Can athletes thrive on a plant-based diet? How do you teach cooking skills to an elite development squad? What evidence is there to suggest that tart cherry juice can reduce muscle inflammation?
On our MSc/PgDip Sport Nutrition course, you’ll examine the evidence surrounding nutrition, performance and health and gain the nutritional and physiological skills needed to work in the field of sport and exercise nutrition.
You’ll study the theory of nutrition, physiology and sports performance, exploring topics ranging from the applied effects of manipulating macronutrients to evaluating the role of fuelling before and during exercise, recovery and body composition manipulation.
You’ll develop practical skills in our on-site laboratories, food and nutrition suite and at specialist sports venues across Greater Manchester, including our Platt Lane sports complex.
Some of the practical assessments you’ll complete include analysing the composition of food and expl...
1 year full-time
We'll provide you with varied days of lectures, practical sessions and workshops in our laboratories, such as practical nutrition for athletes or body composition assessments.
Some of the topics you might investigate include the principles of health promotion, our cardio-respiratory systems’ responses to exercise, and the influence of food on exercise performance.
Practical sessions are an important part of this course and you’ll develop your skills in our on-site food and nutrition suite, as well as sports facilities across Greater Manchester.
On-campus, we have chemistry and microbiology laboratories, a taste panel suite, a product development kitchen (with a fully equipped carbohydrate studio and protein studio), a bakery, and food quality testing equipment. We also have two performance laboratories with equipment to measure performance ability and body composition analysis.
Our teaching team includes dedicated technicians who can support you with the practical side of our course. They will help you to learn how to use our specialist equipment and support your work in our laboratories and product development kitchen. Their specialist areas include sports nutrition and physiology, and community nutrition.
To help you understand some of the scientific methods you might use in your future career, you'll study research methods. You'll learn about ethics for scientific research, research methodologies and statistical analysis, including how to appraise scientific research studies.
You'll use these methods in the independent research study that you'll conduct for your final assessment. Typically, you'll submit a research proposal outlining your project and reasoning behind it. Alongside a dissertation in the style of a research paper based on a relevant scientific journal with your research findings.
Whether you've already made your decision about what you want to study, or you're just considering whether postgraduate study is right for you, there are lots of ways you can meet us and find out more about postgraduate student life at Manchester Met.
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Your studies are supported by a department of committed and enthusiastic teachers and researchers, experts in their chosen field.
We often link up with external professionals too, helping to enhance your learning and build valuable connections to the working world.
You will have a minimum 2:2 UK undergraduate honours degree, or equivalent, in nutrition, dietetics, physiology or sports science with a strong biological sciences component or a related subject.
Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification. Accepted English qualifications can be viewed here.
Full-time fee: £9,500 per year. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of your course providing you complete it in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).
Full-time fee: £18,500 per year. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of your course providing you complete it in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).
A masters qualification typically comprises 180 credits, a PGDip 120 credits, a PGCert 60 credits, and an MFA 300 credits. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of study provided the course is completed in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).
Optional estimate: £400
All of the books required for the course are available from the library. The University also has PC labs and a laptop loan service. However, you may choose to buy some of the core textbooks for the course and/or a laptop. You may also need to print your assignments and other documents. Campus printing costs start from 5p per page. Estimated costs are £300 for a laptop and up to £100 each year for books and printing.
Roles for sport and performance nutritionists include working with athletes (from ballet dancers to pro-footballers), in product development for sports nutrition brands, with the community or local authority as part of public health initiatives, and in the media.
Some of the places you might work at include sporting bodies and organisations, local authorities, multinational food companies and private healthcare organisations.
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