Sport and Exercise Science (Nutrition) with Professional Placement

UCAS code: BB4X

Here's what Kingston University says about its Sport and Exercise Science (Nutrition) with Professional Placement course.

Reasons to choose Kingston

• This degree is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN). Your learning will be supported by co-curricular activities, highly valued by the Association for Nutrition (AfN) and by employers.

• You can choose to take a four-year sandwich degree, with a year's overseas study or an industrial placement to give you a career head start.

• You’ll benefit from being part of a friendly inclusive group, and staff expertise in teaching, research and professional practice.

• Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.

About this course This course studies anatomy, physiology, energy metabolism, nutrition, sport and exercise psychology and other related subjects. You’ll examine the promotion of exercise and nutrition to improve people’s physical and mental health. You’ll have access to excellent specialist facilities, including a Bodpod machine, bespoke nutrition kitchen and a highly experienced, dedicated team to help you make the most out of your time with us.

Through optional modules in Year 3, you can focus on nutrition, sport and exercise science or a combination, including contemporary issues in food and nutrition, or ergogenic aids and extreme environments. The four-year sandwich route has a year’s industry-related work experience.

The Nutrition and Dietetics subject area at Kingston University has the top NSS score in London and nationally for 15 out of 27 NSS 2023 questions, scoring 100% in the positivity measure for all 15 questions. This is the highest number of questions to achieve 100% in the positivity measure across all providers in the Nutrition and Dietetics subject area (there are 42 providers with NSS data for 2023).

Future Skills Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Career opportunities There are opportunities in nutrition, exercise and health-related research, the sport and leisure industries, lifestyle management, health promotion, public health and teaching. You may choose to progress onto Kingston University's PGCE Secondary Teaching in Physical Education.

Example modules: – Sport and Exercise Psychology – Sport Nutrition – Public Health Nutrition.

For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.

Teaching includes lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical laboratory experience with access to high-specification physiology and biomechanics laboratories.

Assessment includes continuous assessment (eg essays, laboratory reports, presentations), dissertation/research project and exams.