Sport & Exercise Nutrition BSc (Hons) at Liverpool Hope University

Sport & Exercise Nutrition at Liverpool Hope University is designed for anyone who wants to understand how food, performance and health connect in the real world. You’ll explore how nutrition fuels training, boosts recovery and supports long ‑ term wellbeing, while learning the science behind metabolism, exercise physiology and musculoskeletal health.

Faculty: School of Health and Sport Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year One: Fundamentals in Sport and Exercise Anatomy and Physiology, Fundamentals in Movement, Health, and Performance, Food Studies, Principles of Human Nutrition. Year Two: Applied Exercise & Conditioning (30 credits), Movement for Sport and Health (30 credits), Sports Nutrition (15 credits), Biology of the Mind, Microbes and Time (15 credits), Food Science & Safety (15 credits), Further Principles of Human Nutrition (15 credits). Year Three: Nutrition, physical activity, and sport, Clinical nutrition, Sports nutrition in practice, Public health nutrition, Food choice, behaviour modification, and nutrition education, Food product development, safety, and authenticity, Physical activity, exercise, and health, Sports performance, Research dissertation.

Career pathways

A degree in Sport & Exercise Nutrition opens doors across sport, health, food and public wellbeing sectors. You’ll graduate with practical lab skills, experience in nutrition assessment, and applied knowledge of performance nutrition, cardiometabolic health, musculoskeletal wellbeing and food product development, all directly relevant to employers.

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