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Nutrition BSc (Hons)

University of Surrey

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    University of Surrey, Guildford

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


Why choose this course

• Access our £12.5 million Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory to acquire practical experience that is valued by a wide range of employers.
• Gain industry experience through a Professional Training placement, working for an employer such as the Government, an NHS trust or a nutrition company.
• Learn from lecturers who’ve been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education, in recognition of their research excellence in the field of food and nutrition.
• Get the academic requirements needed to register with the Association for Nutrition to work as an associate nutritionist once you’ve graduated.


What you will study

On this course, you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of how the body assimilates and uses nutrients, and you’ll fully appreciate how human nutrition impacts health and the development of disease. In your first year, you’ll study topics, including biochemistry, cell biology, food science, human nutrition and health, and physiology, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree. We’ll also encourage you to start thinking about contemporary issues in nutrition, as you begin to develop your skills.In your second year, you’ll get the option to undertake food analysis and quality control, to improve the nutritional profile, eating quality and safety of food products, or investigate the fundamental aspects of new product design and development, studying the functionality of the main ingredient components of food and their impact on nutritional aspects. In your third year, you’ll have the choice to specialise further in an area of personal interest, exploring topics like the analysis of foods and processing methods that meet UK and EU food legislation and guidelines, the biochemical transformations which occur during the processing, storage and preparation of foods, and the role heat processes have on the destruction of microorganisms. You’ll also complete a research project, bringing together all the practical, analytical, and presentation skills you’ve developed.

Tuition fees

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£ 26,000per year

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QUALIFICATION TYPE

A level

A level : BBB - ABB

Overall: ABB-BBBWe do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.Required subjects: Biology and one from the following - Physics, Sport Studies, Physical Education, Mathematics, Statistics, Psychology, Geography, Environmental Science, Food Technology, Home Economics, or Nutrition and Food Science.Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.

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University of Surrey

University of Surrey

  • University League Table

    12th

  • Campus address

    University of Surrey, Guildford, 30 Priestley Rd, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Food Science

    4th out of 35 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 208
    155 74%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    92.0 92%

    2nd

    4

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.20 80%

    16th

    11

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