Sport and Exercise Nutrition

Fuel sport performance at every level. Build in-demand sport and exercise nutrition expertise with hands-on learning, industry experience, and elite facilities.

How can you use food and exercise to unlock peak human performance? From casual gym-goers to elite athletes, sport and exercise nutrition fuses cutting-edge science to optimise health, fuel performance, and enhance recovery at every level.

You'll explore the science of food, learn how the body responds to exercise, and investigate how nutrition influences physiology, metabolism, psychology, performance, and wellbeing. Linking theory with practical experience, you'll build the skills that employers and professional practitioners are actively looking for. You'll develop your expertise in highly specialised facilities at Leeds Beckett, a university globally renowned for sport degrees.

As part of this course, you'll:


• Explore how nutritional science affects every aspect of exercise, from performance to recovery and everyday health



• Refine and combine your understanding of nutrition, physiology, and behaviour - using key ideas to achieve client goals



• Conduct client interviews, dietary assessments, and design tailored nutrition plans



• Apply the skills you learn and build your confidence with real people through hands-on labs, assessments, workshops, and placements



By graduation, you'll be fully prepared to become a professional sport and exercise nutritionist, with a highly desirable skill set that opens doors across sport, health, nutrition, and performance settings.

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Professional focus from the start
This sport and exercise nutrition degree is designed to meet the professional standards of the Sport & Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr), giving you a direct route into sport, health, and performance careers. You'll gain the knowledge, skills, and unrivalled confidence that employers actively seek in nutrition professionals.

World-class facilities
You'll learn in our £45m Carnegie School of Sport building, full of specialist, state-of-the-art facilities. These include dedicated research laboratories, a nutrition kitchen, hypoxic lab, biomechanics lab, physiology labs, strength and conditioning suites, performance testing spaces, and an immersive Igloo environment for experimental learning. This is where you'll develop the skills to shape the future of sport and exercise nutrition.

Experience that sets you apart
Placements and volunteering are central to your learning. Previous students have worked with professional teams and at global events like the Olympics and World Athletics Championships, gaining practical experience, next-level industry insight, and a competitive edge.

Explore nutrition in the real world
Through applied lab work, placements, and volunteering, you'll gain experience working with real people in varied sport and health settings. You'll graduate with the skills to support athletes at the top of their game, as well as individuals and communities looking to improve their health, recovery, and long-term wellbeing.

Why study the BSc Sport & Exercise Nutrition course at Leeds Beckett University?


- Industry-recognised - study a SENr-aligned degree, designed to meet professional standards and fast-track your career


- Strong graduate outcomes - 92.3% of graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation*


- Train like a professional - learn in industry-standard facilities, including specialist labs, nutrition kitchens, performance suites, and immersive environments


- Build real experience via placements and volunteering opportunities with sport teams, clubs, and major events to boost your confidence and CV


• Gain the Leeds advantage - be part of a dynamic sporting and health community in one of the UK's top cities for sport



*Percentage of respondents from this course, HESA Graduate Outcomes 23-24

Curiosity needs thinkers, makers, and dreamers. It needs you!

Leeds Beckett believes that when unlike minds come together, incredible things happen. That’s why they don’t just teach; they collaborate, challenge and inspire.

Their courses are meticulously designed, combining practical experience through work placements with a vibrant location at the heart of one of the UK’s largest student communities. Boasting a top 10 UK ranking for both course quality and student life (Unicompare 2026) and a prestigious five-star QS rating, LBU sets the standard for excellence.

The university prioritises student wellbeing and stands among just seven universities nationwide to earn the University Mental Health Charter Award - proof of their unwavering commitment to advancing mental health and wellbeing.

All of this is why 98% of Leeds Beckett students and graduates would recommend studying at the university to a friend (Unicompare, 2024 reviews).