Everything you need to know...
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What is the fee?
Home: £10,620 for the course
International/EU: £17,725 for the course -
How long will I study?
1 Year
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Where will I study?
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When do I start?
September 2025
Course summary
- Explore nutrition from multiple perspectives while developing core knowledge.
- Study biochemistry, physiology, food choice, behaviour change, health and disease.
- Refine specialist skills to support good nutrition for individuals and populations.
- Apply your skills to authentic scenarios in nutrition and public health management.
- Develop your academic and research skills to masters-level.
On the MSc Nutrition with Public Health Management course you’ll develop a rigorous understanding of nutritional science, with opportunities to apply your knowledge to contemporary scenarios aligned to global public health challenges. This masters course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition, meaning you’ll develop core competencies for nutritionists and transferable knowledge and skills for a wide range of public health sector roles.
Accredited by
This course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN). Successfully completing an accredited course allows graduates to apply for Direct Entry Registration (at Associate Level) with the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN).
Sheffield Business School accreditation
Sheffield Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has been awarded the Business School Impact System label by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
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How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the real-world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive and authentic environment in which you can thrive.
On this course you’ll learn in our state-of-the-art nutrition laboratories and kitchens, developing and advancing your practical, professional and transferable skills. This will equip you for a career in the rapidly evolving nutrition and public health sector, providing a foundation for both employment and continued professional development. Our research-active staff will deliver up-to-date taught sessions informed by current thinking. You’ll also have the opportunity to undertake a research or consultancy project that’s relevant to nutrition or public health nutrition.
The course is delivered on-campus over three trimesters, with teaching scheduled based on the length of your course and the academic calendar.
You learn through:
- lectures, seminars and workshops
- laboratory practicals
- kitchen practicals
- counselling simulations
- case studies
- academic research
- a final project
Key themes
The course begins by focusing on the underlying science of nutrition – including food composition, nutrient functionality, digestion, absorption and metabolism. We’ll consider the social and behavioural determinants of food choice at individual, population and global levels, along with methods of dietary assessment and analysis, and models of behaviour change.
You’ll take part in practicals and workshops in our specialist labs and kitchens, using specialist software. You’ll develop and apply key skills including anthropometry, the estimation of energy balance, food composition and dietary analysis, and behaviour change techniques.
As you progress through the course, you’ll consider the complex interactions between diet, health and disease across the lifecourse – plus how outcomes can be improved via intervention. You’ll apply your knowledge and skills to address existing public health challenges before progressing to your project – your chance to bring together the practical, theoretical, research and knowledge-based skills you’ve gained throughout the course.
Course-level support
You’ll be supported by experienced academic staff – many who are Registered Nutritionists – as well as an academic adviser, an employability adviser and a student support adviser. We’ll also encourage you to collaborate with peers in both your learning and in extra-curricular activities, so you can benefit from a sense of course community.
You’ll mostly be assessed through lab practicals and coursework, with workshops to provide you with regular feedback. Where appropriate, we’ll build flexibility and personalisation into the assessment design to allow you to tailor your own learning.
- Our teaching is digitally enriched, with opportunities to engage online with peers and tutors.
- You’ll be welcomed onto campus with in-person workshops.
- Supported independent study builds confidence and resilience, shaping individual creative practice.
- You’ll collaborate with other students, staff and external organisations to develop personal and professional skills and competencies.
Course leaders and tutors
Jo Pearce
Senior Lecturer in NutritionStaff profile for Jo Pearce Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University
Applied learning
Once registered, nutritionists are required to undertake regular continued professional development (CPD) and reflect on the value of CPD in their practice.
To support your development of this key skill, we embed work-related learning throughout the course and assessments, offering you chances to engage in personal and professional development and reflection. These work-related learning opportunities may include simulated work experience, volunteering, networking, conferences, university-wide initiatives or real-life project briefs.
For example, previous students have used Nutritics to analyse diet diaries or recipes.
Field trips
You’ll explore real-world case studies and/or take part in field visits to further enhance your knowledge and understanding of the sector, and to gain valuable experience.
Networking opportunities
You’ll be able to meet or network with nutrition and public health professionals through guest lectures from visiting academics, researchers and other professionals.
Future careers
Your course has embedded support from an academic to help you prepare for your future career. You’ll develop the standards of professional conduct and practice required of Registered Nutritionists in the UK and beyond.
This course prepares you for a career in:
- public health management
- obesity leadership
- healthy schools leadership
- food development co-ordination
- health promotion
- company nutrition
- nutrition for international humanitarian organisations or charities
- nutrition research
Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:
- local authority public health teams
- university research groups e.g. the University of Otago
- voluntary, community and social enterprises
Where will I study?
You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.
City Campus
City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.
City Campus map | City Campus tour
Adsetts library
Adsetts Library is located on our City Campus. It's open 24 hours a day, every day.
Learn moreEquipment and facilities
You’ll benefit from state-of-the-art learning environments, including IT-equipped lecture halls, specialised hardware and software resources, interactive group workspaces, and a continuously expanding library.
On this course you’ll have access to:
- large-scale modern kitchens for preparing diets and meals
- ingredients provided to support your learning
- assistance from our specialist procurement team
- specialised sensory and eating booths
- human physiology/nutrition labs measuring anthropometric and biochemical markers of health
- food analysis labs measuring chemical and physical properties of foods
- specialist dietary and sensory analysis softwares such as Nutritics
360 tour - food and nutrition facilities
Entry requirements
All students
Typically, you should have one of the following
• an honours degree or equivalent in food, wellbeing, health or biological science
• substantial relevant experience at a senior level - with evidence from referees, performance on training courses or further education qualifications, showing you are capable of gaining a postgraduate qualification.
If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in all skills, or equivalent.
Additional information for EU/International students
If you are an International or non-UK European student, you can find out more about the country specific qualifications we accept on our international qualifications page.
For details of English language entry requirements (IELTS), please see the information for 'All students'.
Modules
Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.
Final year
Compulsory modules
Life-Course Approach To Nutrition
Nutrition, Physiology And Biochemistry
Public Health Management
Public Health Nutrition
Elective modules
Consultancy
Dissertation
Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £10,620 for the course.
If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.
International students
Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £17,725 for the course.
Postgraduate student loans
Up to £12,471 is available in 2024/25 for home students on most masters courses.
Additional course costs
The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.
General course additional costs
Additional costs for Sheffield Business School (PDF, 255.6KB)Legal information
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