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Dietetics
|MSc, PG Dip
|Full Time
| Admissions status: Closed
Gain the knowledge, skill and professional attitude necessary to practise as a state-registered dietitian. Includes modules, practical placements and a research project. On successful completion you can apply for registration as a UK dietitian.
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KEY BENEFITS
- Successful completion of examinations and placements will make you eligible to apply for registration as a dietitian in the UK.
- A fully integrated campus and placement programme that features interprofessional learning with students from other health disciplines.
- Teaching by research-active dietitians and practitioners who are experts in their fields, with access to first-class research facilities.
- Located in the heart of London.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Jane Thomas
Accreditation
Successful completion of examinations and placements will make you eligible to apply for registration by the HPC (Health Professions Council) as a dietitian in the UK.
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
MSc UK 180/ECTS 90; PG Dip120/ECTS 60
Duration
MSc: 22 months FT. PG Dip: 17 months FT. Both programmes include practical placements.
Location
Waterloo Campus; placements in London.
Student destinations
As public interest in food and health grows, career opportunities for qualified dietitians are expanding every year. The largest employer of our graduates is the NHS, either in hospital or community health services, but former students have also found employment throughout the world in a range of organisations including research institutes, consumer groups, food retailers, and government departments and agencies. Others have become successful food and health journalists or developed careers in the food and pharmaceutical industries.
Year of entry 2012
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