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2023 entry application deadlines

For courses starting in 2023 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If y...

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2023 entry application deadlines

For courses starting in 2023 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.

15 October 2022 for 2023 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.

25 January 2023 for 2023 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.

Some course providers require additional admissions tests to be taken alongside the UCAS application, and these may have a deadline. Find out more about these tests.

Check course information in the search tool to see which deadline applies to you at the application weblink below.

Apply as soon as possible: Student funding arrangements mean that as offers are made and places fill up, some courses may only have vacancies for students from certain locations. It’s therefore really important that you apply for your chosen courses by the appropriate deadlines mentioned above, as not all courses will have places for all students.

Start date: September 2023.

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Professional recognition
British Dietetic Association (BDA)

Accredited by the British Dietetic Association (BDA) as delivering the approved pre-registration curriculum framework. Provides eligibility to...

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Professional recognition
British Dietetic Association (BDA)

Accredited by the British Dietetic Association (BDA) as delivering the approved pre-registration curriculum framework. Provides eligibility to apply for HCPC registration as a dietitian.

Health and Care Professions Council, the (HCPC)
Approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for the purpose of providing eligibility to apply for registration with the HCPC as a dietitian.

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BSc Hons Dietetics produces graduates who are eligible to apply for registration as a Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Summary
The programme provides training for careers in dietetics. Registered Dietitians...

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BSc Hons Dietetics produces graduates who are eligible to apply for registration as a Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Summary
The programme provides training for careers in dietetics. Registered Dietitians (RDs) are uniquely qualified to translate scientific information about food into practical dietary advice.

The programme is mainly taught by academic staff from the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), a world-renowned research centre in the School of Biomedical Sciences. NICHE undertakes fundamental research to understand the links between diet and human development. In particular research is focused on exploring the role of nutrition and diet in obesity, cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis and ageing. NICHE researchers engage with a large number of local and international stakeholders including colleagues from the Health Service, Academia and Industry as well as the general public.

About this course
As well as providing impartial advice about nutrition and health, dietitians are also involved in the prevention and treatment of nutrition-related problems and in the dietary treatment of disease. The programme provides a sound background in nutrition, the scientific study of the foods we eat, the nutrients contained in foods, the fate of the nutrients when they are eaten and the effect of diet on health and well-being.

The programme therefore includes the study of the science of nutrition and dietetics, the supportive sciences of chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, biology, immunology, genetics, pharmacology, pathology, food science, epidemiology and statistics, as well as inputs from the social sciences, such as sociology, psychology, communication and management.

The number of places available on the dietetics course is limited by the availability of dietetics clinical placements.

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Graduates from this course are now working for:
• National Health Service
• Food and Nutrition Industry
• Nutrition Communication
• Nutrition and Sport Industry
• Education

Job roles
With this degree you could b...

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Graduates from this course are now working for:
• National Health Service
• Food and Nutrition Industry
• Nutrition Communication
• Nutrition and Sport Industry
• Education

Job roles
With this degree you could become:
• Community Dietitian
• Acute Dietitian
• Research Dietitian
• Industry
• Health communication
• Health Promotion
• Academia

Career options
The academic content of the programme, together with the experience gained from placement, leads to excellent employment opportunities in the National Health Service as well as the food industry, health promotion or in nutrition overseas. There are also opportunities for suitably qualified graduates to pursue higher degrees (MSc, MRes, MPhil, PhD) through further taught studies and/or research at both this University or at other institutions of higher education and research.