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MSc - Master of Science
Leeds, Main
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
Nutrition is a dynamic discipline that is central to understanding the role of foods, nutrients and consumption behaviour in maintaining human health and preventing disease. Nutritionists play a significant role in providing dietary recommendations at the individual level, as well as contributing to evidence-based guidelines and policy formulation and implementation at community and population level. As such, nutritionists are in demand – meaning there'll be an exciting range of career or research opportunities open to you when you graduate. Our Nutrition MSc degree will give you an in-depth understanding of the scientific and contextual considerations that inform the ethical practice of the nutrition profession, as set by the Association for Nutrition (AfN) — the UK professional voluntary register of nutritionists. You’ll cover the essential areas of nutritional sciences — from the scientific principles underpinning the relationships between diet, the food environment and food choice and the associated impacts on human health and wellbeing, to the application of this knowledge in policy and practice. You'll learn about both existing and emerging areas which inform current policy and practice, such as obesity, personalised nutrition and healthy and sustainable diets. Throughout the course, you’ll build up the key technical knowledge, practical skills and professional competencies needed to pursue a career in nutrition. And, as the course is accredited by the AfN, you’ll have to platform to become a Registered Associate Nutritionist when you graduate – a status required by many organisations in industry. Why study at Leeds: This Masters degree is accredited by the Association for Nutrition. Our globally-renowned research here at Leeds feeds into your course and shapes your learning with the latest thinking in areas of human biochemistry and molecular nutrition, personalised nutrition, nutrition policy and nutritional epidemiology. Advance your knowledge and skills in industry-relevant areas, including nutrition and health, human biochemistry, policy in nutrition and nutrition across the lifespan. Conduct your own independent research project as part of your course and gain industry experience in in investigating an exciting real-world problem, mirroring the type of work you’ll be conducting in your professional career. Experience expert teaching delivered by a programme team made up of academics and researchers who specialise in a variety of Food Science and Nutrition disciplines. Work alongside our academics and get involved in real-life research happening in the School. Access specialist facilities, including computerised sensory testing, multiple libraries, computing facilities and teaching laboratories that will give you an industry-standard environment to perform experiments and conduct project work. Enhance your career prospects and join our successful alumni who have pursued careers in revered global companies including Tesco PLC. , Premier Foods and PepsiCo. Master the most up-to-date practices and techniques recognised in industry on a course that has been directly informed and advised by the Industrial Advisory Board. AccreditationAccredited by the Association for NutritionAccreditation is the assurance that a university course meets the quality standards established by the profession for which it prepares its students. The course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN). This accreditation certifies that this programme delivers evidence-based nutrition education to a professionally recognised level which meets quality standards.
Undertake an independent, real-life research project with the support of our experienced academics. Your project work may take on the form of a lab-based, desk-based or field-based research activity. The choice of topics available will vary depending on your interest and what academics are working on at the time and may include experimental, computational or applied research. Through this module, you'll apply the skills and knowledge you have acquired throughout your programme and further develop the academic and professional skills necessary for graduate roles and various career paths, including further education at Leeds or elsewhere.
Explore the fundamentals of nutritional epidemiology, including study design and the hierarchy of evidence pyramid, dietary assessment, anthropometric assessment and the analysis and interpretation of nutritional epidemiological studies.??
This module will look at the theoretical background of health promotion and its applications to individual and community health. Themes include definitions of health and determinants of health (including health inequalities), theories and models of individual and community-level behaviour change, planning, implementation and evaluation of targeted individual, community and population nutrition-related interventions/approaches for health promotion.??
Explore various aspects of human biochemistry and molecular nutrition, such as enzymes and metabolic pathways, the gut microbiome and the role of nutrition in gene expression.
Investigate nutrition needs and associated influencing factors throughout distinct stages of an individual’s life course (pre-conception to old age/elderly).?Themes covered may include, for example, critical nutrients at different stages of life, determinants of food choice including the psychology of food choice and food preferences and their effects on nutrition profiles.?
Most people have an opinion on nutrition policy, such as the UK “sugar tax” but what exactly is it? And, further to that, how do nutritionists work to support, deliver or evaluate such policies? We’ll explore current nutrition policies in the UK and globally and ask - do they work to improve people’s diets or reduce health inequalities? You'll be involved in active and discursive learning and hear from nutrition professionals and other experienced policy makers in industry and multi-sector organisations.
Take a closer look at the relationship between diet and health by exploring how foods and diets may be used to prevent or manage specific health conditions, within the scope of practice for a AfN Registered Nutritionist. Specialist themes covered in the module may include ‘diet and gut health’, ‘diet and cancer’, ‘diet and diabetes’, diet and bone health’, ‘diet and liver health’ and ‘diet and mental health’.??
Learn perspectives on individualised solutions to nutrition-related challenges, within the scope of practice for a AfN Registered Nutritionist. Using an active learning approach, you'll explore emerging areas in this field such as the applications, challenges and possibilities of telehealth and digital technologies to achieve personalised nutrition.?
This key module will introduce you to a diversity of academic and professional skills and competencies that will help you succeed throughout your degree – and beyond. You'll learn how to critically read scientific and non-scientific sources of information and how to communicate scientific aspects relating to your discipline to various audiences, using different tools, e.g., academic writing and digital platforms. You'll explore the application of study skills, such as Academic Integrity, Ethics, and Library Skills. By engaging in practicals, you'll build your laboratory skills specific to your specialisation, as well as more generic skills such as good laboratory practices and laboratory safety. This module will also introduce you to the requisite professional competencies and how you can build these throughout your programme.
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