Sport & Exercise Science with a Year Abroad

BSc Sport & Exercise Science at Swansea provides you with a solid foundation in understanding, measuring and enhancing human performance and health across diverse contexts – from elite sport to public health and clinical settings.

Our course combines scientific rigour with practice-informed education, empowering you to enhance performance, health and wellbeing across diverse communities. You will study core disciplinary science, such as physiology, biomechanics, psychology, nutrition and ethics, and apply your learning across a range of settings, including laboratories and placements.

You will benefit from a research-led, practice-informed curriculum, developing scientific literacy, ethical awareness, and professional skills, guided each step of the way by our expert academic team.

As you progress through our course, you will have the option to tailor your studies to align with your interests, career plans, or future study, and open the door to progressive opportunities, such as applied learning, placements and research.

BSc Sport & Exercise Science at Swansea University is an Undergraduate Endorsed Course by The Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).

s a BSc Sport & Exercise student at Swansea University, you will have access to specialist laboratories and applied settings that mirror contemporary sport, health and performance environments. You will experience cutting-edge facilities, such as:


• Our Biomechanics Lab - featuring multicamera motion capture, force platforms, and wearable sensors.



• Our Exercise Physiology Lab - supporting cardiopulmonary assessments, blood collection and analysis, muscle strength and function testing, vascular function testing and environmental physiology.



You will experience a blend of hands-on practical sessions, problem-based learning, and data-driven analysis using industry-standard software and technologies. Your experience will be further enriched through guest lectures, live projects and opportunities for placements and internships that will allow you to connect theory to real-world practice.

This programme includes opportunities to undertake a Year Abroad, enhancing your learning and offering invaluable life experience.

Kickstart a bright future at Swansea University.

With around 300,000 residents, Swansea isn’t the biggest city this side of the Severn, but she’s got a big personality with a cost of living that’s refreshingly affordable compared to most other UK cities. Whether you like to explore the outdoors, take in a bit of culture, or anything in between, Swansea has something for everyone.

As a student at Swansea University, you'll benefit from a friendly, inclusive community and opportunities to gain skills that last a lifetime. Alongside first-class resources that include a mock court room, indoor athletics centre & virtual reality lab, you'll learn from leading academics, in a supportive and nurturing environment.

With 120 societies, 50 sports clubs and 12 months of must-see events, you’ll find plenty to keep you busy between lectures.

Whoever you are and whoever you want to be, you'll find yourself right at home in Swansea.