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University Expert Certificate in Advanced Clinical Nutrition

University Expert Certificate in Advanced Clinical Nutrition

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Modality
In-person
Languages
Catalan, Spanish
Duration
6 months
Credits
29
Date
January 7, 2027
Ending Date
June 18, 2027
Planning
Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (from January 13 to April 21)
Thursday: 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Friday: From 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location
Campus Salut Blanquerna-URL (Padilla, 326 i Travessera de Gràcia, 401)
Faculty
Blanquerna School of Health Sciences

Introduction

The University Expert Certificate in Advanced Clinical Nutrition offers specialized training for graduates in Human Nutrition and Dietetics who wish to deepen their knowledge of the nutritional management of the main pathologies and pathophysiological situations from a rigorous, up-to-date, and evidence-based perspective.

The program provides a comprehensive view of clinical nutrition, from nutritional assessment and body composition analysis to the design of personalized diet therapy plans, nutritional support, patient education, and monitoring of their progress. Throughout the training, nutritional needs are addressed in areas such as pediatrics, geriatrics, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular, digestive, renal, oncological, or neurological diseases, among others.

Teaching combines academic rigor with a clear practical orientation thanks to a faculty made up of active professionals from leading hospitals and university faculty with extensive teaching and research experience.

This program prepares professionals capable of making informed clinical decisions, adapting the nutritional intervention to each patient, and working in a coordinated manner in multidisciplinary teams, responding to the new challenges of clinical nutrition in different healthcare settings.

Improve your qualifications

Develop the advanced competencies that current clinical practice demands and specialize in the comprehensive nutritional management of the patient.

You will learn to make decisions based on scientific evidence, personalize dietary intervention according to each clinical situation, and work in coordination with multidisciplinary teams to provide quality nutritional care.

To train professionals directly involved in the diet and nutritional status of patients, providing the necessary tools to guarantee optimal diet and nutrition, always in line with the latest trends and current top-level scientific evidence.

To have information management skills
To have analysis and synthesis skills
To have organization and planning skills
To be able to communicate orally and in writing
To have interpersonal communication skills
To be able to work in a team
To have ethical commitment
To be able to learn, solve problems, and make decisions autonomously
To have critical and self-critical reasoning skills

To know the latest clinical evidence in Diet Therapy according to clinical guidelines and high-quality research studies in humans.
To be able to propose highly specific diets adapted to the most prevalent pathologies and pathophysiological situations in society.
To have the ability to clearly and simply convey, to a specialized or non-specialized audience, how to establish a diet aimed at the main pathologies and pathophysiological situations found in society.
To have the skills to adapt diet therapy approaches to non-ideal dietary models (multimorbidity, quick meals, limited resources, diets that exclude certain foods, etc.).
To be able to reflect on the social responsibility derived from decisions made in advanced dietary planning.
To have sufficient autonomy to provide dietary and nutritional solutions in interdisciplinary areas of nutrition and health.

Curriculum

Reliable sources of information in nutrition.
Advanced methodology for nutritional assessment and body composition. Bioimpedance.
Food as a source of nutrients.
Medication and dietary planning.

Malnutrition.
Advanced nutritional approach to patients with dysphagia and their carers.
Artificial nutrition.

Pediatrics.
Geriatrics.
Obesity and thyroid pathology.
Diabetes.

Cardiovascular diseases.
Gastrointestinal, hepatic, and renal diseases.
Food allergies and intolerances.
Oncology.

Neurodegenerative and neurological diseases.
Critically ill patient.
Women’s health.
Adaptation of personalized diets in other situations.

15% - Alumni

Alumni of any degree program associated with a previously paid enrollment. This discount is offered only once per type of degree in which the alumnus/a wishes to enroll.

10% to 15% - Partner Companies

Companies with which there is a formal collaboration agreement, whether for internships or any other type of partnership model.

10% - University Institutions

Faculty, administrative staff, students, and alumni from university institutions with which there is a study/exchange agreement.

10% - Professional Associations

With all professional associations that have a current collaboration agreement. Proof of active membership is required.

Career opportunities

The University Expert Certificate in Advanced Clinical Nutrition trains professionals ready to respond to the new challenges of clinical nutrition in a healthcare context where the prevention and nutritional treatment of chronic diseases play an increasingly important role.

The progressive incorporation of dietitian-nutritionists into primary care, together with their consolidation in the hospital and social-health settings and in private practice, has increased the demand for profiles with high clinical specialization and the ability to work in an integrated manner in multidisciplinary teams.

This program provides the competencies needed to address complex clinical situations, make decisions based on scientific evidence, and offer personalized, rigorous, high-quality nutritional care. A program that drives professional development, expands career opportunities, and positions you as a leading profile in a constantly growing field within the healthcare system.

Theoretical-practical classrooms and clinical simulation

Theoretical-practical classrooms and clinical simulation

Putting theory into practice is key to gaining knowledge. In the case of nursing, it is a key aspect before dealing with patients. The faculty has simulation classrooms to prepare students for clinical interventions.

Anatomy room. Osteoteca

Anatomy room. Osteoteca

This room has teaching resources so that students can become familiar with the human body, identify and locate muscles, bones, arteries, veins or nerves.

Anatomy

Anatomy

See human anatomy in its entirety on a real scale and in 3D. This is the reality that allows the anatomy, an interactive display table to see any anatomical system of the human body.

Libraries

Libraries

If you need a quiet space to study or to do individual and group work, come to the library! Each school has its own library with computers, workrooms, reading points and an extensive catalog of documents you can consult in both hard copy and digital format.

Computer rooms

Computer rooms

If you have a job or just need a computer, you can go to the computer classrooms or workspaces and use the Macs we have at your disposal.

Chapel

Chapel

The chapel is the right place to find recollection, peace, to focus, to pray and to celebrate the Eucharist weekly and at important liturgical moments (Christmas, Ash Wednesday and Easter). The sacrament of reconciliation is also celebrated.

Academic Secretary

Academic Secretary

The Academic Secretaries of the Blanquerna faculties are the space for students to relate to the processes linked to the registration of official and own courses.

Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE)

Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE)

Would you like to receive information on pre-registration and admissions processes, scholarships and grants or validations? The SIOE is the service you need. Ask for all the information about any of these processes and discover all the possibilities at your fingertips.

Internship service

Internship service

Professional experience is a core part of our methodology. For this reason, we have a broad spectrum of internship agreements to meet the needs and preferences of all students. You will graduate having worked in your industry.

Scholarships and grants service

Scholarships and grants service

At Blanquerna, we put the future within everyone's reach thanks to our scholarships and grant service to start or continue studying at our schools. Financial aid is both internal and external to the university. You will find a wide range of possibilities.

International Mobility Office

Servei de mobilitat i relacions internacionals

International Mobility Office

Going abroad is a unique opportunity to discover the plurality of the world. Aware of the importance of the internationalization of studies, we have established mobility agreements around the world.

Careers

Talent Day 2017 Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals

Careers

This service provides graduates with the necessary means so that they can actively participate in their professionalism and propose optimal candidates to organizations and companies looking for staff.

Job Bank

Job Bank

The leap into the world of work is always a challenge. For this reason, we provide a Job Bank for students and graduates. This service puts students in touch with companies and institutions looking for staff.

Social Commitment

Social Commitment

Solidarity and the struggle for human dignity are values that identify us. Social Commitment is a volunteer program that our students can join to participate in projects in the Third and Fourth World.

Alumni service

Alumni service

Studying in Blanquerna allows you to be part of our community. Being a college student opens the door to a lot of options for continuing your vocational training beyond your time in the classroom.

Sports service

Sports service

Want to represent the URL in college sports tournaments? You can find a wide range of possibilities for both individual and team sports. To be a student of Blanquerna, you will have a discount at the Can Caralleu and La Salle Sport & Fitness sports complexes.

Personal Guidance Service (SOP)

Personal Guidance Service (SOP)

If you are in a difficult situation in the academic, personal or social field, you can request, free of charge, the personalized attention of the SOP. This is an interdisciplinary team of professionals who will guide you in dealing with the situation.

Faith and Spirituality

Faith and Spirituality

In the three Blanquerna faculties, you will find spaces for reflection isolated from the hustle and bustle dedicated to the celebration of the Faith or cultural and religious animation. If you wish, you can also receive personalized attention and information about church life.

Diversity support

Diversity support

At Blanquerna we promote personal development at all levels to people with a diversity of specific needs from a normalizing context that encourages personal autonomy and uniqueness.

Blanquerna Choir

Blanquerna Choir

If you like music and want to take part in the concerts of institutional events and festivities, sign up for the Blanquerna Choir. There you will meet new friends and enjoy music.

Blanquerna Symphony Orchestra

Blanquerna Symphony Orchestra

If you play a string instrument (violin, viola, cello, double bass…), a wind instrument (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba…), or percussion (timpani…), join us! And don’t worry — if you play another instrument (saxophone, drums, flugelhorn…), you’re also welcome to audition!

Student representatives

Student representatives

Each class group must elect a representative to put forward concerns or make proposals to the faculty members and academic management. At the same time, each degree must appoint a delegate and each school a representative on the general URL council.

Student Council

Student Council

Contact between students and the university is constant and is channeled through the Student Council, the body that collects proposals and requests from students and facilitates university life.

Language support service

Language support service

Are you studying a foreign language and want to improve your level? Do it at your own pace in the language self-learning classroom. This service offers various teaching resources and materials to practice the language.

Anti-harassment Point

Anti-harassment Point

We’re here to listen! Have you experienced or witnessed any situation of harassment? Do you have any questions about Blanquerna’s equality policy? Would you like to make a proposal or suggestion regarding gender issues? Use this Anti-harassment Point: write to us through the channels you’ll find at the bottom of this page.

Faculty

Director

Dr. Dolors Zomeño Fajardo. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Metabolism (UB-URV). Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology (UB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Professor at the Blanquerna-URL School of Health Sciences (FCS).
Prof. Marta Anguera Salvatella. Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Food Quality (UIB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (FCS-URL). Diploma in Nursing (UB). Professor at the Blanquerna-URL School of Health Sciences (FCS).

Faculty

Anna Brugués. Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology (UB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Dietitian-nutritionist at the Dietary and Nutritional Counseling Institute (IADIN).
Guillermo Cárdenas. Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition (Universidad de Granada). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Professor at the FCS. Dietitian-nutritionist at the Nutritional Support Unit of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.
Elena Carrillo. PhD from Ramon Llull University. Master’s Degree in Social and Community Pedagogy: Leadership in Socio-Educational Transformation (URL). Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (URL). Director of the Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics at the FCS.
Glòria Creus. Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Metabolism (UB-URV). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Universidad de Navarra). Dietitian-nutritionist at Bellvitge Hospital.
Verónica Herrera. Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Metabolism (UB-URV). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Clinical dietitian at the Neurology/Neurosurgery Department and the Motor Neuron Functional Unit of Bellvitge Hospital.
Carmen Ferrer. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (UB). Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences (UB). Retired professor at the FCS.
Lola García. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Master’s Degree in Health Research (UdL). Master’s Degree in Genetic, Nutritional, and Environmental Determinants of Growth and Development (URV). Master’s Degree in Care and Education for People with Diabetes (UB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Dietitian-nutritionist at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Esplugues de Llobregat.
Álvaro Hernáez. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (USAL). Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Metabolism (UB-URV). Professor at the FCS. Researcher at the Department of Nutrition and Cardiovascular Risk (IMIM-PRBB).
Júlia Muñoz. PhD from Ramon Llull University. Master’s Degree in Public Health (University of Glasgow). Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (FCS-URL). Professor at the FCS.
Serafín Murillo. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Master’s Degree in Diabetes Education and Sports Performance. Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Dietitian-nutritionist at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona.
Marina Llobet. Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Metabolism (UB). Graduate Studies in Hospital Nutrition (UdN). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Dietitian-nutritionist at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona.
Conxita Mestres. PhD in Pharmacy (UB). Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (UB). Professor Emeritus at the FCS.
Violeta Moizé. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology (UAB). Master’s Degree in Food Development and Innovation (UB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Dietitian-nutritionist at the Obesity Functional Unit of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Department at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
Gemma Navarro. Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Food Quality (UIB). Diploma in Social Work (UB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (URL). Dietitian-nutritionist at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
Anna Pons. Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology (UB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Dietitian-nutritionist at the Dietary and Nutritional Counseling Institute (IADIN).
Elisabeth Romero. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (UB). Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (URL). Dietitian-nutritionist at Bellvitge Hospital.
Hegoi Segurola. Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Professor of the Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Dietitian-nutritionist at the Nutritional Support Unit of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.
Cristina Soldevilla. Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Food Quality (UIB). Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (URL). Diploma in Nursing (UB). Professor at the FCS. Dietitian-nutritionist at Granollers Hospital.
Inma Jiménez. Dietitian-nutritionist (UB). Bellvitge University Hospital.
Paula Viñas. PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Dietitian-nutritionist at the Digestive Motility Unit of Mataró Hospital.
Imma Palma. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences (UB). Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences (UB). Higher Technician in Dietetics and Nutrition.
Andreu Farran. PhD from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences. Professor at the Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy (UB).
Julián González. Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (UB). Degree in Medicine and Surgery (UB). Professor at the FCS.
Clàudia Brassesco. Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (FCS-URL).
Fernanda Mucarzel. Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (FCS-URL).

Coordinator

Maria Dolores Zomeño Fajardo

Professor

Eva Espona Malet

Application process

To access the master degree and/or university specialization diplomas, you must hold an official Spanish university degree, or a degree from another country in the European Higher Education Area. These studies are also open to students with a degree issued by an education system outside the European Higher Education Area, who do not need to have it approved, provided that the level of training is equivalent to that of an official Spanish degree and that, in the country of origin, the degree gives access to graduate studies. However, admission does not in any case imply the convalidation of the degree or any other type of recognition beyond allowing the student to access master and graduate studies at the University.

Furthermore, these courses are open to people who do not have a degree but who, due to their professional or personal background, are considered qualified to take them. In these cases, the degree they will obtain will be a university extension.

The application process consists of two parts:

Pre-enrollment

Enrollment

Pre-enrollment

Students can pre-enroll online (by accessing Pre-enrollment | Blanquerna or the pre-enrollment option for each course). It can also be done in person at the School.

During the process, the candidate must submit the requested documentation:

ID card, passport or NIE residence card.
Certified photocopy of the qualification that gives the student access to the course or documentary proof that the relevant document has been requested.
Copy of the official academic transcript with grades for the courses taken and the average mark of the qualification justifying admission.
Students with studies qualifying them for access completed outside Spain: certificate issued by the relevant body (university, embassy, consulate) confirming that the studies qualify the student to undertake master degree or graduate studies in the country of issue. Students who come from a foreign university must provide details of the grading system used at their university, as well as the aforementioned documentation, which must comply with the requirements for translation and legalization established in current regulations.
Payment of €50 in terms of pre-registration fee. The amount of the application will only be returned in case of cancellation of the course by the center. The amount will be returned during the course in which pre-registration has been made, upon presentation of the corresponding receipt. Payment is by credit or debit card using a secure and confidential process.

Once pre-enrollment is complete, the documentation will be assessed, and the student will be informed of the result and how to enroll, if applicable.

Enrollment

Enrollment is the final step in the procedure to access the master degree or graduate studies. Each student will be informed in the letter of admission of his/her enrollment date. When enrollment is complete, with payment of the corresponding fee, the student will have definitively secured a place. If the student leaves the course, the enrollment fee will not be refunded in any case. The School reserves the right to cancel any courses for which the required minimum number of enrolled students has not been reached. In this case, the amount paid for enrollment will be refunded in full.

Documentation to be provided:

Certified photocopy of the degree certificate or certified photocopy of the university studies completed.
Official academic certification (list of subjects studied with their grade).
Current account number for direct debit in case of payment by installments.

When students enroll, they will have two business days to pay the total cost of enrollment, by bank transfer, credit card or barcode. Studies can be paid in full or in installments, without any interest, by bank transfer.

If payment by installment is selected, students will have two business days following completion of enrollment to pay 33.3% of the total cost of the enrolled credits, using their chosen form of payment; this payment cannot be made by direct debit. The remaining 66.4% is split into two monthly installments, in January and March, payable by direct debit using the bank account number provided upon enrollment.

School alumni are given a 15% discount on the enrollment fee (non-cumulative discount). Distinctions obtained in the fourth academic year of the bachelor degree are not eligible for a discount in own master degrees and graduate studies. Prices are updated each academic year. Once enrollment is complete, the amount paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.

When a student enrolls, a contract for the provision of teaching services is formalized between the student and the Blanquerna Foundation, which is legally binding from the time of payment. Payment includes the corresponding insurance and, for students under the age of twenty-eight, compulsory academic insurance. If a student declines to take up a place, he/she will lose in full any amount he/she has paid.

The student accepts the rules for the use of computer services established by the Blanquerna Foundation. The student's personal data will be included in an automated file under the responsibility of the Blanquerna Foundation, so that this contract can be maintained and fulfilled. Students should note that their data may also be used to inform them about the future activities of the Foundation, or for the institution to send them publications.

In accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 15/1999 on the protection of personal data, students have the right to access their data to update, rectify or cancel them, or object to their use, by sending a letter, indicating which right they want to exercise.

This section is a summary of the general conditions for enrollment. It is only for guidance and therefore has no contractual value. In the event of any discrepancy, the provisions of the general conditions for enrollment specified in the receipt generated at the time of enrollment will prevail; this receipt formalizes the contract between the student and the Blanquerna Foundation; students can consult it on the intranet whenever they wish.

Foreign students

The School reserves the right to ask candidates with qualifications outside the EES for a letter from their university, embassy or consulate to certify that their studies enable them to pursue a master degree or graduate studies.

Students are responsible for having all the official documentation necessary for their stay in Spain while studying at the School. Applicants can ask for a pre-acceptance document attached to the pre-enrollment receipt to initiate applications for visas or scholarships or carry out any other administrative procedure. Under no circumstances does this document guarantee a place if all the access and admission requirements are not met. Once applicants have been accepted and enrollment is complete, they can request a letter of admission from the Academic Secretary, if required, by paying the corresponding fees.

Scholarships and grants Blanquerna

Alumni discount for master's degrees and own degrees

Former Blanquerna graduate students have a 15% discount on the tuition fee for any master's degree and degree from the same faculty.

Open

Carolina scholarships

Doctoral scholarships offered by the Carolina Foundation for the training in Spain of graduates who are nationals of a member country of the Ibero-American Community of Nations, with academic or professional ability backed by an excellent resume.

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Introduction

Who is it for?

Improve your qualifications

Objectives

Transversal competencies

Specific competencies

Academic information

Academic regulations

Tutorial action plan

Normativa de règim disciplinari

Tràmits I documents

Calendar

Curriculum

Module 1. Basics of dietary planning (4 ECTS)

Module 2. Nutritional assessment and support (5 ECTS)

Module 3. Advanced clinical nutrition in the most prevalent pathologies and pathophysiological situations I (7 ECTS)

Module 4. Advanced clinical nutrition in the most prevalent pathologies and pathophysiological situations II (9 ECTS)

Module 5. Advanced clinical nutrition in other pathologies (4 ECTS)

Easy terms for you to access the course

Payment method

Fees are payable in three installments:

Available discounts for Master’s degrees

15% - Alumni

10% to 15% - Partner Companies

10% - University Institutions

10% - Professional Associations

Career opportunities

State-of-the-art facilities at the students’ disposal

Theoretical-practical classrooms and clinical simulation

Anatomy room. Osteoteca

Anatomy

Libraries

Computer rooms

Chapel

All the services you need during your time at the School

Academic Secretary

Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE)

Internship service

Scholarships and grants service

International Mobility Office

Careers

Job Bank

Social Commitment

Alumni service

Sports service

Personal Guidance Service (SOP)

Faith and Spirituality

Diversity support

Blanquerna Choir

Blanquerna Symphony Orchestra

Student representatives

Student Council

Language support service

Anti-harassment Point

Faculty

Director

Faculty

Coordinator

Professor

Application process

Pre-enrollment

Documentation necessary for pre-enrollment

Admission

Enrollment

Enrollment formalization

General conditions for enrollment

Foreign students

Documents and procedure

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