Sport and Exercise Science (With Professional Practice Year) - BSc (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

(The Guardian University Guide, 2026). If you are fascinated by the science behind sport and exercise performance, this course gives you the opportunity to learn from and be part of a world-leading research team, using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities in a high-performance environment. The course combines scientific knowledge and sports performance with lab work, and offers specialist units in biomechanics, exercise physiology and social psychology, to name a few.

\ Take your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.

\ This course is endorsed by the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES) and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), allowing you to work towards CIMSPA professional standards in gym instruction, personal training and working with people with long-term conditions.

\ Six CASES-accredited laboratories\ Environmental chamber\ Biochemical analysis laboratory\ Mechanical treadmill\ Expired gas analysis\ Hydrostatic weighing tank\ Biomechanics labs with 3D camera system\ Echocardiogram machine\ Purpose-built strength and conditioning facility with Olympic weight room\ State-of-the-art gym with free membership for students\ Fully supervised, on-site sports therapy and rehabilitation centre with a sports injury clinic, open to staff, students and external athletes/clients

\ We are official partners of Luton Town FC and Bedford Blues RFC as well as other sporting organisations in the region such as Bedford Tigers RLFC, MK Dons, Cricket East and Be Active, giving you opportunities to build your employability through work placements. We are also an Educational Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).

\ Learn in a

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offering research opportunities and skills development rare to the UK. Be part of a team

governing bodies and government initiatives. Gain

at our on-site [

](https://www.beds.ac.uk/human-performance-centre/exercise-clinic/) and [

](https://www.beds.ac.uk/human-performance-centre/), which offers testing to sports people, teams and the general public for fitness, flexibility and body composition assessments. Take up

with our official partners Luton Town FC and Bedford Blues RFC as well as other sporting organisations such as Bedford Tigers RLFC; MK Dons; Cricket East and Be Active. Enhance your learning through

to destinations such as St George’s Park, Burton-upon-Trent, the home of England Football; Luton Town FC; Northampton Saints physio centre; and King’s College, London's anatomy rooms. Hear from

who attend our ISPAR seminar series. Previous speakers have included Tom Bromley (MK Dons); Jack Wells (PGA); Akash Modhwadia (Strength and conditioning coach at MK Dons); Marsha Brierley (Behaviour Change Practitioner at Buckinghamshire Public Health). Benefit from the support of

who will guide you throughout your student journey. Our Bedford campus is a small, thriving academic community where

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