The Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences programmes at Brunel University London are currently ranked among the best in London (The Complete University Guide 2017). As a Brunel student, you will enjoy research-led teaching of the highest quality; quality that will stand you in good stead in your future employment.

Our great location in London, plus our strong links with sports personnel, organisations and institutions at local, regional, national and international levels, enables us to offer our students considerable opportunities for career progression.

As a Human Performance pathway student, you will develop detailed knowledge and understanding of the scientific principles underpinning sport, health, and exercise sciences from a human performance perspective. The critical focus is on the areas of biomechanics, physiology, and psychology although the opportunity to pursue other complementary disciplines exists. You will learn how to monitor, evaluate and enhance sport and exercise performance in laboratory and field settings and how to design, and conduct experiments.

We prepare you for a broad range of career opportunities in a wide range of sport-related jobs, in areas such as coaching, consultancy, fitness testing and training, higher education and research, sport development, sport management, teaching, and youth work.

Graduates have found positions with, among others, the UK and regional Sports Councils, national governing bodies for sport, international organisations, sports clothing/footwear companies, professional clubs and local authorities, as well as in the leisure industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the armed forces.

Undergraduate study can prepare you for PGCert (Education) courses and Master’s degrees.

95% of our graduates go on to work and/or study six months after finishing the course*.

* Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) 2015/16

All of our new undergraduate programmes comprise discrete study blocks, which enables students to draw on the knowledge and skills acquired from a combination of study blocks; such integrated learning is a proven cornerstone of effective learning. You only have to decide on your pathway at the start of your second year at Brunel.

Level 1
Compulsory

• Fundamentals of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
• Research and Learning Skills I
• Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
• Introduction to the Social Sciences of Sport
• Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing
• Synoptic Study 1

Level 2
Compulsory

• Biomechanics of Human Movement
• Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing in the Lifecourse
• Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
• Theory and Application in Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Research and Learning Skills II
• Work Based Learning
• Synoptic study II

Optional (choose one from):

• Applying Sport Sciences to Practice: Coaching and Teaching Effectiveness
• Physical Literacy and Child Development
• Delivery of Sports Development
• Young People, Sport and Identity
• Pedagogy and Policy: Individual Needs

Sandwich Placement

For all students selecting the sandwich option (40-week placement in third of four years), the following study block is compulsory:

• Work Placement Workshops
• Work Placement

Level 3
Compulsory

• Major Project
• Biomechanical Analysis Techniques
• Issues in Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing
• Physiology of the High Performance Athlete
• Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Employability and Professional Development
• Synoptic study III

Optional (choose one with appropriate level 2 pre-requisites):

• Pedagogy and Policy: Critical Issues
• Physical Literacy and the Learning Environment
• Sport, Media and Communication
• Managing Sport Development
• Applying Sport Sciences to Practice: Training Principles

• GPA 5.0 or 80%

  75% is required in any specific subjects that are stated in GCE A-level entry requirements above.

  • IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
  • Pearson: 58 (51 in all subscores)
  • BrunELT: 65% (min 55% in all areas)