Course overview

This three-year nutrition with food marketing degree focuses on developing your critical and analytical skills. Ensuring you will graduate as a conscientious and socially aware food professional, ready for a career in nutrition and marketing. 

Our industry-recognised qualification helps to fast-track your career. You will be able to apply for direct entry into the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists as soon as you graduate.

Our degree's teaching is informed by the research carried out by experts based at Newcastle University. This guarantees your studies are at the cutting edge of industry developments, so you graduate with the most up-to-date knowledge of nutrition and food marketing. 

You'll explore topics such as: human nutrition, marketing strategy and consumer behaviour, while developing a holistic understanding of the global food system. 

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Quality and ranking

• 8th in the UK – the Guardian University Guide 2020 (Agriculture, Forestry and Food category)
• 8th in the UK – The Complete University Guide 2021 (Food Science category)
• 90% for overall student satisfaction – National Student Survey 2019 (Subject: Nutrition)

Teaching excellence

TEF Gold

A ringing endorsement of Newcastle University’s long tradition of excellence in teaching.

Professional accreditation

This degree is professionally accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN).

This means our graduates can apply for direct entry into the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists at associate level and use the letters ANutr after their name without undergoing further assessment.

See the Association for Nutrition's website for further benefits of studying on an accredited course.

All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body.

Modules and learning

Modules

The information below is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Most degrees are divided into stages. Each stage lasts for one academic year, and you'll complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each stage. 

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content may change periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Optional module availability
Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

You are introduced to the underlying sciences of nutrition and food marketing. You will study modules in nutrition, physiology, marketing, consumer behaviour and business economics.

You will also be introduced to agri-food systems, covering issues arising throughout the food chain from production to consumption, as well as the nature and properties of different foods and nutrients.

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Introduction to Marketing and Consumer Behaviour	20
Introductory Business Economics	10
Human Physiology and Practical Skills	30
Introduction to Nutrition	10
Practical Skills for Nutrition	10
Bioenergetics	20

You will continue to develop your core knowledge of nutrition and other relevant areas. In Nutrition, you'll explore nutritional assessment and the importance of good nutrition at each life stage. You'll also investigate food science and food product development, and you study concepts and applications of marketing strategy.

In the module New Food Product Development, you engage in teamwork with other students to address the key issues and practical steps involved in developing a new food product.

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Marketing Digital Strategy	20
New Food Product Development	20
Marketing and Public Policy	10
Macro- and Micronutrients	20
Food Science and Technology	20
Nutrition Through the Lifecycle	10
Measurement and Assessment of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status	20

In the final year, you will study areas such as nutrition and its relation to health and disease, metabolic and personalised nutrition, marketing metrics, and communication as a means to effect positive behaviour change.

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Data & Marketing Analytics	10
Communication and Behaviour Change	10
Nutrition in Health and Disease	20
Research Project	40
Advanced Nutrient Metabolism and Requirements	20

Optional Modules	Credits
Selected Topics in Food and Human Nutrition	20
Consumer Psychology	20
Eating and Weight Disorders	20
Making Sense of Forgotten Senses: Investigating Olfaction and Gustation	20
Applied Sport and Exercise Nutrition	20

Teaching and assessment

Teaching methods

Contact hours are made up of a combination of:

• lectures
• seminars
• small group tutorials
• practical classes

You supplement this with weekly private study of recommended reading materials.

Assessment methods

You'll be assessed through a combination of:

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  Case studies

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  Dissertation or research project

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  Essays

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  Examinations – practical or online

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  Presentations

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  Projects

Skills and experience

Practical skills

You'll have access to our state-of-the-art learning facilities, which you will use to carry out a variety of practical activities throughout the duration of your degree. 

You'll have the opportunity to attend a national conference on food and human nutrition – if you choose the optional module – where you'll hear from world-leading experts in the field. This also gives you the chance to network with other people working across the nutrition industry.

Research skills

In the third year of your degree, you'll complete a research project. The aim of the project is to provide you with experience of planning, researching and analysing a topic that interests you.

You will develop your research skills, as well as your problem-solving, analysis and presentation skills.

Opportunities

Work placement

This food and human nutrition degree is also available with a year's work placement, as a four-year programme.

You'll apply to spend 9 to 12 months working in any organisation in the world, and receive University support from our dedicated team to secure your dream placement. Work placements take place in Stage 3.

You'll gain first-hand experience of working in the sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise.

Placements are subject to availability.

Find out more about work placements

Facilities and environment

Facilities

Our Nutrition and Food courses are based in the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences at our city-centre campus. Our School is part of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, which is home to Dentistry, Medicine, Psychology and Pharmacy, encouraging inter-professional collaboration. 

You'll have access to our food handling laboratory to help you enhance your practical skills and use of our well-equipped, state-of-the-art laboratories. 

Situated next to Newcastle’s RVI hospital, we’re one of the largest integrated teaching/hospital complexes in the country.

Support

You'll have the support of an academic member of staff as a personal tutor throughout your degree to help with academic and personal issues.

Peer mentors will help you in your first year. They are fellow students who can help you settle in and answer any questions you have when starting university.

Your future

There is great demand for scientists with a knowledge of nutrition. A wide range of opportunities exist across the sector, including:

• product development or quality assurance in the food industry
• with non-commercial bodies such as the Medical Research Council or Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• in research development
• in an advisory capacity with groups concerned with the communication of health messages and food safety advice

Graduates have gone on to take up roles, such as:

• dietetic assistant
• nutritionist
• food technologist
• food buyer
• product development technologist
• sports nutritionist

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Careers support

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through our ncl+ initiative.

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Recognition of professional qualifications outside of the UK

From 1 January 2021 there is an update to the way professional qualifications are recognised by countries outside of the UK.

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Tuition fees and scholarships

Tuition fees for 2021 entry (per year)

Home Fee Students

£9250

International Fee Students

£23400

The maximum fee that we are permitted to charge for home fee-paying students is set by the UK government.

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

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You will be charged tuition fees for each year of your degree programme (unless you are on a shorter exchange programme). 

The tuition fee amount you will pay may increase slightly year on year as a result of inflation.

For courses commencing from September 2021 and beyond, EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals will no longer be eligible for home fees or Student Finance England support.

If you are from the EU you will pay international tuition fees.

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Year abroad and additional costs

For programmes where you can spend a year on a work placement or studying abroad, you will receive a significant fee reduction for that year. 

Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.

Find out more about:

• different tuition fees
• additional costs

Scholarships

Find out more about:

• scholarships for UK, EU and international students
• Student Loans and Government financial support for UK and EU students

How to apply

Apply through UCAS

To apply for undergraduate study at Newcastle University, you must use the online application system managed by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). All UK schools and colleges, and a small number of EU and international establishments, are registered with UCAS. You will need:

• the UCAS name and institution codes for Newcastle University (NEWC/N21)
• the UCAS code for the course you want to apply for
• the UCAS 'buzzword' for your school or college

If you are applying independently, or are applying from a school or college which is not registered to manage applications, you will still use the Apply system. You will not need a buzzword.

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