Sport and Exercise Nutrition at University of Roehampton

Our Sport and Exercise Nutrition MSc draws upon the excellent postgraduate Sport and Exercise and Clinical Nutrition programmes giving you the opportunity to critically examine the theoretical bases of science in understanding sport, exercise and nutrition and their practical application within physiology, metabolism, and biochemistry.

This programme will enable you to gain a critical appreciation of a multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary issues in sport and exercise science and nutrition, along with the assessment of performance and support for the exerciser and athlete. In helping you build on your practical skills, this course will enable you to understand the relationships between theoretical concepts and current techniques of assessment and support, through a range of practice-based learning and assessment where you will benefit from the feedback of staff and peers.

You will become a part of the Sport and Exercise Science and Health Sciences research groups enabling you to collaborate with our academic staff and providing you with a unique insight into how intensive research guides and informs professional practice in the field.

• Benefit from excellent access to state-of-the-art laboratory facilities in which you can develop the practical knowledge of advanced laboratory techniques.
• Critically examine the theoretical bases of assessment methods and their practical application within physiology, metabolism and biochemistry.
• Learn about applied sport and exercise nutrition from dedicated teaching staff who are leading experts in the field of sport and exercise science and nutrition.

Pathways include applied sports scientist, sport and exercise nutritionist, sport and exercise nutrition consultant, roles working in sports clubs or academia in the sports and exercise field.