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MSc Public Health Nutrition

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Full time | Edge Hill University | 1 year | 30-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

30-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Nutrition Health Promotion Environmental Health (General)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Our MSc in Public Health Nutrition provides you with the answers to many current nutritional issues. Should we eat less saturated fat to improve heart health? Is folic acid fortification necessary? Can we continue to eat what we do and prevent global warming? On this degree, you’ll develop specialist scientific knowledge and practical skills to meet the nutritional challenges of the 21st Century.

As well as the teaching and learning spaces, you’ll have access to our professional food science laboratory and kitchen, allowing you to carry out a variety of practical work with foods in a purpose-built environment.

Once you graduate, you’ll be able to make significant contributions to the field of nutrition, at a national and international level.

Your future career

Our MSc Public Health Nutrition prepares you for nutrition related roles in many public and private sector organisations. These include local authorities, charitable organisations, the NHS, health promotion organisations, the leisure industry and the private sector. Job roles include:

  • Nutritionist for food retailer
  • Scientific officer
  • Policy and communication officer
  • Nutrition and health adviser
  • Healthy lifestyle specialists

Alternatively, you might choose to progress to PhD study where you could focus on a specialist area of nutrition.

Modules

Research Methods introduces you to the research process including the philosophical fundamentals of both quantitative and qualitative traditions and a range of research methodologies. The module will enable you to demonstrate the ability to critically appraise a range of research methodologies and plan a small-scale empirical project in your chosen discipline, as well as gaining awareness of the theoretical and practical implications of undertaking such a study.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£16,500

Entry requirements

You should have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or second-class honours (2:2 or above) in a relevant subject such as nutrition, dietetics, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, sport science, health, food science or biology. Applicants with a third class honours degree and/or relevant work experience would need to demonstrate a good level of knowledge in biosciences and will be considered on an individual basis.

University information

Edge Hill University has been inspiring minds since 1885 and continues to live up to its ethos of ‘creating opportunity from knowledge’. The university’s commitment to excellence shines through to its cutting-edge research, scholarship opportunities, contemporary facilities and most importantly, its passionate and dedicated teaching staff. Students are empowered to craft their own future, learning in ways that work for them, from expert...more