Food and Nutrition with placement year (Hons) Ulster University

Overview

Food and nutrition are an integral part healthy living and food has a profound influence on health, helping to reduce the risk of many serious diseases. The global food industry aims to satisfy the needs of the consumer for high quality, inexpensive, convenient, nutritious and healthy foods all year round

The Food and Nutrition with placement year (Hons) course from Ulster University s mainly taught by research active academic staff from the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), a world-renowned centre of excellence for global nutrition research and teaching within the School of Biomedical Sciences. NICHE is engaged in numerous regional and international research projects concerned with food, nutrition and health, many of which involve close collaborations with the food industry. Our staff are committed to excellent research informed teaching.

Career options 

The academic content of the programme, together with the experience gained from placement, leads to excellent employment opportunities in various aspects of the food industry including product development, quality assurance and marketing, and in advisory or research roles in companies and public agencies. There are also opportunities for suitably qualified graduates to pursue higher degrees (MSc, MRes, MPhil, PhD) through further taught studies and/or research at both this University or at other institutions of higher education and research.