Sport and Exercise Sciences
Turn your passion into a fulfilling and rewarding career. Inspire the next generation of sportsmen and women. Help people become healthier, play a key role in the prevention of disease and perfect your craft in our state-of-the-art laboratories.
Courses we offer
Our Sports Sciences courses are ranked 17th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2024). As well as this, we’re proud to be shortlisted for University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards 2024.
Our suite of Sport and Exercise Sciences degrees will help you develop skills in coaching, exercise leadership and management, introductory sports and exercise sciences, and the social contexts in which sport and exercise exists. Take a look below to find the right course for you.
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Join an exciting and growing sector
By studying Sport here at Sunderland, you’ll be putting your future career in the best of hands. Our innovative courses have been developed in consultation with industry and sport and exercise governing bodies, and are supported by excellent teaching.
In addition, with increasing concerns and awareness about less-active, sedentary lifestyles, poor diets and mental health, there is a drive for well-qualified and experienced sport, exercise, health and nutrition professionals. You could be one of those professionals delivering the services that are needed to get the country fit and active, ensuring that we have sportsmen and women who can compete at the highest levels.