The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences has a reputation for academic excellence and you’ll learn from research-active staff working at the forefront of their specialist fields – well placed to support and guide you as you discover yours.

The foundation year provides a route onto a degree if you don't have the qualifications or have not studied advanced level subjects sufficiently related to your course of choice.

After successful completion of the Foundation Year in Sport and Exercise Sciences, you can progress on to one of the relevant BSc (Hons) degrees:

• BSc (Hons) Health and Exercise Science
• BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
• BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching and Development

Whichever route you take, you’ll have the skills and understanding you need to undertake further study or get started in your career.

After successful completion of the Foundation Year in Sport and Exercise Sciences, you can progress on to the relevant BSc (Hons) degree.

Our degrees open up a range of career paths in elite sports, community development, teaching, health and rehabilitation. You might want to work as a sports scientist with professional athletes and clubs or take a role in a hospital or medical centre specialising in health, fitness and rehabilitation. Or maybe you’d like to work in personal training or manage coaching programmes or sporting initiatives. Some of our graduates choose to go into teaching after studying for a PGCE, while others opt to carry on their studies with a masters or PhD. Whatever your career ambitions, our sport degrees will help offer you a path to success.