Course summary
From SEPTEMBER 2025 this course will be delivered using NEW COURSE CODE HU05. If you are interested in starting in September 2025 please apply using this code As a registered dietitian you could offer expert advice and dietary changes to help people treat disease, prevent illness, manage health conditions and optimise health. Registered dietitians are qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose, and treat diet and nutrition problems at an individual and wider public health level. Dietitians use the most up-to-date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease, translating it into practical guidance to enable people to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices (British Dietetic Association 2024).
- Successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply for professional registration as dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Registration with the HCPC is required for employment within the National Health Service (NHS), and to use the title ‘dietitian’, which is protected by the HCPC.
- Gain the skills to deliver professional, impactful, evidence-informed guidance and advice across a range of dynamic and diverse healthcare environments.
- Practice based learning with placements sourced by the university in a variety of settings such as acute hospital settings, small hospitals, GP clinics, community trusts, mental health settings and nursing homes.
- As part of your course, you will undertake a Food Safety course and will be awarded a Level 2 Food Safety Certificate from the Chartered Institute of Environment Health, enabling you to prepare food safely.
- Learn to collaborate and thrive as a dietitian across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe, evidenced-based care delivery.
- Study one module at a time, with 5 weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.
- All home students on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.
- Simulation suites and purpose-built small-scale catering facilities help prepare you for the workplace and emulate an authentic working environment.
- We use inclusive case studies to help support you and prepare you for the workplace using real life examples.
- The teaching team draws on their professional experience in the field to give you insight into how the theory works in action.
Modules
Year one
- Becoming a Professional Practitioner
- Fundamentals of Nutrition and Physiology
- Foundations of Dietetic Practice
- Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context
- Introduction to Diet Therapy
- Food and Catering Systems
- Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity
- Core Diet Therapy
- Applied Diet Therapy
- Placement B: Developing Dietetic Practice
- Extending Diet Therapy
- Complex Diet Therapy
- Placement C: Consolidating Dietetic Practice
- Exploring Opportunities in Dietetic Practice
- Public Health Nutrition
- Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional
- The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project
Assessment method
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. Assessment methods include:This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. Assessment methods may include:
- coursework
- practice placement
- virtual Simulated Placements
- simulations
- objective structured clinical examinations
- presentations
- creating of narrated infographics.
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- B410
- Institution code:
- C85
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 128 points
A level - ABB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 36 credits
Scottish Higher - BBCCC
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 32 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start. Contact us via our website to find out more.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £9250* | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250* | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250* | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250* | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250* | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9250* | Year 1 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB