Sport and Exercise Nutrition (with Placement Year)

Supports fitness, health, and elite performance with our Sport and Exercise Nutrition degree

Explore relationships between nutrition and physical performance with our inter-disciplinary Sport and Exercise Nutrition degree. You will develop solid foundations in theory and practical skills, covering topics like:

• macronutrients and micronutrients

• social psychology

• physiology

Our Sport and Exercise BSc is designed in line with the Sports and Exercise Nutrition Register’s (SENR) guidelines. Therefore, you will build crucial knowledge and skills for future employment.

World-class facilities

You will have access to our world-class sports facilities, and British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) accredited labs, such as:

• Fitness and Conditioning Suite

• Performance Hall

• Nutrition Suite

• Exercise Physiology Laboratories

Outstanding teaching and support

St Mary’s has an exceptional reputation for sport, and we strive to continually improve this and our excellent teaching standards. You will learn from sport nutrition practitioners and academics, enabling you to apply theory to practical environments. Our lecturers are devoted to your personal and professional growth.

Hear from our students

Aikaterini, Sports and Exercise Nutrition student – “I was always encouraged and fully supported”.

Real-world experience

You can complete internships at clubs where you'll work directly with athletes. As a result, you'll enhance your skills, network, and employability.

Modules

Please note: it is possible that a module listed below will not be able to run due to reasons beyond our control.
First year modules include:

• Energy and Nutrition

• Micronutrients

• Research Methods 1

• Physiology of Exercise

• Food Science and Novel Foods

• Professional Skills for Nutritionists

Assessment method

A wide range of assessments are used to help develop key skills for both academic and employment purposes. Assessment methods include:

• Essays

• Poster presentations

• Web-based assessments

• Oral presentations

• Practical and written exams

Real-world experience

You can complete internships at clubs where you'll work directly with athletes. As a result, you'll enhance your skills, network, and employability.

About the Placement Year
A placement year enables you to undertake a year of experience in an organisation between your second and final year.

It will enable you to:

• apply the knowledge and skills you gain from your course in a work setting

• build your commercial awareness and insights into organisations and industries you might want to work in

• develop your professional skills through company training, networking skills and confidence in the workplace

• get some great experience for future job applications or even land a graduate job.

Support from St Mary’s every step of the way

Securing a placement can really help you develop your job search skills and the Employability Service placement and Careers Teams can support you to find and apply for available opportunities.

Please note: in the event that you cannot secure a placement you will be able to transfer onto the three year version of your degree programme.

Why St Mary’s?

You will gain skills and support to make a positive impact – for yourself and for others – through high-quality teaching, real-world experience, and a community that lifts each other up. Our campus is a London oasis – blending city energy with open green spaces to think, connect, and grow.

A wide range of assessments are used to help develop key skills for both academic and employment purposes.

Assessment methods include essays, poster presentations, web-based assessments, oral presentations, and both practical and written exams.