Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year full-time
This course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition – graduates can apply for direct entry to the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists as Registered Associate Nutritionists. You’ll study different methods of dietary assessment and analysis, and you’ll explore the importance of nutrition policy on a local and global scale.
The course aims to give you an excellent understanding of the fundamentals of human nutritional biochemistry, physiology and epidemiology, as well as public health nutrition and nutrition research.
You’ll study different methods of dietary assessment and analysis, enabling you to collect, analyse and interpret dietary information. You’ll also explore the nutritional challenges of vulnerable population groups and the importance of nutrition policy both locally and in a global context.
The course helps to prepare you for a career in research, the food industry, academia, community nutrition and nutrition consultancy.
You’ll have a 2:1 degree in a relevant science subject.
For fees please see our website.
We have a number of funding options including scholarships. Please visit https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/funding
After successfully completing their course, graduates have had the opportunity to secure roles within food manufacturing, the pharmaceutical industry, local and central government, overseas aid agencies and teaching.
Many alumni have also gone on to study dietetics, resulting in a career in the NHS. Others have gone into research or PhD student positions both nationally and internationally.
Our masters graduates go on to work in very diverse areas and found many exciting opportunities within well sought after organisations:
Core modules:
Nutritional Biochemistry
Nutritional Epidemiology
Nutritional Physiology
Nutrition in the Global South
Nutrition in Health and Disease
Introduction to Research Methods
Introduction to Statistics and Critical Appraisal
Dissertation
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