Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons)

Our Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) degree aims to develop your scientific and critical understanding of issues relevant to sport and exercise, to improve both performance and health. It brings together a diverse and fascinating range of subjects, including anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, psychology, and nutrition. You’ll learn how the body responds and adapts to exercise, how to optimise sport performance and how to promote positive behaviour change to improve health.

You’ll use the fantastic range of facilities and specialist equipment in our biomechanics and physiology laboratories: from measuring fitness through gas analysis and muscle strength through isokinetic dynamometry, to measuring reaction forces on the Kistler Force Plate, and capturing high-speed movements on our 3D motion analysis system. Over 93% of students on this course who participated in the 2025 National Student Survey agreed that teaching on this course was high quality. As well as delving into sport and exercise science on campus, you’ll gain real-world experience on a work placement in your second year, while also putting the skills and knowledge gained on the course to the test.

This provides the opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience that employers are looking for in graduates. In your final year you’ll complete a student-led research project. You’ll be taught by lecturers with a wealth of experience, who are research active and helping to shape real-world practice, meaning you’ll learn the very latest industry knowledge.