The MSci Sport Coaching Science integrated degree aims to develop your understanding of the dynamic and complex interactions which exist within the coaching environment. You’ll investigate the science behind performance for athletes and coaches, while developing vital coaching skills – positioning you at the forefront of the industry and as a foundation for future employment.

Our Sports Science courses are ranked in the top 20 in the UK for teaching satisfaction by the Guardian University Guide 2022.

This programme explores key pathways in pedagogy, leadership and coaching sciences such as physiology, biomechanics, psychology, ethics, and performance analysis – offering opportunities to explore theoretical and practical issues throughout. The course provides you with an insightful awareness of how theory from a range of areas can both inform and be informed by practice, in order to develop your critical and innovative problem-solving abilities.

Graduates from this course can go on to work in:

• professional sports coaching
• roles within professional sport clubs
• roles within national governing bodies
• coach education
• coaching science – eg position-specific coaching roles, analyst.