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MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition

University of Westminster — London, United Kingdom

MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition is a postgraduate Medicine & Health Sciences course at University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. It takes 1 year, costs £18,685 per year and starts in September.

Postgraduate · 1 year · Full-time · Medicine & Health Sciences · £18,685 per year

Intakes: September

The amazing feats of world-class athletes have brought the challenges of performance into the public eye, and nutrition is now recognised as a key part of supporting training and competition at all levels of participation. In the wider population, there is also increasing recognition of the role of nutrition in supporting health, wellbeing, and exercise. Our Sport and Exercise Nutrition MSc offers you the chance to explore the key principles and cutting-edge research across sport and exercise nutrition, exercise physiology, psychology and practitioner skills. Top reasons to study this course (from the course page): - Learn in the heart of London – Studying at our Cavendish Campus in central London, you'll be part of a diverse, global community - Informed by practice, inspired by research – Our established course reflects both industry standards for sport and exercise nutrition and cutting-edge research - Diverse career opportunities – On graduation, the knowledge and skills you have developed in this course will facilitate your entry into a range of careers within the field, from practitioner, to entrepreneur, to research scientist, and educator. - The UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) Clean Sport Higher Education partnership - the University of Westminster is a member of the UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) Clean Sport Higher Education partnership in 2023/24, focused on supporting our students, athletes and athlete support personnel in understanding and promoting fairness and equality in sport Campus: Cavendish, Central London Duration: 1 year Start dates: Full-time - September 2027 International tuition fee: £18,685 (Price per academic year). The university states annual fees stay the same throughout your studies. Careers (from the course page): The opportunities open to graduates of sport and exercise nutrition are vast. Graduates may establish their own private consultancy, focussed on promoting health and wellbeing to the community through to supporting elite level athletes in specific sports. Or, graduates may practice within a larger existing consultancy, or within large corporations or sporting organisations. For those who want to explore beyond a practitioner route, our course will facilitate careers in research, sports food and supplement development, science communication, education, marketing and more. Graduate employers named on the course page: Premier League football clubs, UK Sports Institute (UKSI), Sport National Governing Bodies, Multinational Supplement Companies, Corporate Wellness Consultancies, Public Health Programmes. Source: University of Westminster course page.

Modules

• Advanced Performance Nutrition (Core)
• Assessment of Health and Fitness (Core)
• Concepts and Principles of Human Nutrition (Core)
• Essentials of Nutrition and Performance (Core)
• Practitioner Skills for Sport Nutrition (Core)
• Postgraduate Research Methods (Core)
• Postgraduate Project (Core)
• Communicating Science (Option)
• Science, Technology and Commercialisation (Option)
• Integrating Work and Learning (Option)
• Nutritional Assessment (Option)
• Professional recognition (Option)

Careers

• Sports nutrition practitioner route
• Research
• Sports food and supplement development
• Science communication
• Education
• Marketing