Food, Nutrition and Health

Turn your passion for food, nutrition and health into a career. Learn how food impacts on our wellbeing and health and explore the links between nutrition and public health. Gain an in-depth understanding of the relationship between food, diet and nutrition.

Discover how food impacts on wellbeing and health, exploring the links between nutrition and public health including:

• The nutritional function of foods.

• How nutrients work in the body and how they impact our health.

• The link between nutrition and public health.

• How to develop strategies to improve food habits.

• How to adjust diet to different clinical conditions.

• What drives consumer eating habits and behaviours.

You’ll blend academic and practical learning in our £3.5m state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. A work placement in the third year gives you real-life work experience and great networking opportunities for the future.

This course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN), the professional body for Registered Nutritionists and aligned with the General Teaching Council (GTC) requirements for the PG Diploma in Home Economics teaching, if that’s your plan after graduation. It is ideal for secondary school leavers, entrants from further education colleges, and mature students.

Abertay is the top university in Scotland for Food Science and Nutrition degrees according to the 2023 Guardian University Guide. Also this course scored an incredible 93% for Overall Student Satisfaction in the 2023 National Student Survey (NSS).

For the first two years, everyone takes Food Science, Nutrition and Wellbeing as a foundation. After that, you’ll specialise and take this course in years three and four.

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Each course involves lectures, small group tutorials, practical lab-based activities and private study.

Practical activities and work placements will enable you to contextualise the theories you learn in real-life applications.

You’re assessed by a combination of examinations and coursework.

You’ll be encouraged to critically evaluate information and challenge concepts using evidence-based information, and to show initiative, so you actively construct your own knowledge base.

The single most crucial aspect of student life is your need to engage with all teaching activities, such as lectures, seminars, tutorials, team projects and practical work. Active participation is critical to making your learning and assessment strategy work for you.

Put simply, we aim to give you all the skills you need to move straight into a job or further study when you graduate.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Association for Nutrition