Food Science and Nutrition at Northumbria University, Newcastle
Food Science and Nutrition (BSc (Hons), BD46) at Northumbria University, Newcastle: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on northumbria.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check northumbria.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
45% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 112–127 points.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- BD46 · B4 nutrition + D6 food and beverage studies
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
Accredited by the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST). More ↗
Accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN) for the purpose of eligibility for Direct Entry Registration at Associate Level with the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 85%
0%
left higher education
UK 10%
10%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course91%90%
Learning opportunities82%87%
Assessment and feedback93%83%
Academic support100%89%
Organisation and management77%84%
Learning resources79%89%
Student voice91%84%
10 final-year students · 73% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
3 years£22.5k5 years£31.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
90% working10% working and studying
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, England
- Postcode
- NE1 8ST
Subjects
nutrition subjects allied to medicine
Campus
- Campus
- Northumbria University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Nutrition and dietetics at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Spa University | Food with Nutrition BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 112–127 |
| Edge Hill University | Nutrition & Health BSc (Hons) | 104 - 112 points | 128–143 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Human Nutrition and Dietetics BSc (Hons) | BCC | 192–207 |
| Abertay University | Fitness, Nutrition and Health BSc (Hons) | CCC | 128–143 |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Biomedical Sciences (Health Exercise and Nutrition) (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 56 points | — |
| Bristol, UWE | Food, Nutrition and Health BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Coventry University | Dietetics BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Health Sciences University | Human Nutrition BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Northumbria University, Newcastle | Food Science and Nutrition this course | — | 112–127 |
| University of Chester | Food Science and Nutrition BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| University of Greenwich | Human Nutrition and Health BSc (Hons) | — | — |
See all 110 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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