Food and Nutrition Science (Hons) University of Bedfordshire

Overview

Through our combination of specialist teaching, practical lab training and employability-focused, hands-on experience, you graduate from Food and Nutrition Science (Hons) at University of Bedfordshire ready to take on a multitude of different roles within this exciting field.

Careers

On completing this course, you are likely to progress into one of the following areas:

• Research and development in the food and nutrition, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries.
• Research and development in government or academic laboratories.
• Scientific writing, publishing or sales.
• Further training to move into fields such as dietetics, medicine, dentistry or pharmacy.
• Teaching of science.

The skills you develop in information sourcing, data analysis and presentation also allow you to seek employment within a broad range of non-scientific careers from managerial posts to politics.

Further study

• MSc by Research - a practical research-based Master’s degree.
• MSc - a taught Master’s degree in a related area. Within the School of Life Sciences, we run MSc courses in biotechnology, pharmacology, microbiology and environmental management.
• PhD research in the biosciences. We have recent PhD students working in nutrition,food safety, cancer research, autoimmune disease, protein biochemistry, neurobiology and environmental bioscience and biotechnology.