Overview

Sport and Exercise Nutrition from Ulster University is educating the Sports Nutritionists of the future.

Career opportunities:

Career options within sport and exercise nutrition are expanding and include becoming a freelance sports nutritionist/performance nutritionist or working with sporting/government organisations. Previous graduates have gained employment with leading organisations within the UK and Ireland including IRFU, Ulster Rugby, Dairy Council for Northern Ireland and United Kingdom, Rowing Ireland and Apple. We also have a number of graduates who following mentored experience have set up independent sports nutrition clinics within Ireland and on an international basis.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare Sciences

Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Nutritional Assessment

Sport-Specific Nutrition Issues

Research Methods and Biostatistics for Food and Nutrition

Nutrition for Health and Disease Prevention

Practical Sports Nutrition

Sport and Exercise Nutrition Research Project

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-22 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-09-08 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Coleraine, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Nutrition & Dietetics Food Science Sport and Exercise Science View 43 other Masters in Sport and Exercise Science in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must hold a degree (2.2 or above) or equivalent in a related discipline (for example – BSc Honours in Biochemistry, Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, Human Nutrition, Physiology, Sport and Exercise Science, Sports Science or other relevant degree discipline) or demonstrate their ability to undertake the course through the accreditation of prior experiential learning.

Applicants must also demonstrate evidence of competence in written and spoken English (e.g. GCSE grade C or equivalent).

Students holding an IOC Diploma in Sports Nutrition are eligible to apply for direct entry to the MSc programme following completion of a short research proposal module (10 credits) prior to completing the sport and exercise nutrition research project (60 credits) following approval of a suitable research project in consultation with the project module co-ordinator.

Tuition Fees

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23745 GBP / year

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9652 GBP / year

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