Students will be supported to develop research questions and design a study that enables them to rigorously research their topic of interest and make an original contribution to the knowledge base of physical activity and/or nutrition in relation to public health. Topics may directly explore policy or practice issues, or contribute more broadly to physical activity and nutrition knowledge, working with specific population groups and communities, addressing systems of inequality and social disadvantage. Where appropriate, students are encouraged to work in collaboration with relevant organisations and/or user and interest groups to ensure their research outputs and key findings can directly inform policy, professional development, practice and service delivery.
Supervisors in Exercise, Nutrition and Health bring diverse interests across epidemiology (for example, associations between physical activity/diet and a range of chronic diseases across population groups); physical activity and dietary assessment (for example, development of indices to assess adherence to dietary patterns); the development and evaluation of physical activity and dietary interventions and/or services (for example, community programmes, school settings); and behaviour change (including the wider determinants of physical activity and diet and the psychological underpinnings of physical activity, nutrition and health).
Supervisors also have diverse expertise in research methods, such as qualitative methods (for example, informing and evaluating the development of interventions or service delivery); secondary data analysis (for example, using nationally representative population surveys and large prospective studies/big data); and scoping and systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the evidence base in physical activity and nutrition.
Career opportunities
The Exercise, Nutrition and Health programme offered by the University of Bristol establishes a sound research training base and provides practical experience, preparing you for different types of employment, including research, policy and intervention implementation.
Many of our students have continued with academic careers, either as post-doctoral researchers or as research associates in UK and international universities. Other students have been successful in a range of fields, including government policy and health promotion at a local, national and international level.
Programme Structure
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Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 88
PTE Academic: 67
IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
An upper second-class honours degree and a pass at MSc/MA level (or equivalent experience/qualification).
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International: 41,376 AUD / year (≈ 21,900 GBP / year)
- Domestic: 9,647 AUD / year (≈ 5,106 GBP / year)
Additional Details
Home: part-time £2,553 per year
Living costs
Bristol, United Kingdom: 1,417-2,381 AUD / month
