/ Postgraduate Taught /
Start date:
September 2024
Duration:
1 year (full-time)
Number of credits:
180
Improving human health has never been a bigger global challenge. Get the specialist, practical skills you need to tackle modern metabolic diseases through good nutrition.
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Gain specialist and advanced training in preparation for your career in nutrition science research, clinical environment or the health industry.
This programme is taught by renowned experts in the field whose research has had an impact on topical areas of nutrition science.
Modules
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Skills
Make a difference to human lives with a postgraduate degree in Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders.
The Roehampton Master’s in Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders (MRes) will help you develop your interest in nutrition by gaining the specialist skills needed to be a leader in your field.
By focusing on important insights into contemporary developments in clinical nutrition, you’ll become a confident, agile, independent thinker, with the ability to adapt rapidly to change. You’ll graduate with the knowledge and skills to:
- Undertake modern nutrition research with a project which will give you experience of specialist research techniques
- Carry out research design and data handling and analysis with the use of statistics.
With an increasing need for research experts in nutrition, collaborate with internationally renowned experts in the field to tackle modern metabolic diseases and the impact on human health.
This specialist programme offers a highly topical theoretical and practical training in the science behind nutrition in preparation for your rewarding career within health research, a clinical environment or the health industry.
With the imminent global obesity crisis and the associated increase in human metabolic disorders, there is increasing demand for interventions and experts who can offer solutions for healthy diets and nutrition to tackle these issues.
As a member of the programme, you will join the Health Sciences Research Centre and will be encouraged to attend research seminars and lab meetings led by experts who are currently investigating a range of cutting-edge developments in Nutrition and health sciences.
Learning
Learn in a stimulating environment.
Created in collaboration with industry-leading professionals, the Roehampton Nutrition and Metabolic Disease includes important insights into contemporary developments, for a wide range of healthcare professionals.
Working in high-spec facilities, like our state-of-the-art facilities and excellent laboratories including a food lab with sensory analysis tasting booths and specialist laboratories for physiology, microbiology, and computing. You’ll shape your studies around your own interests and aspirations, with optional modules including:
- Health research methods
- Principles of Nutrition
- Obesity and Metabolism
Subject-specific lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical work will both introduce and prepare you for recent advances in the field, both theoretical and technological and their applications in Nutrition.
The School of Life and Health Science is a progressive and inclusive community, putting you at the centre of your learning journey. Recognising that our students have different personal circumstances, we are committed to enabling you to balance your studies with work, family, and other external commitments.
Assessment
Push yourself further with real-world assignments.
Throughout the course, you’ll experience a wide range of assessments that enhance your understanding and practical skills, while giving you a taste of industry practices.
You’ll leave Roehampton with an in-depth understanding of both the theory and the hands-on applications of clinical nutrition, ready to take the next step.
Careers
Shape the future of public health
With a Roehampton Nutrition and Metablic Disorders masters, you can go onto a wide range of careers, including:
- Academia research/teaching
- Food or pharmaceutical industry
- Commercial research
- NHS (various roles)
- Local and central government (roles in policy and health promotion).
In addition, many students are already health professionals and study the course as part of their career development and specialisation.
Our careers team is available to support you from the start of your studies until after you graduate. We will help you build your CV, prepare for interviews, and meet and learn from successful graduates working at the top of their careers.
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Applying
UK postgraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
General entry requirements
September 2024 entry tuition fees
UK: £12,338
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for UK students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
International postgraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
General entry requirements
September 2024 entry tuition fees
EU and International: £21,788
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for international students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
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