Sport Science and Management BSc (Hons)

This course lets you apply management theory and sport science to the real world, preparing you to become a confident and work-ready graduate.<br/><br/>You’ll study the fundamentals of core sports science alongside sports management. Using this knowledge, we’ll empower you to tackle the performance of sports and leisure organisations. If you’re a budding entrepreneur, we can even support you in developing your business idea.<br/><br/>Youll focus on developing essential management skills and explore the internal and external business environment, sports marketing, and strategic planning. Bringing these together, you’ll work on a business project with one of the sport and leisure organisations in our network, such as Nottingham Forest Football Club, who are also heavily involved in our Sports Marketing module.<br/><br/>Combining the best of sport, exercise science and management, this course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and experience to work at a management level within the sport and leisure industry or beyond. The course will enable you to explore essential sport science and management topics such as:<br/>- Sport and exercise science, including physiology, psychology and nutrition<br/><br/><br/>- Sports marketing<br/><br/><br/>- Applied strategic business analysis and management<br/><br/><br/>- Event management and entrepreneurship.<br/><br/><br/>**Why choose this course?**<br/><br/>You have the opportunity to:<br/>- work with leading sport and leisure management professionals<br/><br/><br/>- undertake a management work placement<br/><br/><br/>- engage with various sports and leisure organisations via consultancy projects and lectures.<br/><br/><br/>**Sport and Wellbeing Academy**<br/>Each year a number of our Sport Science students get the chance to work in our Sport and Wellbeing Academy. This exciting opportunity allows you to apply some of the theory youve learned in a real-world environment and develop the skills needed for working in industry. Working alongside our experienced Senior Exercise Practitioners youll have the opportunity to deliver exercise programmes to help improve the health and wellbeing of the local community.<br/><br/>You can also work with local schools to implement The Daily Mile which improves the fitness and concentration of their pupils. NTUs sports teams are currently in the top ten in the BUCS league (British Universities and Colleges Sport). Our aim is to reach the top and working in the Academy gives you the opportunity to work with our teams on their training, performance and nutrition to make this dream a reality.

If you’re looking for somewhere that’ll get you credibility, plenty of real-world experience, and the attention of employers, at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), you'll find all that and so much more.<br/><br/>They offer a huge range of undergraduate courses that have been created with careers in mind, built in collaboration with industry experts and accrediting bodies, with employer facing work experience included as standard – you’ll be sure to find a course to suit your interest and ambitions. <br/><br/>Choose to study at one of their university sites across Nottingham, and be a part of one of the UK’s top student cities with a reputation for being an affordable and friendly place to live. Or study in a vibrant capital city, at their newest campus in London, right in the creative core of one of the world’s top-ranked student cities. <br/><br/>Ranked 2nd in the UK for Student Life (University Compare 2026) and with NTU's accommodation gurantee, it's a place everyone can call home. Your first year of accommodation in Nottingham is guaranteed if you are offered and accept a place through Clearing (T&Cs apply). <br/><br/>Join NTU this September and enjoy GOLD-rated teaching, long-lasting employability support and incredible extracurricular opportunities at one of the UK’s largest and most applied to universities.<br/><br/>“Studying here has allowed me to challenge my perspectives and think critically. The support from tutors is second to none, and I've grown so much as a person and as a student.”<br/>Mary Jarvis, Psychology