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.
- 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.
- Thanks to the applied nature of the course, and our focus on skills you’ll find useful in your career, 97.8% of our graduates were employed within six months of finishing their course.
Courses
| Course Name | Qualification | UCAS Code |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Education and School Sport | BA (Hons) | X390 |
| Sport & Exercise Psychology | BSc (Hons) | C813 |
| Sport & Exercise Science | MSci | C612 |
| Sport & Exercise Science | BSc (Hons) | C602 |
| Sport Management | BSc (Hons) | CN60 |
| Sports Coaching | BSc (Hons) | C610 |
| Sports Therapy | MSci | 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.
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Open Days and Virtual Events
If you are considering studying at Edge Hill University, the best way we usually recommend to gain an insight into the student experience is by attending an open day.
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.
You can view exclusive video content, including pre-recorded presentations about the University and our courses, take a virtual tour of the campus, and find out more about student life, accommodation and student support.
