Welcome
Welcome to the Dietetic Internship (DI) program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Students enrolled in our program will earn a master's degree and complete a Dietetic Internship (MEd/DI).
VUMC has aligned with Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development to offer a 30 credit, capstone-based master's that begins in the summer and is completed in 4 semesters. Students will complete graduate courses online and on campus while completing their 1200 hours of supervised practice training with the Dietetic Internship.
Upon successful completion of the MEd/DI, students are eligible to take the credentialing exam for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. We are proud to share that our graduates have maintained an impressive 95.65% pass rate on the exam within one year of their first attempt for the past 3 years.
Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College is a world-class college of education and human development. Peabody’s core mission is to enhance the human condition through cutting-edge research, through service to families, communities, and through preparation of professionals working in a range of organizational contexts. At Peabody, students will build on their dietetic internship and learn to integrate current research and evidence-based practice with sensitivity to social and environmental determinants of health at the individual, organizational, and system levels.