Human Nutrition
Background
This Masters programme provides students with expert evidenced based nutritional knowledge, critical review skills and a range of other transferable skills which are highly sought after within the competitive job market. This MSc is unique in the UK in providing four different specialisation areas – Public Health Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, Obesity & Weight Management and Sports & Exercise Nutrition.
Graduates are well placed for a variety of employment opportunities in the food and health industries, public health, research, health promotion, food policy, the media and relief/development work in less developed countries. There is an expanding role for high quality nutritionists in all these sectors. The programme is intended to meet this demand.
A high proportion of our graduates go on to complete PhDs in Glasgow or other high quality institutions across the world. Further careers of some of our recent graduates include:
- Research Associate, Nutritional Biochemistry (U. of Glasgow)
- Nutrition Society of China officer
- Project administration, Action Against Hunger, Canada
- Private Nutrition clinic, Greece
- Nutrition Researcher, Kenya
- Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition (U. of Glasgow)
- Research Fellow on Eating Behaviour (U. of London)
- Development Worker, High Five for Fruit, Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership
- Nutritionist, North Lanarkshire Council
- Food & Health Alliance Co-ordinator, NHS Health Scotland
- Nutrition Consultant, FAO Rome
- Programme Officer, Food & Health Alliance, NHS Health Scotland
- New Product Development Project Manager, Kinnerton Confectionery Ltd
- Intervention worker on prevention of childhood obesity, National Institute of Perinatology, Mexico
- Nutrition Adviser, Scottish Consumer Council
- Milton Community Food Project Officer, North Glasgow Healthy Living Community
- Emergency Nutrition Worker, Action Against Hunger, GOAL
It is well established that nutrition is a vital determinant in the world's major preventable diseases. The University of Glasgow has a long tradition of excellence in nutrition. Staff include international level researchers who have led studies with major impact on global policy and practice.
This highly successful Masters programme has been running for the past 15 years with a range of graduates from all over the world. Students come with a variety of backgrounds, from applied science to pure science, and some of our most successful students have no previous nutrition knowledge. We offer a high level of support to encourage all students to reach their potential.
The aims of the MSc (Med.Sci.) programme are:
- To provide a thorough grounding in the principles of human nutrition.
- To equip graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful career in nutrition, both in the UK or overseas.
- To enable graduates to engage in, and contribute to, current debates about major issues in nutrition.
- To provide in-depth training in the skills necessary for engaging in and interpreting nutrition research.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAMME DOES NOT LEAD TO STATE REGISTRATION IN DIETETICS.