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Nutrition is becoming a vital discipline as the awareness of the importance of healthy eating grows. Nutritionists have a crucial role in helping us understand how diet helps maintain health and prevents disease. Nutritionists work in a diverse and wide range of professional functions providing and implementing evidence-based nutritional guidelines and public health nutrition strategies and developing the safe, sustainable, and healthy foods of the future.
Our Nutrition degree focuses on developing the practical, professional and research skills needed to create a successful career as a professional nutritionist in various roles across the public health and commercial food sectors (as well as preparation for further study or pursuing a career in dietetics).
The curriculum focuses on nutritional science; the food supply chain; the social and behavioural sciences; health and wellbeing; and the importance of professional conduct. You will be taught in our new Health Sciences building, which features specialist laboratories and equipment for studying food, nutrition and health.
You will learn from a highly committed team of research-active UK registered nutritionists (supported with additional expertise in food science, the biological sciences, and public health). Our staff have a wide range of practical experience and are enthusiastic about the academic subject and the quality of your student experience.
A-Levels BBC
UCAS Tariff Points 112 UCAS Tariff points must come from at least two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications.
BTEC DMM
Access to HE 112 Tariff Points
IB 28
Irish Leaving Certificate 112 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only
Welsh Baccalaureate This qualification can only be accepted with other relevant qualifications.
T-Levels 120 Tariff Points / Merit
Subject Requirements: you will also need a GCSE grade C/4 in Mathematics, English Language and two sciences (Chemistry, Biology, Physics or double award science equivalents). You also need to have, or be studying towards, an A level in a science discipline.
20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.
Principles of human nutrition
General Anatomy and Physiology
Nutritional biochemistry and metabolism
Food systems
Nutritional modification
Nutritional assessment
Nutrition throughout the lifecycle
Influencing factors that affect health and nutritional status
Basic dietary epidemiology and public health nutrition
Pathology of diseases
Endocrinology, gut microbiome and metabolic diseases
Molecular and cellular biology
Immunology
Bioscience lab techniques
Nutrition, physical activity, and sport
Clinical Nutrition
Public health nutrition
Food choice, behaviour modification and nutrition education
Food supply, formulation, and policy
Nutrition ethics & professional practice
Food processing techniques and biotechnology
Food product development, food packaging and sensory evaluation
Food safety, authenticity, and food quality management
Contemporary issues in food science & food innovation
IELTS
6.0 overall (with reading and writing at 6.0) and no individual score lower than 5.5.
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