Sc. In clinical nutrition and dietetics?

Master's of Science in nutrition and dietetics is related to the subjects like child development, food service management, human nutrition, etc. So if you choose Master's of Science in nutrition and dietetics, you have various options to choose as a career you can work in the food industry, become a professor, start your clinic or clear the government exams and join the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The average salary of nutrition and dieteticions is INR 1,25,000 LPA to INR 3,00,000 PA. Master's of Science in clinical nutrition, you will be oriented to the medical field where you will be learning about advanced biochemistry, physiology related to applied nutrition, advanced nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, etc. Clinical nutrition and dietetics specialisation makes you more oriented to the clinical side, to work with different types of cases ranging from surgical to endocrinology. Clinical nutrition and dietetics field, you will be preparing yourself to write the registered dietitian exam as most of the universities providing the course come with a registered dietitian internship. More than the exam the learning process, where you learn all the recent guidelines which you will apply later in your practice. Here as said earlier you can work in the clinical field, become a professor, start your clinic where you will be dealing with a lot of cases, corporate companies require a clinical nutritionist, etc. The salary of Clinical Nutritionist salary in India ranges between INR 1.0 Lacs Per annum to INR 5.0 Lacs Per annum with an average annual salary of INR 3.0 Lacs Per annum. These are the basic differences. I hope this will help you.

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So, there are different specialisation in the field of nutrition and dietetics, so similarly If you take a master's in nutrition and dietetics you study a general version of the subject and the related subjects like food service management, child development, human nutrition etc. So, if by choosing this, you have various options to choose as a career you can work in a food industry, become a professor, start your own clinic or clear the government exams and join with the ICDS Coming to the other part of the question if you choose a M.Sc. In clinical nutrition, you will be totally oriented to the medical field where you will be learning about advanced biochemistry, physiology related to nutrition, advanced nutrition, applied nutrition, medical nutrition therapy etc. This specialisation makes you more oriented to the clinical side, to work with different types of cases ranging from surgical to endocrinology. Here you will be preparing yourself to write the registered dietitian exam as most of the universities providing the course come with the registered dietitian internship. More than the exam, the learning process, where you learn all the recent guidelines which you will applying later your practice. This prepares you to work more confidently as that is more important while working with patients Here as said earlier you can become a professor, work in the clinical feild, start your own clinic where you will be dealing with alot of cases (not only weight loss), corporate companies require a clinical nutritionist etc. So these are the differences, you do the research to find what your interests are and then choose a course that is right for you.

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