Program Description

Why you should study this course

• Opportunity to undertake placements at a range of local professional and amateur sports clubs, as well as the university sports teams (subject to competitive application, availability, meeting via requirements, and additional costs may apply)2.
• Explore the latest issues relating to the theory and practice of sport and exercise nutrition through case studies and exposure to the applied environment.
• We have experts in sport and exercise psychology, physiology, exercise and health, strength and conditioning, biomechanics, and nutrition, many conducting ongoing research and consultancy (staff may be subject to change).
• Access to industry-standard software, including those for assessing dietary analysis and energy expenditure and specialist equipment, including kitchens, an environmental chamber and a range of ergometers and metabolic carts4.
• Successful completion provides eligibility to apply as a graduate to the Sports and Nutrition Register (SENr), a collaboration between the British Dietetic Association, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and The Nutrition Society.

On successful completion of this course, you should have knowledge of:

• The underpinning principal conceptual and theoretical issues in sport and exercise nutrition.
• Key anthropometric, physiological and nutritional assessments.
• The physiology of exercise and principles used to construct training programmes, physical activity, nutrition and obesity, and research skills.
• The structure, regulation and organisation of sporting agencies.

You will be able to:

• Critically analyse, evaluate and interpret knowledge and practice in sport and exercise nutrition.
• Formulate and present a critical argument using a variety of methods (eg presentations, essays) that would stand up to critical review and scrutiny in academic and professional settings.
• Exhibit the skills of critical reasoning in relation to application of sports nutrition.
• Analyse key nutritional, anthropometric and physiological assessments.
• Interpret training programmes.
• Carry out appropriate anthropometrical, nutritional and physiological assessments.
• Devise suitable nutritional goals for sports men and women.

Admission Requirements

• Applicants should hold the equivalent of a 2:2 undergraduate degree in Dietetics, Human Nutrition or Sport Science which includes a module in Physiology. Students must have studied and passed a Level 3 module in Nutrition.
• General Requirement :-
  • Indian Students-Students must achieve 60% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree or 55% in a 4 Year.Undergraduate Degree Students from the following Universities will be considered with 55% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree (unless applying for Health and Life Science courses): Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), Anna, Amity, Andhra Pradesh, Aligarh Muslim, Pune, Bangalore and JNTU.
  • Arab Students-Students who hold a Bachelor’s Degree should have an average grade of 60% or above. Students who have an average grade of 70% or CGPA of 2.5 out of 4 for the Postgraduate Research programmes with a satisfactory research proposal.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6.5

Remarks:

Indian Students IELTS Waiver:-65% in Standard XII English language from certain examination boards only (Central boards, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand)