The IOPN Master Practitioner Diploma is exclusively available to graduates of the following IOPN programmes:
IOPN Diploma in Performance Nutrition
IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition
IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition (CFI, OfQual AO)
Students / graduates of programmes outside of the IOPN will be advised to apply for the IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition (CFI, OfQual AO), prior to enrolling on the IOPN Master Practitioner Diploma.
Graduates of the following IOPN programmes, please note the following details:
Graduated from | Am I eligible for the IOPN Master Practitioner Diploma? | Will I be required to undertake an RPL examination? | Notes |
IOPN Diploma in Performance Nutrition | Yes (subject to successful completion of the RPL examination) | Yes (see section below) | This programme has been discontinued following the launch of the IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition. |
IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition | Yes | No | This programme was accredited by CFI (OfQual AO) in November 2022 — we are therefore no longer accepting enrolments on to this programme. |
IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition (CFI, OfQual) | Yes | No | This is the most up to date version of the IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition and is accredited by CFI (OfQual AO). |
Degree or professional programme achieved outside of the IOPN | No | N/A | Graduates of programmes outside of the IOPN will be required to enrol on the IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition (CFI, OfQual AO) prior to enrolling on the IOPN Master Practitioner Diploma. |
RPL examination for graduates of the IOPN Diploma in Performance Nutrition
As per the table above, graduates of the IOPN Diploma in Performance Nutrition who wish to enrol on the IOPN Master Practitioner Diploma will be eligible subject to the successful completion of the RPL examination. These students will be required to sit one open-book exam that covers the outstanding assessment criteria not covered in the legacy IOPN Diploma in Performance Nutrition but addressed in the IOPN Diploma in Sports Nutrition (CFI, OfQual AO). Alternatively, those graduates who can demonstrate tangible evidence related to the assessment criteria of the exam can submit this as alternative evidence, which will be considered.