MSc Nutrition and Dietetics at University of Chester

Our professional two-year postgraduate degree course in Nutrition and Dietetics will provide you with the eligibility to register as a dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and enter the workforce as a registered Allied Health Professional. Whether you’ll be working in the NHS, private healthcare, public health, the food and drink industry, sports nutrition or as a freelance dietitian working in the media, this course will allow you to use the protected title ‘Dietitian’.

Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society  |  Department: School of Health, Nutrition and Sport  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: Chester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our modules aim to develop your knowledge and critical understanding of the science underpinning health and give you extensive knowledge of dietetics for the prevention and treatment of disease. You will develop the necessary attitude, practitioner skills and ability to make reasoned clinical judgements informed by evidence. Core modules include Research Project, Research Methods and Data Analysis, Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology, Nutrition and Food Science, Behavioural Aspects of Food and Nutrition, Dietetics and Public Health, Clinical Dietetics.

Career pathways

Most of our graduates go on to careers initially within the NHS , however their transferable skills enable employment in other related fields, such as the food and pharmaceutical industries, public health and health promotion, education, sport, and freelance opportunities.

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