Dietetics (Pre-registration)

Develop the knowledge and skills required for a career as a dietitian with our MSc Dietetics degree.

What you’ll learn
Our two-year MSc Dietetics programme prepares you to:

- work with patients, service users and other professionals within clinical settings such as the National Health Service (NHS) and other providers

- deliver evidence-based dietetic practice and innovative public health nutrition initiatives

- use dietary manipulation and food to treat existing diseases and optimise health at individual and population levels.

Our mission for nutrition and dietetics at Reading is to create a sustainable, healthy food system for all.

Skills you’ll gain
Our MSc Dietetics course will place you at the heart of the discussion on nutrition, health and sustainable food systems. You will:

- gain a detailed knowledge and understanding of dietetics in the context of improving and sustaining health, as well as treating disease at individual, group and population levels

- identify the factors that influence food choice and food behaviour

- learn a range of techniques and technologies to communicate sensitive information to a variety of audiences

- meet the criteria for the HCPC Standards of Proficiency and be eligible to apply for registration as a dietitian.

Choose MSc Dietetics at The University of Reading
Take advantage of being a member of the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, where:

- we have over 40 years' experience of clinical education at The University of Reading

- our Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences is the largest of its kind in the UK

- our Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition (HSUHN) has an international reputation for our research into the relationship between diet and the risk of chronic diseases

- we are the anchor institution in our region, drawing partners from the NHS, government, and voluntary and community groups.

For more information, please visit the course page on our website: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/food-and-nutritional-sciences-pg/msc-dietetics