Detailed Program Facts

Application Fee

  Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE

Tuition Fee

 CAD 16,905 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in Bath Spa University - Newton Park Campus

  CAD 9,207 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

• IELTS
  • Minimum Overall Score - 6.5 - 6 - With No Band Less Than

• Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have Standard XII Higher Secondary Certificate.

• Minimum CGPA Required: 65.00 %

Additional Information

Careers
Human Nutrition graduates have gone into a number of graduate careers including:

• Dietetics (after a postgraduate dietetics program)
• Working in the food industry in new product development, and as technologists and sensory analysts
• Secondary school teaching - Biology (after PGCE)
• Master's programs in specialisms such as nutrition and sport or physical activity
• PhD study and post-doctoral research
• Working in public health for councils or local organisations
• Self-employment.

Study abroad

• In addition to any work placements, all Human Nutrition students have the opportunity to participate in either the Erasmus or Exchange programs. These allow you to spend one semester studying abroad in either a European University or in one of our partner institutions further afield.

Field trips
Factory visits are part of the optional second-year module Food Product Development. Visits have included trips to:

• Marshfield Bakers
• Marshfield Ice Cream
• Bath Brew House
• Wyke Farms

We encourage our students to attend external events such as:

• The Bath Science Fair
• The Bristol Science Fair
• IFST career launchpad event at Campden BRI
• The Nutrition Society conferences
• Food Matters Live event
• IFST annual lecture

We also encourage our students to attend as many endorsed events or activities that they can e.g. Nutrition Society training events and IFST endorsed activities.

Work placements, industry links and internships

• Our students have undertaken work experience and voluntary work with organizations including: MEND; NHS; Sirona Health Care; School Food Trust; schools; youth groups; The Stroke Association; British Heart Foundation; Julian House; local charities; and action groups.
• In the third year you can take the (optional) Food and Nutrition in Practice module where you’ll work on a brief developed with an external organisation/industry. Project providers for this module include Marshfield Bakery, BirdsEye Foods, NHS, Heart UK, and Food and Nutrition Live.

Scholarships

There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK. 
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea. 
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business. 
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK. 
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship. 
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.