Application Information
Submitting an Application
Dietetic Internship Only and Masters Plus DI Options
Our dietetic internship program participates in DICAS (Dietetics Inclusive Central Application Service). This requires that your application be submitted through the central application portal. The ACEND website provides additional information on the centralized application process. Please follow the DICAS instructions for submitting your application. Our portal will be available in August for both the Fall and Spring application periods.
The deadline for applications is January 15 for the Spring application period and October 1 for the Fall application period. During the Spring application period, applicants to our Dietetic Internship Only AND Master's Plus DI options will choose whether to apply to the August start date, the January start date, or both. Applicants who select both will be ranked by preference using the supplemental application form located in DICAS. Therefore, all 16 Dietetic Intern positions may be filled during the Spring application period.
- All applicants will be notified no later than March 1 (for Spring applications) or November 1 (for Fall applications) of their acceptance status (either accepted, waitlisted, or denied).
- Students have no later than March 15 (for Spring applications) or November 15 (for Fall applications) by 5pm ET to accept their offer.
- The program will offer any open positions to students who are on our wait list following first-round completion.
- Notifications will continue until all program spots have been filled and/or the program has exhausted their list of waitlisted applicants.
- After the Spring application acceptance period, any remaining positions will be filled on a rolling basis through the DICAS portal. In this event, more information will be posted in DICAS, this website, and our Facebook page.
After the Spring application period, if positions are still available for the January start date, the program will participate in the Fall application period to fill remaining openings.
There is an application fee for this program.
Please send a check or money order for $50 (no cash), payable to Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, to the address below. During the Spring application period, if you apply to both the August and January start dates, only one program application fee needs to be submitted. This application fee is non-refundable. The application fee for our program must be postmarked by the DICAS application deadlines noted above.
Please send the application fee to:
Stephanie Stockslager, MS, RD
Director, Dietetic Internship
403 N. 13th St., Box 980294
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0294
Virginia Early Admission Pathway
You may be eligible to apply to either our Master's Plus DI or Dietetic Internship Only options through our Virginia Early Application Pathway if you meet the following criteria:
Be either:
- A current or recent graduate of a Virginia college or university from an accredited dietetics program. -OR-
- A current resident of Virginia completing an online-based dietetics program (undergraduate or graduate level)
- AND have (or will have) earned a DPD Verification Statement prior to starting the VCUHS Internship program
You do NOT need to be a permanent resident of Virginia in order to qualify for this pathway. Applicants will follow this revised timeline in order to apply:
- All applications must be submitted in DICAS no later than October 1.
- All applicants will be notified no later than November 1 of their acceptance status (either accepted, waitlisted, or denied).
- Students have no later than November 15 by 5pm ET to accept their offer
Our normal application fee of $50 will be waived for students applying through this pathway.
All students who qualify for this pathway, but cannot meet the application deadline, are welcomed to apply to our program during the regular Spring application cycle (January 15 DICAS application deadline). Application fee will apply.