Sport and Exercise Science Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Want a career where you could play a major role in a top athlete’s success or help an injured or elderly person to walk again? Our Sport and Exercise Science degree leads to lots of exciting opportunities, pushing the boundaries of human performance.

We have graduates who run their own businesses, work for professional football clubs and national sport institutes, and who’ve landed jobs as far afield as the US and Australia. It all began with the skills, experience and connections they developed here at Staffordshire University.

Our degree is also endorsed by the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES), which means we meet rigorous national standards. 

What’s more, our industry links include associations with professional sports clubs, national governing bodies, healthcare providers and education and training providers.

On the course, you’ll explore the fundamentals of exercise physiology, sport psychology and biomechanics. It will involve practical studies in both laboratory and field settings, using our contacts with a wide range of organisations.

You’ll learn how to apply your skills and knowledge in different ways, so you could be working in elite sport, helping with rehabilitation, or improving health and wellbeing within the community. You could be putting data to use or developing personalised intervention programmes and coaching regimes.

Our facilities include specialist labs for physiology, body composition, biomechanics, and strength and conditioning. From building muscle strength through applying appropriate training principles - including the use of Olympic weightlifting - through to understanding the science of movement and the physiological and psychological demands of human performance and rehabilitation, you’ll get to grips with lots of specialist equipment.

Other opportunities include working for our Peak Condition Service, where you’ll help real athletes under supervision from CASES-accredited staff.

Additionally, you’ll be delving more deeply into how we get the body working better with exercise interventions. We cover all aspects of strength and conditioning, endurance training, and rehabilitation, while exploring how individuals can achieve optimum performance. We continue to develop ties with the International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association (IUSCA) who offer summer placements supporting athletes and university sport in the USA.

Our academics bring a wealth of expertise and experience to the degree, including world-class research in areas such as the biomechanics of movement and human performance, nutritional support of athletes, and psychological wellbeing and performance under pressure. You can get involved with supporting their research projects, as well as completing your own piece of research for your dissertation.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science or BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Strength and Conditioning).