MSc Human Nutrition

The Postgraduate Human Nutrition course offered by St Mary's University strives to challenge students to scrutinize, debate, and analyze current research in the field of human nutrition. You'll study how food and nutrition affect human health at all life stages, and how it can impact wellbeing, as well as developing an in-depth understanding of how food is processed by the human body. Course Content: The course offers core modules that tackle the biochemistry of nutrients, the physiology of human metabolism, research methods, and data interpretation. It also provides in-depth knowledge about public health nutrition and sports nutrition. The course also includes research projects where students apply their knowledge and potentially contribute to the field of human nutrition.Key Modules: The main modules include Nutrition Biochemistry, Physiology of Human Metabolism, Public Health Nutrition, Sports Nutrition, Research in Health Sciences, and Postgraduate Research Project.Accreditations: The Human Nutrition MSc is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN), allowing graduates to apply for direct entry to the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists as Registered Associate Nutritionists.Future Careers: Upon completion of the course, graduates can pursue a variety of careers including roles in the food industry, research, public health, sports nutrition, nutritional therapies, and further studies such as PhD studies. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.