BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics at University of Surrey

On our BSc Nutrition and Dietetics you’ll learn to help prevent and treat disease as a registered dietitian, responding to the diverse needs of patients in a variety of settings. Access our £12.5 million Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory, our Food and Nutrition Kitchen Lab, and our state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Centre in our School of Health Sciences.

Department: School of Biosciences  |  Duration: 4 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027 (UCAS B401)  |  Location: Guildford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

On our Nutrition and Dietetics BSc, you’ll learn how food intake and dietary requirements can be altered by illness and how to translate nutritional science and information about food into practical dietary advice. This advice can be aimed at the general public to promote health or in a clinical environment to treat a wide range of medical disorders. In your first two years, you’ll study a variety of topics, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree. Year 1 core modules include Principles of Nutrition and Health, Contemporary Studies in Nutrition, Food and Exercise, Cell Biology and Biological Chemistry, Personal and Professional Development Programme (pdp), Biochemistry: Building Blocks of Life, Integrating Human Physiology, Applied Skills in Nutrition, Fundamentals in Food Science, Nutrition and Microbiology: a Practical Approach.

Career pathways

With a nutrition and dietetics degree, you can work in clinical dietetics or health promotion. The NHS is the largest healthcare employer in Europe and is home to a diverse range of specialist roles in hospitals, practice surgeries, people’s homes and the wider community.

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