Nutrition (with Placement Year)

Explore the science of nutrition and disease prevention with our applied nutrition course

Deepen your understanding of human health and improve quality of life with our BSc Nutrition course. You will learn how the body uses nutrients, the impact of diet, and the development of disease.

Our Nutrition degree is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN) and by the Hong Kong Nutritionists Society (HKNS). This means you’ll be eligible to become a Registered Associate Nutritionist with both bodies.

Trailblazers in nutrition education

We offer the first undergraduate degree to offer genetic-focused modules. This reflects current trends within industry and, therefore, boosts your employability.

Expert support and teaching

On our nutrition programme, you will learn from a team of dedicated lecturers with diverse industry experience.

Our student, Hailey, explains how the “small lecture sizes and helpful staff members” supported her personal and professional growth.

Outstanding facilities

With our nutrition programme, you will access:

• our outstanding Nutrition Suite

• BASES-accredited Exercise Physiology Laboratories.

Work placements: build professional experience

You can undertake work experience to apply your learning to fields such as:

• community and public health

• health education

• the food industry.

Past students have worked with:

• Action on Sugar

• The Food Standards Agency

• School Food Matters.

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.