About Nutrition For Healthy Lifestyles in Sait
Program Highlights
Train to become a nutrition consultant for health and wellness programs at fitness centres or weight management clinics through courses focused on nutrition, disease prevention and health coaching.
Program description
As public demand for healthier foods and accurate nutrition information increases, the need for trained consultants in nutrition is critical. Proper nutrition is central to a positive and healthy lifestyle. The Nutrition for Healthy Lifestyles program is ideal for professionals currently working in health and wellness-related areas such as health coaching, education, health promotion, culinary and fitness.
In this eight-month certificate program, students spend approximately 16 hours per week on campus attending theory-based courses. Nutrition, as it relates to human development and disease, current trends and the principles of critically evaluating information about nutrition are the focus of the first semester. More advanced topics on nutrition such as sports nutrition, health promotion, adult behaviour change process and education are taught in the second semester. Students will be provided with hands-on experience modifying and evaluating recipes for specific population needs and will complete a special project related to their areas of interest in healthy living.
Online elements of the program require that students have a personal computer and access to the Internet.
Your career
Graduates often work as nutrition educators in corporate, community or school health and wellness programs, fitness centres, weight management clinics, or retail food outlets. Please note that this program does not qualify students to work as Registered Dietitians.
Academic qualification equivalents
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : 6.0 in each skill
- TOEFL : Overall 80, (A minimum score of 20 in each category)
- PTE : A score of 53 in each section
Sait Highlights
Type |
Public |
Campus Setting |
Urban |
Application mode |
Online |
Student Retention rate |
94.8% |
Cost of living |
788-1,327 CAD/Month |
Number of Students |
11,023 full time |
Number of teachers |
More than 1500 specialists |
Academic calendar |
Semester based |
Finance type |
Non-profit |
Number of schools |
8 schools |
Medium of instructions |
English |
Domestic Tuition fee |
681.20 CAD |
International Tuition fee |
1,141.20 CAD |
Sait The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
Attending SAIT Polytechnic can cost an international student the following approximately:
Expenses |
Subtotal |
Average cost of tuition |
18,112.00 CAD |
Cost of living |
11,000.00 CAD |
Application fee |
75.00 CAD |
Tuition Fees
For international students, the tuitions fees will be:
SAIT Fees |
Total in CAD |
Campus recreation |
171.20 |
Universal transit pass |
310 |
Health and dental |
460 |
Student support fee |
100 |
Student technology fee |
100 |
The optional course enrollment would increase the fees and may include a security deposit of 400 CAD.
English Proficiency Test Scores
All the programs at the university are taught in English medium and hence proving English language proficiency is mandatory.
Test name |
Minimum Required Score |
TOEFL iBT |
80 overall, 20 in each category |
IELTS |
6.0 |
CLBA |
8.0 |
CAEL |
60 |
PTE |
53 |
MELAB |
76 |
SAIT Admission requirements and process
Admission at SAIT Polytechnic requires additional documents from international applicants. Application requirements for various programs are given below.
Selection CriteriaSAIT Polytechnic opens the admissions in the Fall Start and continues until the Spring start. Different programs have different time periods for their admission process.
- The application fee charged is 75.00 CAD once for each program enrolment.
- Percentage required in schools and the other major requirements are different for all courses:
- A 65% record or a cumulative GPA of minimum 2.3 is required for the Bachelor’s of business administration.
- Other courses require a minimum of 50%.
- A common requirement in all the courses is the English proficiency.
- Admission into the Institute is determined on the academic records.
- Graduate employment rate in the institute is 94%
Criteria of selection are not the same for different courses and to meet up to the suitability of the program the students may need to give supplementary documentation or additional information to be submitted. This includes:-
- Career investigation report
- Required tests
- Resume
- Essay
- Interview
- Ranking (used by some programs)