Food and Human Nutrition Careers
There's great demand for biologists with knowledge of nutrition. Our course provides you with a range of skills that are essential for a wide range of employment. As a Newcastle graduate, you could work:
- in the food industry - in product development or quality assurance;
- with non-commercial bodies - such as the Medical Research Council or Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
- in research and development;
- in an advisory capacity - with groups concerned with food safety.
Our graduates have gone on to work for a range of organizations including Tesco, nestle, Marks and Spencer and the former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
You can also find helpful sites for advice on jobs in the area of food and human nutrition.
Examples of what our recent graduates are doing now:
- New Product Development Technologist, Wensleydale Dairy Products
- MSc Public Health Nutrition, University of Chester
- Packaging Technologist/ QA, Cereal Partners (Nestle)
- Food Technologist, Kookaburra Ltd
- Laboratory Technician, The Cheese Company
- Product Development Technologist, Kauli Ltd.
- Technical Assistant, Premier Foods
- Health Promotion Specialist, Durham & Cheslter-Le-Street Primary Care Trust
- Laboratory Technician, The Cheese Company
- Technical Manager, Russell Hume
- Graduate Trainee, Bettys and Taylors Group Ltd
- New Product Development Technologist, Wensleydale Dairy Products
- QA Auditor, Harvesttime
- Product Development Technologist, Northern Foods
You could choose to work in a non-science related field. A wide range of employers value the skills you learn at Newcastle . For example, you could go into:
- management or administration,
- accountancy or finance,
- teaching or the media.
Around 40% of graduate vacancies advertised in the UK don't ask for a particular degree subject. Whatever area you choose, you'll find your degree helps you to do well!
To find out more about the careers our graduates develop, please review the latest DLHE (Destination of Leavers from Higher Education) statistics for Food and Human Nutrition BSc Hons.