Food science, nutrition and dietetics

From fuelling our growth to helping prevent disease, food and nutrition have a big impact on our lives. If you’re passionate about the science of food, health and diet as a treatment of disease, studying this fascinating field could lead to a bright future.

By joining us at Surrey:

  • You’ll be able to study on courses ranked 3rd in the UK for food science by the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022 and 2nd in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2023
  • You’ll have access to our £10m Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory, so you can gain practical experience valued by a wide range of employers
  • You’ll have great graduate prospects - 97 per cent of our undergraduate biosciences and medicine graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes survey 2020, HESA).

Looking to join us in September?

View our 2022 courses

Food Science and Nutrition BSc (Hons)
Nutrition BSc (Hons)
Nutrition and Dietetics BSc (Hons)

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Wonderful things happen here

On our courses, you can select modules tailored to your interests, access our state-of-the-art facilities, gain industry experience, learn from experts and enhance your employability. 

Find out the best things about our courses from current students Nalin and Laura.
Professor Bruce Griffin

Learn from lecturers who’ve been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2017-18 for Further and Higher Education, in recognition of their research excellence in the field of food and nutrition.

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Students and graduates

Bethany Spicer

Food Science and Nutrition BSc (Hons)

I really like the diversity of my course. Not only do I get to study food, but I also learn a lot about health and nutrition, and have undertaken some general science modules as well.

I really like the diversity of my course. Not only do I get to study food, but I also learn a lot about health and nutrition, and have undertaken some general science modules as well.

Georgina Puchowski

Nutrition and Dietetics BSc (Hons)

You'll get access to modern facilities, like laboratories for many practicals in your first year, and simulation suites to help prepare you for placements in hospitals and community settings.

You'll get access to modern facilities, like laboratories for many practicals in your first year, and simulation suites to help prepare you for placements in hospitals and community settings.

Schools and departments

Department of Nutritional Sciences
Food Science MSc
Human Nutrition MSc
Nutritional Medicine MSc

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Wonderful things happen here

Learn from lecturers who’ve been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2017-18 for Further and Higher Education, in recognition of their research excellence in the field of food and nutrition. 

Professor Susan Lanham-New

Professor Susan Lanham-New talks about the food and nutrition research that led to us winning the award.

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Researcher pipetting a liquid into a microcentrifuge tube

Discover more about our ethos towards postgraduate study from our current students.

Students and graduates

Dr Akshay Alawani

Human Nutrition MSc

Since graduating, I’ve been working as a nutrition educator and doing nutrition consultancy. Soon, I’m planning on applying for a PhD, to contribute to the growth of nutritional science and teach. There’s still so much more to explore in nutrition and this truly excites me.

Since graduating, I’ve been working as a nutrition educator and doing nutrition consultancy. Soon, I’m planning on applying for a PhD, to contribute to the growth of nutritional science and teach. There’s still so much more to explore in nutrition and this truly excites me.

Alan Flanagan

Nutritional Medicine MSc

I took a step back from my law career in Dublin and I’m now a full-time PhD student at Surrey, further developing my capabilities as a nutrition researcher.

I took a step back from my law career in Dublin and I’m now a full-time PhD student at Surrey, further developing my capabilities as a nutrition researcher.

Schools and departments

Department of Nutritional Sciences