Sport and Exercise Science, BSc (Hons)
Swansea UniversityBay Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
BSc Sport & Exercise Science at Swansea provides you with a solid foundation in understanding, measuring and enhancing human performance and health across diverse contexts – from elite sport to public health and clinical settings. Our course combines scientific rigour with practice-informed education, empowering you to enhance performance, health and wellbeing across diverse communities. You will study core disciplinary science, such as physiology, biomechanics, psychology, nutrition and ethics, and apply your learning across a range of settings, including laboratories and placements.
You will benefit from a research-led, practice-informed curriculum, developing scientific literacy, ethical awareness, and professional skills, guided each step of the way by our expert academic team. As you progress through our course, you will have the option to tailor your studies to align with your interests, career plans, or future study, and open the door to progressive opportunities, such as applied learning, placements and research.
Key highlights
- Core science in physiology, biomechanics, psychology, nutrition and ethics
- Applies learning in laboratories and through placements
- Covers performance and health from elite sport to clinical settings
- Research-led, practice-informed curriculum guided by expert academics
- Option to tailor studies to interests and career plans
- Opportunities for applied learning, placements and research projects
Entry requirements
- A-level: AAB-BCC — AAB-BCC.
- UCAS tariff points: 120 — …minimum of 33 Distinctions, 9 Merits and 3 Credits at Level 3 Distinction 120 UCAS tariff points from 3 highest qualificatons 32 points
Scholarships
International Excellence Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).
Swansea University Sport Scholarship
Financial support (of up to £2000).
Thrive Bursary
The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Sports scientist
- Exercise physiologist
- Strength and conditioning coach
- Performance analyst
- Health and fitness adviser
- Sports development officer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £22,050 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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