BSc (Hons) Dietetics strive to provide the best possible nutritional care for clients with acute and chronic health conditions. As part of this course, you’ll: Learn to interpret and communicate the science of nutrition and understand how to use dietary manipulation and food to treat disease and optimise health.

Turn your passion for food, nutrition, and health into a career. Learn how food impacts on our well-being and health and explore the links between nutrition and public health. Gain an in-depth understanding of the relationship between food, diet, and nutrition. You’ll be educated by research-led academics, gaining hands-on experience to help you discover: The nutritional function of foods. 

Learn how nutrition and fitness impact on health on this practical degree with a built-in work placement. Exercise, physical activity, and nutritional balance are key to healthier lifestyles. You’ll learn what can be done to promote balanced nutrition and fitness. Working in our state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll explore how to improve the health of the population.

Embark on a fascinating journey to learn how food, nutrition, and exercise impact our well-being and health. Explore the role of fitness and nutrition in promoting public health, and consider food and consumer choices from a safety, quality, and nutritional perspective. 

Our nutrition course will give you the skills required for the application of nutritional science in various fields and enhance your employability. You will deepen your understanding of how the body uses nutrients and the impact diet has on our overall health, including the development of disease.

This program focuses on the chemical composition, structure and nutritional value of food. The interaction of food components during processing, preservation and storage is studied by making use of chemistry, physics, biological and mathematical principles. Candidates who are likely to excel are those who enjoy science and are keen on understanding food production from farm to fork.

On this Sport and Exercise Nutrition degree, you'll learn about the nutritional requirements for exercise, improved performance and health, and explore the social and psychological aspects that influence diet and physical activity. Taking a multidisciplinary, scientific approach, you'll learn how to develop and deliver evidence-based dietary guidance, for general fitness and health through to elite-level competition.

BSc in Food Science and Nutrition This degree program is about gaining knowledge and understanding of key areas in relation to food production and consumption. Food Science concerns the ‘fitness for purpose’ of our food in terms of appearance (e.g. color and surface qualities, texture, flavor, and odor) and how these can be improved, alongside the physical, microbiological, and chemical aspects of our food, which may be harmful to human health and how these can be minimized.

This B.Sc. programme in Food Science and Health prepares graduates for careers in Ireland’s largest industry. About 40,000 people are employed in the food industry which generates an annual gross output of approximately €15.6 billion. The Government has targeted the food sector as being of great strategic importance, capable of generating considerably more wealth and employment. Since there is a direct link between diet and health, consumers are becoming more health conscious and are demanding higher quality foods that maintain health and prevent disease.

BSc in Food Science and Nutrition with Professional Studies this degree program is about gaining knowledge and understanding of key areas in relation to food production and consumption. Food Science concerns the ‘fitness for purpose’ of our food in terms of appearance (e.g. color and surface qualities, texture, flavor, and odor) and how these can be improved, alongside the physical, microbiological, and chemical aspects of our food, which may be harmful to human health and how these can be minimized.

The Bachelor of Science (BSc) is a three-year undergraduate degree which enables each student to develop his or her own interests in a science subject (science major) and related subjects. Students have the flexibility to combine their major subject with other science subjects, as well as subjects from other disciplines across the University.

With the BSc Hons Food Science & Nutrition, you will study a course that combines a rich selection of modules in the areas of food science and nutrition that will provide you with a solid grounding in all aspects food production and food systems and knowledge about the role of human nutrition in food production.

The Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Human Nutrition equips students with essential knowledge and practical skills through clinical placements and community outreach, preparing them to make a positive impact in various settings. They assess nutritional needs, dietary management, and more.

The Bachelor of Science (BSc) is a three-year undergraduate degree which enables each student to develop his or her own interests in a science subject (science major) and related subjects. Students have the flexibility to combine their major subject with other science subjects, as well as subjects from other disciplines across the University.

Study a BSc Food Science & Nutrition course designed specifically to meet the need of the growing demand for trained technical staff to work in the thriving food sector in the UK. Study a course that combines a rich selection of modules in the areas of food science and nutrition that will provide you with a solid grounding in all aspects of food production and food systems and knowledge about the role of human nutrition in food production.