Nutritional Sciences
UCAS Code: B403
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
To include A-level/AS-level Science. Applicants undertaking A-levels in Physics, Chemistry and Biology will be expected to pass the Science Practical assessment.
Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject with a minimum of 112 Tariff Points to include a minimum of 24 credits at Merit in a hard Science i.e. Physics, Chemistry or Biology
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
To include Grade 5 standard or Grade 4 Higher in English Language and Mathematics.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Subjects include Sport Science and Sport but will consider those with a significant science focus. We do not accept Health and Social Care.
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Developing new food products for multinational companies. Implementing nutrition policies in the community. Analysing menus in a care home.
Understanding the link between foods, diets, dietary patterns, nutrients, and physical health is paramount in the current environment.
And that’s where nutritionists can help.
You’ll look at the issues that make the headlines and the topics that touch our everyday lives. Whilst our relationship with food has never had a higher profile in the public sphere, the food industry is constantly adapting to new consumer trends and developments.
Many dietary factors can influence a person’s health, and throughout our course, you’ll gain a working knowledge of a range of contemporary nutrition issues such as the origins of nutrition-related illnesses, the chemistry of food and dietary assessment.
You won’t simply learn the theory behind nutrition, you’ll explore how it works through practical sessions.
We have chemistry and microbiology laboratories, a taste panel suite, a product development kitchen, a bakery and food quality testing equipment. We also have the capability to produce and develop new food products, test and analyse them, taking them through to the packaging and labelling stage.
This creates a holistic approach to our teaching and means you gain real life experience whilst studying with us.
Our Nutritional Sciences degree also provides the option of spending an extra year working in a partner organisation on placement.
**Features and benefits**
**- Choose a placement –** The course offers real flexibility as you will enrol on the three year course and then decide if a placement study is right for you once you have started your studies, so you don’t have to decide now.
**- Approved course-** Our course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition.
**- Outstanding facilities-** You’ll have access to our food and nutrition suite, which includes three food development studios and a physical testing studio, as well as bakery and food quality testing equipment.
**- Industry links-** We’re home to the Manchester Food Centre (MFC) which connects the university with industry.
**- Extra curricular-** You can join MetMunch, an award-winning, student-led sustainability and outreach programme.
The Uni
Manchester Metropolitan University
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?This is the subject you need to study if you want to become a dietician — an important job in the country’s healthcare sector, and the single most common job for nutrition graduates. We don’t have many graduates in nutrition every year and with the population becoming more aware of health and well-being and with many medical needs being addressed by the application of specific diets, this is likely to be an area of increasing demand in the future.
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