Sports Science

SUBJECT LEAGUE TABLE 2025
Sports Science examines how exercise affects the human body and promotes health and wellbeing. It's often combined with academic subjects like Anatomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physiology and Psychology. The best Sports Science universities in the UK are ranked below, including courses on Sports Coaching and Sport Technology. Using this Sports Science league table you can explore the top universities for Sports in the UK, and then filter the results by what you find most important. You can search by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
Sports Science examines how exercise affects the human body and promotes health and wellbeing. It's often combined with academic subjects like Anatomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physiology and Psychology. The best Sports Science universities in the UK are ranked below, including courses on Sports Coaching and Sport Technology. Using this Sports Science league table you can explore the top universities for Sports in the UK, and then filter the results by what you find most important. You can search by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
Sports Science examines how exercise affects the human body and promotes health and wellbeing. It's often combined with academic subjects like Anatomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physiology and Psychology. The best Sports Science universities in the UK are ranked below, including courses on Sports Coaching and Sport Technology. Using this Sports Science league table you can explore the top universities for Sports in the UK, and then filter the results by what you find most important. You can search by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
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This table was updated on 24 May 2024.
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All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table view. Maximum scores for the measures:
Overall score: maximum score of 1000
Entry standards: no maximum score
Student satisfaction: maximum score of 4
Research quality: maximum score of 4
Continuation: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – outcomes: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – on track: maximum score of 100
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