Nutrition and Health

About the course

BSc Nutrition and Health prepares you to address some of today’s most urgent global health challenges through the science of nutrition. Accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN), the course equips you with the knowledge, practical skills and professional credibility to promote health and help prevent disease at individual and community level.

You will explore the scientific links between nutrition, disease, treatment and prevention, while developing expertise in human nutrition, public health, laboratory practice and research. AfN accreditation means you can apply to join the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN) as a Registered Associate Nutritionist without additional assessments, supporting your professional progression.

What you’ll study

You will examine how diet influences health, growth and development across the lifespan, and how nutrition can be used to address inequalities and improve public health.

Modules may include:

• Food and Nutrition

• Fundamentals of Life Sciences

• Psychology for Health

• Professional Skills for Success

Throughout the degree, you will develop skills in research design, data analysis, laboratory techniques, food evaluation and evidence based practice.

How you’ll learn

You will learn through a combination of lectures, practical laboratory sessions, discussions, presentations and collaborative projects.

Teaching is delivered by experienced professionals and active researchers in nutrition and health, helping you connect theory to real world application.

How you’ll be assessed

Assessment methods reflect professional practice and include online tests, written exams, laboratory reports, presentations, essays, portfolios, practical tasks and research projects.

These varied assessments ensure you graduate with both strong scientific knowledge and applied professional skills.

Future opportunities

A BSc Nutrition and Health from Roehampton opens pathways into careers such as:

• Clinical nutrition and dietetics

• Sports and exercise nutrition

• Public health and community nutrition

• Food safety and policy

• Research and consultancy

Many graduates work within the NHS, pharmaceutical sector, weight management services, education and advocacy. The degree also provides progression routes into postgraduate study, including MSc Clinical Nutrition or MSc Public Health.

Facilities

Based at Whitelands College next to Richmond Park, you will have access to specialist food laboratories, clinical study suites and advanced nutrition and biochemical analysis facilities, supporting hands-on learning and research.