Later in 1963 the programme was developed into a department under the School of Basic Sciences. In 1967 with the chartering of Hacettepe University it became the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics under the School of Home Economics. At present it continues its activities as a department of the School of Health Technology and is the only programme in Turkiye that provides professional training at university level. The objective of the programme carried out in the Department is to train the students who will do research, carry out public and institutionalised education in the areas of nutrition and dietetics especially related to the problems of Turkiye. In addition to theoretical courses and laboratory work, students carry out practical work in field for community health nutrition, in hospitals for therapeutic nutrition, and food service systems in institutions.
Assessment is by coursework, practical work and examinations.
There are job opportunities as dietician administrators, therapeutic and consultant dieticians in the operations of the food service systems, such as hospitals, schools, hotels, commercial food operations. Dieticians also work in a variety of public and private health organisations.