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:
- 1st in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2026
- 2nd in the UK for nutrition and dietetics for overall student satisfaction* in the National Student Survey 2025
- 2nd in the UK by the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024
- 3rd in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2025
- You’ll have access to our £12.5m Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory, so you can gain practical experience valued by a wide range of employers
- Have great graduate prospects - 92% of our undergraduate and 100% of our postgraduate taught and research School of Biosciences graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2025, HESA).
*Measured by % positivity across all questions for all providers listed in the Guardian University Guide League Tables.
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.
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.
Schools and departments
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.
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.
Schools and departments
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 talks about the food and nutrition research that led to us winning the award.
Discover more about our ethos towards postgraduate study from our current students.
