The dietetic internship in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics is an accredited program that qualifies graduates for the National Registration Examination for Dietitians. Successful completion of the examination allows students to become eligible to be licensed as dietitians in North Carolina and other states. Students who have completed their undergraduate (bachelor) degree and hold a recent Verification Statement from a Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) are eligible to apply for this internship. 

Students may choose to complete their master’s degree (degree seeking) in nutrition while completing the internship. To do so you will need to apply to the ECU graduate school as a degree-seeking student. All applicants, degree or non-degree seeking, must apply to the Graduate School as well as the internship. Once accepted into the internship program, interns are placed in a single county with affiliating hospitals, schools, wellness sites, and public health departments in communities throughout eastern North Carolina.

The Dietetic Internship also requires on-campus Orientation and monthly class days, but is otherwise scheduled at the assigned county sites.

note: All dietetic interns complete 9 credits that are eligible toward a graduate degree

Application packets are available beginning in August from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. A completed application includes all official transcripts, 3 letters of references using ADA format, and responses to interview questions in a personal letter. The application packet is available to download by clicking here.

Application Deadlines:  December 15th for combined internship-masters program

                                            February for internship only (date varies annually)

Individuals must be admitted to East Carolina University before June 1, to be eligible to participate in the internship.

Additional Requirements:

Intent to Complete Degree Form or a DPD Verification Statement with original signature in blue ink from your didactic program director; (b) a minimum GPA of 3.0 overall or 3.0 in the last 60 semester hours; and (c) a combined verbal and quantitative score greater than or equal to 850 on the Graduate Record Exam. 

Please feel free to contact
Ms Sylvia Escott-Stump, Dietetic internship Director at:
252-328-1352 or escottstumps@ecu.edu