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 2nd in the UK for food science by the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, 2nd in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2023 and 10th in the UK for nutrition and food science by the Guardian University Guide 2023. We are also ranked 4th for food sciences in the National Student Survey 2022.
  • You’ll have access to our £12.5 million 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, 95 per cent of our postgraduate taught and 100 per cent of our postgraduate research biosciences and medicine graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes survey 2022, HESA).

Students and graduates