Health, Nutrition and Exercise Science (Hons) Solent University

Overview

Whether your passion is in health and fitness, physiology and exercise science, nutrition or helping people overcome their health challenges, this course utilises Solent University’s excellent reputation for its sport, health and fitness provision to prepare you for success. 

The growing jobs market offers a wide range of dynamic and rewarding career options and we’ve used the experience to offer two inspiring pathway options.

• Fitness and personal training pathway:

The fitness and personal training pathway will provide you with a wealth of advanced skills which will ensure you have a top profile to attract and retain the best clients. We take personal training seriously and will support you in building your business and entrepreneurial skills, so you’re fully prepared for a successful career in a competitive market.

• Health and exercise science pathway:

The health and exercise science pathway prepares you for a range of careers in the health and well-being sector. If your passion is in nutrition, clinical exercise science or public health and psychology we have it all here for you. 

Graduates from this pathway have gone on to have successful and rewarding careers as nutritionists, exercise rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapists*, public health practitioners and NHS health and well-being advisors. This course will qualify you for postgraduate study in physiotherapy.

Careers

The role exercise and nutrition plays in healthy ageing and disease reduction has become a focus for national health policy in recent times. Government and NHS policy is shifting toward 'social prescribing', which research has shown to often be more effective at lifestyle-related disease control than drugs.

This has led to increased demand for practitioners skilled in clinical exercise rehabilitation, health nutrition and behaviour change psychology.

A recent survey conducted with employers of the health and fitness industry identified that current training is insufficient and lacks proper insight into medical conditions, nutrition and psychology. Training should also offer students access to real-life patients/clients. 

The Health, Nutrition and Exercise Science (Hons) degree at Solent University responds to both the results of this survey and to the increasing need for suitably trained individuals in the health and well-being sector.