The Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Promotion/Health Education - Dietetic Internship is the fundamental degree in public health nutrition. Students delve into this area of concentration through didactic work, supervised practice, and their final specialty practice rotation with staff relief in an area of public health nutrition selected by each intern. Upon successful completion of the dietetic internship, the graduate is eligible to take the dietitians registration examination through the Commission on Dietetic Registration Exam and is qualified to apply for dietetic licensure through the Texas Department of State Health Services. For more information about the program's accreditation, visit the program page on the Michael & Susan Center for Healthy Living. 

See the Fall 2024 to Summer 2025 MPH HP/HE DI Degree Planner.

This degree program is managed by the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences (HPBS).

The department chair is Dr. Christine Markham, and the academics and admissions advisor is Jennifer Roberts.

For more information about the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, visit their web page.

In order to be accepted into the Dietetic Internship program, students must meet the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health’s general admission requirements, and first be accepted into the Health Promotion and Health Education MPH degree program. We also recommend that you review the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (previously American Dietetic Association) website to ensure that you will meet all pre-requisites to apply, including the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) Verification Statement and final transcript showing your undergraduate degree. 

The completion of the Dietetic Internship is independent of the completion of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Degree Program, and the majority of the Dietetic Interns take approximately 22 months to complete the Dietetic Internship Program. For more information about the Dietetic Internship degree requirements, visit the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living website. 

The Health Promotion/Health Education MPH program requires students to complete 45 credit hours as detailed in the 2024-2025 MPH Health Promotion/Health Education - Dietetic Internship degree planner. 

For more information about academic requirements at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, reference the academic catalog.