About the Department of Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics
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The Department of Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Uppsala University. More than 25 people work at the department in various positions, including professors, senior lecturers, postdocs and doctoral students. Nearly 200 full-time students are educated at the department every year.
Management and administrative functions
Below is a description of the various management and administrative functions at the institution.
| Head of department | Afsaneh Koochek |
Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies, Assistant Prefect | Agneta Andersson |
Assistant Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies | Marie Lange |
| Director of Doctoral Education | Elin Lövestam |
| Programme Coordinator for the Food Science Programme | Pernilla Sandvik |
Programme Coordinator for the Dietetic Programme | Evelina Liljeberg |
Coordinator of courses in Home and Consumer Studies | Marie Lange |
International Coordinator | Eva Warensjö Lemming |
Study Counselling | Karin Hellstadius |
Course Administrator | Karin Hellstadius |
Financial Coordinator | Anna Wennberg |
History of the Department
In 1892 the foundation for the department was laid when Uppsala enskilda läroverk was formed on the initiative of Professors J. A. Lundell and Adolf Noreen.
Fackskolan för huslig ekonomi, 1895
Trädgårdsgatan in Uppsala