Food and Nutrition BSc (Hons)

Food and nutrition are of fundamental importance in people’s lives, all the more so as the links between nutrition and health become clearer. Today's food industry is increasingly aware of this. Food and nutrition embraces a range of subjects including sciences, business and consumer marketing and consumer behaviour.

Teaching staff on the Food and Nutrition programme include specialists from the School of Biomedical Sciences that cover a range of topics, including chemistry, physiology and biochemistry. In addition, specialists in business and management from the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, and specialists in Chinese language from the School of Modern Languages deliver topics in their areas of expertise.

Research in food and nutrition is focussed in the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and HEalth (NICHE), within the Biomedical Sciences Research Institute. The majority of core staff involved on the programme are research-active members of NICHE. Nutrition research has formed a significant part of the University’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) submission in Biomedical Sciences since 1989. Biomedical Sciences including nutrition has been ranked 1st in the UK in the RAE of 1996 and 2001, and in 2008 was ranked 1st in research power. Most recently the Biomedical Sciences submission, which included nutrition research, was ranked within the top five out of 94 universities submitted in the UK REF2014 panel in terms of research power. In REF2014 our research environment was awarded an unprecedented 100% 4* (world-leading), 95% of our research impact (predominantly arising from nutrition research) was scored world leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*) and 81% of research published papers were judged to be world leading and internationally excellent (4* and 3*).