Sport Sciences


Kickstart your career in sports, exercise, and rehabilitation at UON, featuring hands-on learning in modern facilities and expert-led courses. Gain the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the sports industry while benefiting from unique opportunities like work placements and industry connections with our Sport and Exercise Science BSc or gain practical experience, preparing you to work with athletes and active individuals in injury prevention, assessment, and recovery with our Sport Rehabilitation and Conditioning BSc.

Our Sport Conditioning and Health Science courses focus on the scientific, health and business principles that underpin the sport and exercise industry.

Our undergraduate and postgraduate courses are practical-based, stimulating and research-informed – covering a range of topic areas including biomechanics, physiology and psychology.

During your studies, you can make use of our purpose-built laboratories and sports zone on campus to develop your knowledge and understanding of the key issues within sport and exercise science.

At UON, we have a wide range of sport activities which are open to all, as well as our Elite Athlete Scholarship; to find out more about how to get involved, see our Sport at UON hub.

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Physical Education and Sport BA (Hons)

This BA (Hons) degree explores the ways that sport, physical education and physical activity is delivered and organised across schools and local communities.

  • UG
  • BA (Hons)
  • UCAS: BA: C602 BA with Foundation: C604
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Physiotherapy BSc (Hons)

Practice-based education and research-informed prevention and management of population health. Apply now!

  • UG
  • BSc (Hons)
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Sport and Exercise Psychology BSc (Hons)

A pathway for careers in the field of sport and exercise psychology; you will cover all the core areas of psychology required for BPS accreditation.

  • UG
  • BSc (Hons)
  • UCAS: BSc: CC68 BSc with Foundation: CC86
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Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons)

Our course is practical-based, stimulating, well-structured and research-informed, covering a range of topic areas including biomechanics, physiology and psychology.

  • UG
  • BSc (Hons)
  • UCAS: BSc: C600 BSc with Foundation: C603
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Sport Coaching BSc (Hons)

The Sport Coaching degree will develop your expertise in sport coaching, to understand participants and their sport and how to plan, deliver and review training programmes.

  • UG
  • BSc (Hons)
  • UCAS: BSc: C610 BSc with Foundation: C611
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Sport Management and Leadership BSc (Hons)

Explore a variety of business and leadership disciplines from elite to grass roots including digital media, applied marketing, PR, brands, management, coaching and leadership.

  • UG
  • BSc (Hons)
  • UCAS: BSc: CN69 BSc with Foundation: NC96
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Sport Rehabilitation and Conditioning BSc (Hons)

The Sport Rehabilitation and Conditioning BSc (Hons) will develop you with the skills to prevent, assess, manage and rehabilitate people from sport related injuries.

  • UG
  • BSc (Hons)
  • UCAS: BSc: C630 BSc with Foundation: C631

Student Stories


Ewen Bufton

Sport MSc/ MA

Alysia Middleton

Physical Education and Sport BA