Dietetics

Understand how nutrients are used in the body, their effect on health and diseases, and use your expertise to advise on healthy lifestyles.

What is dietetics?

Dietetics studies how nutrients affect our health and wellbeing. Dietitians then use this knowledge to provide the best possible nutritional and dietary care and support for clients with acute and chronic health conditions. Learn how to promote health awareness, prevent diseases and restore nutritional wellness on this programme accredited by the British Dietetic Association (BDA).

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As part of this course, you’ll:

• Learn to interpret and communicate the science of nutrition

• Understand how to use dietary manipulation and food to treat disease and optimise health

• Gain practical experience in our modern health science, clinical skills and catering laboratories

• Undertake practice placements in a variety of provisions and within nutrition and dietetics departments across Yorkshire and northeast England

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ACCREDITED BY
This course is accredited by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is a British Dietetic Association (BDA) accredited programme.

Placements
You'll undertake placements in quality assured settings for specified time periods throughout your course, in line with the British Dietetic Association curriculum framework. Your placements as a dietetics student at Leeds Beckett will take place:

• At the end of year one (three-week placement)

• At the end of year two (13-week placement)

• During year three (12-week placement)

Boost your employability
During your placements, you'll be given the opportunity to practically apply the theories and evidence you've gained during academic study across diverse areas of the health service, industry and research. You'll have time to reflect on and enhance your skills and academic knowledge before moving onto your next placement, promoting continuous professional development and developing leadership skills.

Register with the HCPC after you graduate
On successful completion of this course, you'll be eligible to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and become recognised as a dietitian. The HCPC have certain standards all registrants must meet to legally practice under a protected profession title.

Course requirements
Occupational Health clearance and compliance with standard NHS immunisations requirements is mandatory and essential for placement attendance. Please click 'find out more' in the fees and funding section on this page for full details of any extra costs relating to your course.

Why study Dietetics at Leeds Beckett University?

• 93.3% of BSc (Hons) Dietetics graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation*

• 100% of students on BSc (Hons) Dietetics were positive about the way teaching staff explain things* *

• Professionally accredited by the British Dietetics Association (BDA) - the only body in the UK representing the whole of the dietetic workforce

• Fantastic placement opportunities - combine your theoretical knowledge with practical experience in real-world settings across Yorkshire and the North East

• Access to specialist facilities - including our food inspection and nutrition labs where you'll enhance your practical research skills

*Percentage of respondents from this course, HESA Graduate Outcomes 22-23

• *National Student Survey 2025

<strong> Year 1 Core Modules: </strong>

• Human Physiology
• Personal Development & Communication Skills for Dietitians
• Nutrition
• Food & Food Science
• Practice Placement A
• Nutritional Biochemistry
• Food & Society

<strong> Year 2 Core Modules: </strong>

• Nutrition Support
• Genetics & Lifestyle Related Conditions
• Professional Development for Dietitians
• Research Methodology, Statistics & Evaluation
• Human Metabolism
• Social Sciences
• Applied Clinical Dietetics
• Practice Placement B

<strong> Year 3 Core Modules: </strong>

• Clinical Effectiveness & Outcomes
• Research Project
• Competent Practitioner
• Mental Health in Practice
• Paediatrics in Practice
• Practice Placement C
• Nutrition Strategies