Postgraduate Diploma - 120 credits

You’ll work through eight 15-credit courses to earn your PgDip in Clinical Nutrition.

You can begin in September or January and progress at a pace that suits you.

Duration

It takes a minimum of 20 months to complete the PgDip. To study part-time, we recommend you take no more than 30 credits per term.

In this flexible PgDip, you can also take breaks between courses.

Compulsory course

15 credits

Clinical Nutrition for Disease Prevention

  • January

Core courses

Choose at least one of these courses.

15 credits

Assessment of Nutritional Status

  • September
15 credits

Foundations of Human Nutrition and Metabolism

  • September

Optional courses

Choose additional courses from this selection to make your credits up to 120.

15 credits

Designing Real-World Trials

  • September
15 credits

Epidemiology

  • September
15 credits

Fundamentals of Research Design

  • September
15 credits

Key Concepts in Global Health

  • September
15 credits

Qualitative Health Research

  • September
15 credits

Women’s Health in a Global Setting

  • September
15 credits

Applied Statistics

  • January
15 credits

Challenges in Global Nutrition

  • January
15 credits

Health Economics

  • January
15 credits

Health Informatics

  • January
15 credits

Molecular Nutrition

  • January
15 credits

Nutrition and Health Through the Life Stages

  • January
15 credits

Public Health in Action

  • January
15 credits

Sustainable Diets and Global Food Systems

  • January
15 credits

Systematic Reviews for Clinical Practice and Health Policy

  • January

Optional courses - Summer term

You may optionally choose a maximum of one of these 30-credit options in place of two 15-credit courses.

30 credits

Evaluating Policy Effects in Practice (Case study)

  • June
30 credits

Extended Work-Based Placement in Applied Health Sciences

  • June
30 credits

Short Research Project in Human Nutrition

  • June

We will endeavour to make all course options available; however, these may be subject to change. Further information about potential changes can be viewed here.