Requirements for Admissions
Final deadline for all applications on DICAS is February 1, 2025
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 preferred. Baccalaureate degree must be completed prior to the start of the program.
- Successful applicants will be advanced to zoom interviews with two different faculty members.
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Verification Statement of Completion of Didactic Program or Declaration of Intent to Complete Degree.
- Master's Degree (any field)* - applicants without a master's degree who match to Stony Brook University DI will be required to apply to the MS in Nutrition at Stony Brook University.
*If the applicant is enrolled in an outside graduate program and will be within 9 credits of completion at the start of the dietetic internship program, the applicant could be conditionally admitted into the stand-alone DI. The applicant must have their graduate program director/advisor complete this form.
Recency of Education Policy: The following recency of education policy is for those applicants with a signed DPD Verification Statement dated more than 7 years from the Internship start date for which the applicant is applying.
- If the signed Verification Statement is dated within the last 7 years, no extra coursework is required.
- If the signed Verification Statement is dated more than 7 years from the starting date of the Internship program, the applicant can be conditionally admitted pending successful completion of the following courses. (These courses must be taken in the summer prior to the fall internship start).
- HFN 506: Food Science Systems
- HFN 507: Nutrition Physiology and Metabolism
- HFN 508: Concepts in Nutrition Therapy
* In lieu of an additional advance level nutrition course, work experience in the field of nutrition can be counted on a case-by-case basis with a supervisor's letter of recommendation.
Prior Learning Experiences: Stony Brook University Dietetic Internship Program does not grant credit for prior learning experience.
Conditional Acceptance
Applicants typically do not have a Verification Statement of Completion of Didactic Program in Dietetics or an official transcript conferring his/her baccalaureate degree when applying to the Dietetic Internship Program. Therefore, when applicants are admitted they are sent a letter stating that acceptance is conditional upon provision of original copies of all required application materials. When the Verification Statement and official transcript is received, it is inspected for completeness, especially in regards to a full class completion date (month, day, and year).
Acceptance is also conditional on provision of an official transcript conferring a graduate degree. If the applicant does not have a graduate degree, acceptance into the dietetic internship is conditional on dual matriculation into the Stony Brook University MS in Nutrition.
Applicants who have not yet earned their graduate degree, but who are enrolled in an outside graduate degree program, would have to have no more than 9 credits remaining in their degree program at the start of the dietetic internship program. In addition, applicants would need to present documentation from the university/college where they are enrolled that confirms no more than 9 credits remain, as well as a completed Stony Brook University form that confirms that a course plan is in place that would allow for the applicant to complete the remaining credits during the dietetic internship or up to one year following DI completion. In lieu of the form, an email to the Administrative Assistant, Alec Ackerman, from a graduate program official (director, advisor, staff) would suffice.
In addition to a signed Verification Statement and official transcript conferring the baccalaureate degree, all dietetic interns are required to complete a criminal background check and fingerprinting analysis. The Administrative Assistant for the program will provide information on obtaining both the background check and fingerprinting. Consistent with the Stony Brook University policy, any applicant found to have a past criminal conviction will be evaluated for full acceptance by the Director, Associate Director and Judiciary Officer. If there is a direct relationship between the criminal conviction and the role of an intern, or acceptance would involve a risk to patients, other interns or staff at any of our affiliated sites, the intern will be dismissed. The Stony Brook Dietetic Internship Program does not, at this time, require drug testing. The dietetic intern will pay the cost of the background check, fingerprinting and/or drug testing if required by a site.
Applicants accepted to the distance track will not be formally admitted until a finalized schedule of rotations with secured preceptors is provided and the Clinical Affiliation Agreement between the first site and Stony Brook University is executed.
International Students
Any student who has taken classes at a foreign university must have his/her foreign transcript evaluated. Students can go to www.wes.org to get information. A course-by-course evaluation is required; evaluation must show a GPA.
Note: The onsite and distance dietetic internship cannot accept international students. International graduate students studying in the US must be enrolled full-time each semester in a minimum of 9 credits. As this program is non-credit bearing, international students would not be eligible to enroll in a non-credit program.
Please visit https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/visa/ for any additional information.
Applicants whose first or native language is not English must demonstrate proficiency prior to matriculation. An applicant must present the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores. Check the HSC Bulletin for required test scores, http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/hsstudents/admissions/interational.