Congratulations on your offer to study one of our Nutritional Sciences postgraduate degrees in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London; including Dietetics MSc/PGDip and Nutrition MSc.

We're thrilled to welcome you and look forward to you joining our community. Explore the content below for useful tips and information to help you prepare for your studies and get a feel for your course. There are so many ways you can keep connected over the next few months including chatting to both staff and students and attending events.

You will also find any upcoming events listed below, so please keep checking for updates.

• Explore our content below to find out more about our Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics courses.
• Chat 1-2-1 with one of our current students on unibuddy.
• Got a question? Chat to Programme Director Kevin Walsh or Clinical Placement Tutor Clare Cremin for Dietetics, or Dr Chris Corpe for Nutrition.
• Take an online tour of our Waterloo Campus - home of our courses.
• Take a look at some further information below for offer holders such as our Accommodation guide and pre-sessional English language programmes.

Watch a recording of the Careers and Student Experience Event for postgraduate offer holders. Hear from the panel consisting of staff from the faculty as well as current students. This event took place on 3 June 2024.

Please note: Captions for this video have been auto-generated and will be reviewed soon.

Founded in 1945, the Department of Nutritional Sciences was the first university department of nutrition in Europe and has been at the forefront of evidence-based nutritional science and dietetic research ever since. Our mission is to find new ways to prevent and treat disease by better understanding the mechanisms of human metabolism. Find out more about the department on the Department of Nutritional Sciences webpage.

• You will be invited to attend a mandatory induction session held in person at the Franklin Wilkins Building, Waterloo Campus. This is another opportunity to meet members of the team and ask any questions about the course. Importantly, you will also start to get to know one another.
• Teaching will start in late September.
• There will be a postgraduate student welcome reception held by the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at Guy's campus. Further details regarding locations and activities will be shared directly by the Faculty closer to the date.
• You will receive information about how and when to register from the Admissions Team. You will also be asked to complete an Occupational Health screening and Disclosure and Barring Service documentation.
• A member of the teaching team, Dr Erin Stella Sullivan, has gathered together some resources about dietetics careers which you may find interesting to engage with before and during the programme.

Watch Dr Chris Corpe deliver an overview of Nutrition MSc.

End of year exams for MSc Nutrition students are held in Period 2, which is normally in early May.

End of year exams will be in person at a college campus venue and students will be provided with a computer to type and submit their answers under timed conditions (2hrs). The exams will be invigilated and there will be no access to google or other websites.

Students who are unsuccessful in their end of year exams will need to resit their exams in Period 1, which is in early January the following year. Marks for resit exams are capped at 50%. Same as P2, all exams are in person and for a duration of 2 hours.