This course provides an approach to nutrition that is based on the scientific and academic principles of biology, biochemistry, social and public health aspects of human nutrition as well as observing the principles of food resources, food development and safety.

By studying human nutrition, you’ll understand the scientific principles underlying nutritional requirements throughout life, in health and disease.

Work placements, industry links and internships

Our students have undertaken work experience and voluntary work with organisations including: MEND; NHS; Sirona Health Care; School Food Trust; schools; youth groups; The Stroke Association; British Heart Foundation; Julian House; local charities; and action groups.

In the third year you can take the (optional) Food and Nutrition in Practice module where you’ll work on a brief developed with an external organisation/industry. Project providers for this module include Marshfield Bakery, BirdsEye Foods, NHS, Heart UK, and Food and Nutrition Live.

Human Nutrition graduates have gone into a number of graduate careers including:

• Dietetics (after a postgraduate dietetics programme)
• Working in the food industry in new product development, and as technologists and sensory analysts
• Secondary school teaching - Biology (after PGCE)
• Master's programmes in specialisms such as nutrition and sport or physical activity
• PhD study and post-doctoral research
• Working in public health for councils or local organisations
• Graduate health and wellbeing advisors
• Self-employment