Overview

Nutrition MSc at King’s gives you the chance to study with some of the country’s top specialists in areas like diet and cardiovascular health, gut health and metal metabolism. Join us to develop your research skills and advance your scientific knowledge to postgraduate level. With lab sessions and a supervised research project as part of your course, you’ll have the freedom to explore your ideas. Then you can apply to join the register of nutritionists as soon as you graduate. With the public becoming more aware of the links between diet and health, there are new job options opening up all the time.

Course detail

Our course will instruct you in the principles of nutrition, public health nutrition, clinical nutrition and nutrition research skills. The MSc is an intensive course which we have designed with the needs of graduates in biological sciences or medicine in mind. The course is accredited by The Association for Nutrition, which means graduates may register as associate nutritionists on the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists, a body which aims to regulate the professional practice of nutrition.

Teaching and assessment

We will use a delivery method that will ensure students have a rich, exciting experience from the start. Face to face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that students also experience elements of digital learning and assessment. Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment may typically include coursework and examinations. Coursework contributes approximately 60% and examinations approximately 40% to your final mark.

Career prospects

After you graduate, you can join the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists to show future employers your competence. Career options include governmental organisations, the food industry, health planning, and health and education services. The course covers nutrition from a global perspective, so our graduates have the capability to work anywhere in the world.