Department of Nutrition

The Department of Nutrition offers outstanding education in every aspect of nutrition and dietetics. Each of our degree programs provides a strong foundation in the science of nutrition and extensive hands-on training, enabling our graduates to improve quality of life for individuals and communities. We are proud of our history at Simmons, encompassing more than a century, and of our department’s many contributions to nutrition science, health, and wellness.

Simmons was among the first programs in the United States to integrate health promotion and wellness. Our curriculum prepares students for many professional paths, including clinical and educational settings, private practice, industry, nonprofits and government.

As a Nutrition student at Simmons, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with students and faculty in many fields across the natural, behavioral and health sciences. We enable students in all disciplines to integrate nutrition into their education. In all our work, we strive to serve diverse communities, to increase diversity in our profession, and to embrace the University’s traditions of social justice, science, and practice for the social good.

Highlights of Nutrition at Simmons

• Nutrition at Simmons is patient- and client-centered, evidence-based, and clinically rigorous.
• Small, interactive classes facilitate strong student/faculty and peer-to-peer connections.
• Students learn through simulation, bench-lab training, and clinical skills practice with actual patients in acute care settings.
• Simmons is making major investments in our campus to provide students with optimized spaces for interdisciplinary teaching, research, and collaborative learning in the sciences.
• Institutions that have recently hosted Simmons undergraduate and graduate trainees include ABCD/Head Start, Greater Boston Food Bank, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
• Nutrition faculty are nationally recognized scholars and practitioners.
• The department offers students abundant opportunities for research and clinical experience, and our applied training requirements exceed most peer programs.
• Simmons’ internship placement and dietetic exam pass rates exceed national averages.