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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.

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Start date: September 2023.

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Passionate about nutrition? Use your expertise to shape the future of nutrition in the food industry, government or research environments.

Summary
Food and nutrition are an integral part healthy living and food has a profound influence ...

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Passionate about nutrition? Use your expertise to shape the future of nutrition in the food industry, government or research environments.

Summary
Food and nutrition are an integral part healthy living and food has a profound influence on health, helping to decrease the risk of many serious diseases.

The food industry aims to satisfy the needs of the consumer by providing safe, tasty, inexpensive, convenient, nutritious and healthy foods that are available all year round.

The BSc (Hons) Food and Nutrition programme embraces a range of subjects including sciences, business and consumer marketing and consumer behaviour. Our graduates have expertise in nutrition science and can use this expertise to shape the future of nutrition in the food industry, government or research environments.

The programme is mainly taught by research active academic staff from the Nutrition InnovationCentre for Food and Health (NICHE), a world-renowned research centre in the School of Biomedical Sciences. NICHE is engaged in numerous regional and international research projects concerned with food, nutrition and health, many of which involve close collaborations with the food industry. Our staff are committed to excellent research informed teaching.

'Biosciences' (for which the first sub-discipline is Nutrition) has been ranked 7/102 in the UK (The Guardian league tables 2020).

Our students rated 100% for 'overall satisfaction' in the National Student Survey (2019).

About
Food and nutrition are of fundamental importance in people’s lives, all the more so as the links between nutrition and health become clearer. Today's food industry is increasingly aware of this. Food and nutrition embraces a range of subjects including sciences, business and consumer marketing and consumer behaviour.

Teaching staff on the Food and Nutrition programme include specialists from the School of Biomedical Sciences that cover a range of topics, including chemistry, physiology and biochemistry. In addition, specialists in business and management from the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, and specialists in Chinese language from the School of Modern Languages deliver topics in their areas of expertise.

Research in food and nutrition is focussed in the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and HEalth (NICHE), within the Biomedical Sciences Research Institute. The majority of core staff involved on the programme are research-active members of NICHE. Nutrition research has formed a significant part of the University’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) submission in Biomedical Sciences since 1989. Biomedical Sciences including nutrition has been ranked 1st in the UK in the RAE of 1996 and 2001, and in 2008 was ranked 1st in research power. Most recently the Biomedical Sciences submission, which included nutrition research, was ranked within the top five out of 94 universities submitted in the UK REF2014 panel in terms of research power. In REF2014 our research environment was awarded an unprecedented 100% 4* (world-leading), 95% of our research impact (predominantly arising from nutrition research) was scored world leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*) and 81% of research published papers were judged to be world leading and internationally excellent (4* and 3*).

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You have the opportunity to complete a work placement in year three of this course. The Diploma in Professional Practice (DPP/DPP International) is awarded for the successful completion of a placement year in the food i...

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You have the opportunity to complete a work placement in year three of this course. The Diploma in Professional Practice (DPP/DPP International) is awarded for the successful completion of a placement year in the food industry, nutritional science research or health promotion. The Diploma in Academic Studies is awarded for the successful completion of a year in another university, for example, Study USA (SUSA). Find out about one student's work placement experience abroad.

Highlights of our placement year:
• Valuable work experience in the field of nutrition
• Increases employability
• Increases competence in nutrition skills
• Improves personal and professional development
• Opportunity to make contacts
• Opportunity to earn money
• Gain knowledge of the world of work

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Graduates from this course are now working for:
• Kerry Group
• Moy Park
• Dale Farm
• Danone Nutrition
• Public Health Agency
• Lakeland Dairies
• Kellogg's

Job roles
With this degree you could become:
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Graduates from this course are now working for:
• Kerry Group
• Moy Park
• Dale Farm
• Danone Nutrition
• Public Health Agency
• Lakeland Dairies
• Kellogg's

Job roles
With this degree you could become:
• Food Technician or Technologist
• New Product Development
• Nutritionist or Sports Nutritionist
• Graduate Schemes
• Quality Assurance Auditor or Technician
• Researcher
• Teacher

Career options
The academic content of the programme, together with the experience gained from placement, leads to excellent employment opportunities in various aspects of the food industry including product development, quality assurance and marketing, and in advisory or research roles in companies and public agencies. 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.