Course summary

Develop nutrition strategies to aid the performance, health and wellbeing of sport teams and athletes, from recreational participants through to elite performers. Designed to meet the competency requirements and professional standards set by the Sport & Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr), this course will prepare you to become a professional sport and exercise nutritionist. You’ll help athletes prepare for their chosen sport by providing them with the specialist nutritional programmes that will aid their performance. As part of your course, you’ll:

• Study the science of food, developing your understanding of how nutritional composition and diet can influence sport and exercise performance

• Work across the spectrum – from elite athletes to recreational performers – and learn how to conduct interviews, assess the dietary intake of individuals and design personalised nutritional interventions

• 99% of students were positive about the teaching on BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Nutrition (National Student Survey, 2023)

• Designed to meet the competency requirements and professional standards set by the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr)

• Work across the spectrum – from elite athletes to recreational performers

• Study in our new £45m state-of-the-art Carnegie School of Sport building

• Work placement opportunities

• Sport volunteering opportunities, which have previously included the Olympics, World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games