Public Health Nutrition (Taught)

Learn about public health nutrition and how it relates to the science of preventing disease, prolonging and improving quality of life, and promoting health through the medium of nutrition. A public health nutritionist aims to promote health and well-being through food and nutrition, help people make healthier choices, create environments that promotes health, and develop supportive health-related policies. The Department of Clinical Sciences and Nutrition has an excellent reputation in nutrition at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, with considerable teaching and research expertise in public health nutrition and all its allied subjects and fields. Our staff are enthusiastic and helpful, and pride themselves on the extra help they provide to those who require it.

This course delivers current, relevant training to produce graduates with the knowledge, skills, and experience to excel as public health nutritionists. It provides a wide range of career opportunities, and it ensures a strong practitioner-based focus to study whilst helping you develop transferable public health skills.

Students that do not wish to study the full MSc programme, can choose to study to a PGDip/PGCert level instead.