Overview

Graduate from the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health with Industrial Year (Hons) programme from University of Derby with the skills to specialise in sports nutrition and health and work with elite athletes or general members of the public to improve their health and fitness

Key Facts

Choose an innovative programme with a distinctive multidisciplinary approach
Be taught by academics who are active in research and focus on cutting-edge research techniques
Tailor your studies to your interests and career goals
To meet the growing local and global demands for Sports Nutrition and Health experts, this course takes a multidisciplinary approach exploring the psychology, physiology and biochemistry theories of nutrition. To be successful in your career, whether you are interested in working with amateur or elite athletes or health and community-based environments, it is vital that you have an understanding of human psychology, disease, training, physical activity, and health. If you are keen to work in the sport performance sector, it is important to understand how nutrition plays a key role in how well an athlete performs, recovers, or adapts to their training, and how such principles are adaptable to optimising health.As well as the theoretical teaching, we also integrate qualifications and unique work placements to our teaching. This allows you to work alongside academics and health professionals with a wide range of expertise to ensure that you develop the skills in all areas of health and performance improvement employers are looking for. Through our industry-informed programmes we have built links with many key employers, enabling students to undertake work experience with organisations like Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derby County Football Club, Burton Albion Football Club, Leicester City Football Club, Leicester Tigers Rugby Club, Derbyshire Institute for Sport, Derventio Excel Swimming Squad and Derby Centre of Excellence for Ladies Football amongst others.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Academic and Research Skills for Sport and Exercise

Anatomy for Sport & Exercise

Professional Placement

Nutrition and Metabolism for Sport and Exercise

Physical Activity and Health

Research Methods for Sport and Exercise

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Buxton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Nutrition & Dietetics Sport and Exercise Science View 141 other Bachelors in Nutrition & Dietetics in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

UCAS points 112-120
A Level BBB-BBC (At least a grade C (or equivalent) from a Science subject, including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Education or Psychology)
BTEC DDM-DMM
GCSE GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification
Access to HE Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 15, Merit: 24, Pass: 6. Must include passes in compulsory Level 3 subjects

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Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

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Non-residents

17500 GBP / year

≈ 17500 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

≈ 9535 GBP / year

Funding

We have a range of scholarships, bursaries and discounts available to international students. You will need to apply separately for the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship and the International Excellent Student Scholarship, but all others are assessed for eligibility alongside your application. The £2,000 Postgraduate (PGT) Scholarship is awarded automatically to most (non-EU) overseas applicants, subject to eligibility.
You will need to apply separately for the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship, the International Excellent Student Scholarship and the GREAT Scholarship, but all others are assessed for eligibility alongside your application.