Sport and Exercise Nutrition

Learn to support athletes' competitive performance, recovery, and overall health by providing them with specialist and evidence-based nutritional advice.

As part of this course, you'll:

• Study an academically challenging and vocationally relevant programme, underpinned by evidence-based practice
• Gain a thorough understanding of the multidisciplinary aspects of sport and exercise nutrition
• Study the principles and applications of sport and exercise nutrition in practice
• Explore scientific concepts that promote an understanding of issues in the study of sport and exercise nutrition

SENR accredited

This course is accredited by the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENR), the national register for qualified sport and exercise nutritionists. 

Alternative study options

As well as the PG Dip Sport and Exercise Nutrition (120 credits), we offer other postgraduate study routes in Sport and Exercise Nutrition which can be studied full-time or part-time:

• MSc Sport & Exercise Nutrition (180 credits)
• PG Cert Sport & Exercise Nutrition (60 credits)
• PG Cert Sport & Exercise Nutrition for Healthcare Practitioners (60 credits). This course is delivered on weekends, to suit healthcare professionals looking to fit in study around work

Once you have found the course you want to study in our online prospectus you will then click on the ‘Apply Now’ button located at the top of the online course page.

You will be asked to create an account on our application portal and complete your application via your Leeds Beckett account. Once you have submitted your application you should receive a decision in due course. The exception to this is if the course you have applied for has a closing date specified. In this case, we will wait until the closing date has passed before we contact you.