MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition at University of Westminster

Programme overview

The MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition covers sport and exercise nutrition, exercise physiology, psychology and practitioner skills, from the general population and specific groups to elite athletes. It includes a research project and optional modules in science communication, commercialisation, work experience and nutritional assessment.

Department: Health | Duration: 1 year full-time (part-time also available) | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules are Advanced Performance Nutrition, Assessment of Health and Fitness, Concepts and Principles of Human Nutrition, Essentials of Nutrition and Performance, Practitioner Skills for Sport Nutrition, Postgraduate Research Methods and a Postgraduate Project. Options include Communicating Science, Science, Technology and Commercialisation, Integrating Work and Learning and Nutritional Assessment.

Career pathways

Graduates can set up private consultancies, work in larger consultancies, corporations or sporting organisations, and have progressed to higher education teaching, athlete support at the English Institute of Sport and PhD research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2) in a life sciences subject with a strong element of nutrition and/or physiology; graduates in other disciplines can gain entry by completing the Essentials of Nutrition course. One academic reference is required. The personal statement should outline what sport and exercise nutrition means to the applicant, why they want to study at Westminster and how the course fits their goals. Applicants may be interviewed by phone or Teams. International applicants whose first language is not English need IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each component.

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,315 a year (2027/28). Price per academic year (2027/28 entry). Source

International applicants: GBP 18,685 a year (2027/28). Price per academic year (2027/28 entry). Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

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