If you haven’t already, please view the routes to registration and required qualifications to help you decide which category of registration you should apply for.
Within Graduate registration, the route by which you can apply will depend on whether you have completed an SENR-accredited course or non-SENR-accredited course. The two routes are outlined below.
You can find a list of the SENR-accredited courses here. You must have completed a course that had SENR accreditation at the time that you were awarded your qualification. We are unable to recognise accreditation retrospectively.
If you are an HCPC registered dietitian you will need to follow a different process to join the graduate register - find out more here.
Graduate registration is for a maximum period of three years, by which time the registrant will be required to demonstrate the requirements for practitioner registration or be removed from the Graduate register.
It is your responsibility to begin the practitioner application process within an appropriate time frame to ensure your registration does not lapse.
SENR-accredited courses
Students graduating from an SENR-accredited course with an MSc (180 credits) will be eligible to join the SENR Graduate register.
How to apply if you have graduated from an SENR-accredited course
Please only use this online application process if you have completed an SENR-accredited course. You will need to complete an online application.
Please prepare the following documents as you will be required to submit these during the online application:
- Certificate for undergraduate degree
- Certificate from an SENR accredited course
- Proof of Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (completed within the last five years)
- Evidence of completion of anti-doping education certification. For applicants from the UK, the UKAD Introduction to clean sport (modules 1-6) is recommended. Applicants from outside the UK can submit evidence of an anti-doping education certification with equivalent modules.
Please note:
- You must provide your certificate from your SENR accredited course on application, no other alternative evidence is accepted for this requirement. If you do not have your certificate, you will need to wait and apply when you recieve it.
- SENR registrations require an active BDA membership, you can read more about the cost and payment options available here.
- The maximum period of SENR graduate registration is three years, and you are only allowed one period of graduate registration. You will be required to progress to Practitioner registration within those three years. Read more about how to progress to Practitioner registration.
- Please consider if this is the right time for you to make this application, as you will need to gain two to three years experience in the field of sports and exercise nutrition to apply for Practitioner registration. Practitioner registration is awarded to individuals who can demonstrate appropriate qualifications and proficiency gained after relevant professional experience.
Start your online application here, selecting, 'Sports Nutritionist'.
Non-SENR-accredited qualifications
You can still apply for SENR graduate registration if you have completed qualifications that are non-SENR-accredited.
You will need to provide us with additional evidence to help the assessment panel determine how well your qualifications meet the competency requirements of Section A of the Competency Framework.
If you haven't already, create an account for the BDA website as a non-member.
Prior to submitting your qualifications, you will need pay a Graduate registration application fee via the BDA shop here.
You will need to submit:
- Evidence (certificates and transcripts) to demonstrate completion of relevant undergraduate and postgraduate (MSc 180 credits) education in either Sport Nutrition, Sport and Exercise Nutrition or Nutrition and Exercise
- A completed Section A Competency Framework mapping document used to map your qualification content to the competencies required for graduate registration. You will need to provide evidence of the modules studied through module specifications and handbooks. If these are provided as hyperlinks embedded within the framework it is your responsibility to make sure these are accessible to the assessor panel for review
- Proof of Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (completed within the last five years)
- Evidence of completion of anti-doping education certification. For applicants from the UK, the UKAD Introduction to clean sport (modules 1-6) is recommended. Applicants from outside the UK can submit evidence of an anti-doping education certification with equivalent modules.
Please note:
- You must provide your certificate from your post graduate course on application, no other alternative evidence is accepted for this requirement. If you do not have your certificate, you will need to wait and apply when you recieve it.
- SENR registrations require an active BDA membership, you can read more about the cost and payment options available here.
- The maximum period of SENR graduate registration is three years, and you are only allowed one period of graduate registration. You will be required to progress to Practitioner registration within those three years. Read more about how to progress to Practitioner registration.
- Please consider if this is the right time for you to make this application, as you will need to gain two to three years experience in the field of sports and exercise nutrition to apply for Practitioner registration. Practitioner registration is awarded to individuals who can demonstrate appropriate qualifications and proficiency gained after relevant professional experience.