Nutrition BSc at University of Leeds

We offer a Nutrition programme that develops your knowledge and understanding of human nutrition and the science underpinning the relationship between diet and health. This programme is professionally accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN) and the Institute for Food Science and Technology.

Nutrition is a fast-moving discipline that focuses on understanding the role of diet in maintaining health and preventing disease. Nutritionists play an important role in providing and implementing evidence-based nutritional guidelines and recommendations.

On this course, you’ll gain a solid understanding of human nutrition and the scientific basis underlying nutritional recommendations. You’ll examine the scientific, social and ethical considerations that inform the nutrition profession, all within the context of current issues, such as the global obesity problem and food insecurity.

This course offers you the opportunity to spend a year working in industry or studying at a university abroad, both of which provide valuable experience and help your personal development. Both of these schemes add an additional year to your course, taking the total course length to 4 years. There is also the option, subject to satisfactory academic performance, to transfer to the MSci, BSc Nutrition (Industrial) degree, in which your industrial placement replaces the third year of your degree.

Our industrial placement scheme gives you the opportunity to gain work experience in an industry relevant to your degree and interests. Our students often describe this industrial experience as an invaluable part of their degree and one which stands them in good stead for their future careers.

The study abroad year enables you to gain insight into the study of nutrition at one of our partner universities overseas. Many students find this to be an extremely worthwhile option, that broadens their horizons and provides valuable cultural and learning experiences, while also improving their foreign language skills.