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MSc Clinical and Public Health Nutrition provides a comprehensive overview of nutrition in modern clinical practice and the application of evidence based nutritional support across the community.
This course focuses on the problems of over- and under-nutrition, which apply to most developed nations as well as those undergoing rapid transformation. The programme offers specialised training in the clinical and scientific basis of malnutrition and obesity, and therapeutic approaches to correcting this in the hospital, community and educational setting.
This MSc is registered with the Association for Nutrition, a professional body that holds the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN), a competency-based register of nutritionists. Graduates of this programme will be eligible to apply for direct entry to the UKVRN as Registered Associate Nutritionists. As part of this accreditation, students must pass all core-competency modules. If a student fails a module, they will be able to graduate (in compliance with UCL policy) with an alternative MSc degree title, however this will not be accredited.
- What will I learn?
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This is a full-time programme and students must take modules to the value of 180 credits: eight core modules (120 credits) and a research project (60 credits).
*Module Availability - Modules offered on the programme may not run in every academic year. If there are any modules which are integral to your study you should check whether they are running in the relevant academic year.
All students must complete an independent research project, normally with a supervisor from the Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH or a NHS-funded research initiative run with conjunction with UCL. Some projects will be subject to ethical approval and CRB clearance, which should be discussed with your supervisor. Students should explore a research areas that interest them and make contact with the relevant departments to see if they can offer an MSc project. Alternatively, students can explore research activities taking place across UCL via IRIS (http://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/) by using the search engine.
- Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for doctors, health professionals or graduates in nutrition or biomedical science with a keen interest in this disease/malnutrition axis and in effective nutritional therapies.
- What are you looking for in prospective students?
This course requires a medical degree or a UK bachelor’s degree in an appropriate subject (biological science, biomedicine, biophysics, nutrition, chemistry, medicine), awarded with first or upper second-class honours.
If you studied a science subject that is not strongly biological or chemical, you are advised to do some preparatory reading and study before you arrive. See our Basic Science for Non-Basic Scientists page for some advice on this.
If you did not study your degree in the UK, please see our International Equivalences page.
If English is not your first language, you'll also have to provide evidence of your language ability, see more on our English Language Requirements Page. This course requires "Standard".
As this programme involves working with the public you will be subject to screening by UCL Occupational Health and through the Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to determine your suitability for the course.Following the requirements of University College London Hospital, we will only consider applications from individuals who can demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
- Where can this course lead me in terms of careers and employability?
This MSc is suitable for candidates who wish to pursue a career in cutting-edge research, the practice of nutrition therapy in the health services of the UK or other countries, or in the clinical nutrition industry. We also aim to provide an ideal foundation for graduates who wish to undertake a PhD.
All UCL students are supported by the UCL Careers Service, as well as the department's own specialist Careers Tutor. Find out how UCL students have benefited from London’s wealth of resources, networking potential, placements, internships and employment opportunities on our Graduate page.
This MSc is registered with the Association for Nutrition, a professional body that holds the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN), a competency-based register of nutritionists. Graduates of this programme will be eligible to apply for direct entry to the UKVRN as Registered Associate Nutritionists. As part of this accreditation, students must pass all core-competency modules. If a student fails a module, they will be able to graduate (in compliance with UCL policy) with an alternative MSc degree title, however this will not be accredited.
- Where does the course take place?
The course is taught on campus in Bloomsbury, the heart of London. We do not offer any online or distance courses at this time.
As well as lectures and tutorials, teaching also takes place in the form of practical lab sessions and site visits to health-care facilities and the wider community. For example:
- Students will have the opportunity to attend site visits to areas such as the Salvation Army, Hopetown Women's Hostel, Landsdowne Care Centre and Kings College Hospital.
- Students have the opportunity to observe clinics in the Gastrointestinal (GI) Services and/or other related clinics at University College London Hospital (UCLH).
- Who can I talk to if I have a question?
If you have any questions about MSc Clinical Public Health Nutrition, please contact the Division of Medicine Postgraduate Admin team in the first instance: divmed.postgrad@ucl.ac.uk