An opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary research across various sports science fields. With a strong focus on practical experience and career development, we excel in enhancing the employability of our students. We will prepare you for diverse roles in the sports industry, academia, and the wider job market. Our projects are very flexible, enabling you to specialise in physical activity and health, sports performance, exercise physiology, or sports medicine.

Our Sport Science programme has a focus on sports performance, exercise physiology and physical activity for health.

Sports performance
Opportunities typically arise within professional sporting organisations and allow applicants to carry out research in an applied environment. You will also gain experience and learn the skills required to be a practitioner, often at an elite level.

Typical studies:
rugby
hockey
football

Exercise physiology
The study of the physiology of exercise, training and physical work. This includes the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to a wide range of exercise conditions [under the influence of various environmental factors such as temperature, pressure and altitude].

Typical studies:
investigations of the effectiveness of different training protocols
the potential advantages of ergogenic aids
control of exercise intensity and the underlying physiologic responses to these interventions
These may be undertaken both in the laboratory and in the field.

Physical activity for health
The study of physical activity and/or sedentary behaviours in different sections of the population, eg. children, school leavers, clinical groups.

Typical studies:
investigations of how much physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour is carried out by the cohort of interest
include the effectiveness of different interventions designed to improve health-enhancing activity related behaviours.
There are opportunities to conduct research in this area in a lab, field or applied setting.