Courses
To turn your passion for sport into a dream job, you need skills and experience. Here at Edge Hill, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to practice for a lifelong career as a professional.
With excellent facilities, like our Sports Centre and labs, and exciting projects including research and real-life work placements, you’ll be active from day one of your course. Whatever area of sport, physical activity and health you decide to focus on, we’ll support you every step of the way.
- Work on real life projects or go on work placements with national sports teams, local clubs, schools, and community sport and health organisations. The applied nature of our course encourages you to develop skills you’ll find useful in your career.
- Many of our courses are accredited or endorsed by professional statutory regulatory bodies. You’ll be one step closer to professional status, whether you want to be a coach, a teacher, a manager, a sports therapist or a sport and exercise scientist.
- Our open-access laboratories, state of the art facilities and specialist equipment is available to you from day one. Perhaps that’s why we are 2nd in the North West for learning resources (National Student Survey 2021 – Sport and Exercise Sciences).
Courses
| Course Name | Qualification | UCAS Code |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Education and School Sport | BA (Hons) | X390 |
| Sport & Exercise Psychology | BSc (Hons) | C813 |
| Sport & Exercise Science | MSci (Hons) | C612 |
| Sport & Exercise Science | BSc (Hons) | C602 |
| Sport Management | BSc (Hons) | CN60 |
| Sports Coaching | BSc (Hons) | C610 |
| Sports Therapy | MSci (Hons) | CB64 |
| Sports Therapy | BSc (Hons) | CB63 |
Student Views
Sport and Physical Activity in the News
Facilities
All courses in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity place a strong emphasis on practical work, underpinned by outstanding facilities including dedicated biochemistry, biomechanics, performance analysis, physiology and psychology laboratories.
There is a dedicated sports therapy clinic, providing a clinical learning environment in which to gain practical experience, as well as a functional rehabilitation centre where bespoke rehabilitation programmes for individuals or small groups can be implemented.
Cutting-edge musculoskeletal assessment tools combine with a dedicated strength and conditioning area in our MSk laboratory, while a Sleep, Exercise and Performance laboratory enables you to measure the responses of individuals to sleep, sleep deprivation and changes in the circadian rhythms of a variety of biological processes.
Additional learning resources include eye-tracking systems in a specialist vision analysis laboratory where you can measure hand-eye coordination, ocular-motor control and other mechanisms associated with visual perception.
Complementing the impressive academic facilities, there are £30 million of sport and leisure facilities across 60 acres on campus.
Sport and Physical Activity 360 Virtual Tour
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Open Days and Virtual Events
If you are considering studying at Edge Hill University, the best way to gain an insight into the student experience is to discover our stunning campus for yourself by attending an open day.
You can tour the campus, including the halls of residence, with a student guide. There will also be opportunities to attend presentations and view subject facilities.
Alternatively, our virtual open day pages offer the chance to discover everything that Edge Hill University has to offer and find out more about any subjects of interest, including sport and physical activity, through a series of online activities.
Book your place at an open day
View our virtual open day pages
