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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Overall score/ Max 100
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Entry standards/ Max 213
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Student satisfaction/ Max 4
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Research quality/ Max 4
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Contin - uation/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – outcomes/ Max 100
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123 14 15 16 378 491011 712 113 714 215 1216 817 218 119 220 121 822 1523 224 925 126 1227 528 429 530 131 832 233 2334 635 1236 537 138 239 940 841 542 743 1244 245 246 147 548 1049 650 751 252 1753 354 1055 856 557 458 1259 660 561 662 463 964 265 666 1067 768 769 570 871 272 373 57475 476 477 New78 179 280 181 182 4838485 386 1
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100.0 100%99.5 100%99.0 99%97.9 98%97.9 98%96.9 97%96.9 97%96.0 96%95.7 96%95.7 96%95.5 96%95.1 95%94.4 94%93.5 94%92.9 93%92.9 93%92.7 93%92.2 92%92.2 92%92.1 92%91.4 91%91.4 91%91.2 91%91.2 91%91.2 91%91.1 91%90.9 91%90.8 91%90.7 91%90.7 91%90.7 91%90.4 90%90.4 90%90.4 90%90.0 90%90.0 90%90.0 90%89.8 90%89.8 90%89.6 90%89.5 90%89.3 89%89.1 89%89.0 89%88.9 89%88.9 89%88.8 89%88.3 88%88.3 88%88.2 88%87.9 88%87.8 88%87.7 88%87.6 88%87.1 87%87.1 87%87.0 87%86.6 87%86.6 87%86.4 86%86.3 86%86.1 86%86.0 86%85.8 86%85.6 86%85.5 86%85.5 86%85.2 85%85.0 85%84.7 85%84.5 85%84.2 84%84.2 84%84.0 84%83.9 84%83.8 84%83.5 84%83.4 83%83.3 83%81.8 82%80.5 81%80.5 81%78.9 79%78.8 79%75.9 76%70.0 70%
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165 78%163 77%213 100%172 81%157 74%151 71%157 74%180 84%158 74%141 66%145 68%147 69%145 68%135 63%138 65%198 93%138 65%144 67%138 65%147 69%179 84%140 66%141 66%135 63%134 63%147 69%149 70%127 60%128 60%123 58%134 63%145 68%128 60%134 63%138 65%132 62%128 60%135 64%210 98%142 67%129 61%130 61%120 57%122 57%117 55%139 65%125 59%131 61%144 67%130 61%132 62%134 63%130 61%161 76%121 57%112 53%133 62%126 59%135 63%164 77%125 59%131 61%120 57%161 76%113 53%129 61%112 52%106 50%154 73%126 59%123 58%137 64%126 59%125 59%126 59%112 53%123 58%103 48%119 56%106 50%95 45%114 53%110 52%112 52%135 63%107 50%
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3.10 77%3.26 82%3.19 80%3.09 77%3.01 75%3.59 90%3.10 77%3.20 80%2.86 72%3.70 93%3.25 81%3.17 79%3.06 77%3.35 84%3.28 82%2.76 69%3.18 80%3.12 78%3.30 82%3.10 78%2.98 74%3.56 89%3.27 82%3.27 82%3.26 81%3.31 83%3.17 79%3.38 84%3.32 83%3.26 82%3.13 78%3.06 77%3.12 78%3.19 80%3.10 77%3.20 80%3.13 78%3.12 78%3.11 78%n/a3.01 75%3.03 76%3.12 78%3.17 79%3.20 80%3.17 79%3.27 82%3.15 79%3.16 79%3.41 85%3.21 80%3.03 76%3.30 83%3.35 84%2.99 75%3.15 79%3.17 79%3.10 78%3.19 80%2.83 71%3.18 79%3.14 79%3.42 86%3.31 83%3.08 77%3.22 80%3.22 80%3.46 87%3.12 78%3.03 76%3.28 82%3.39 85%2.98 75%3.32 83%3.15 79%3.22 81%2.97 74%3.47 87%2.81 70%3.35 84%3.09 77%3.14 79%3.53 88%2.75 69%2.99 75%3.29 82%
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3.53 88%3.63 91%3.56 89%3.48 87%3.63 91%3.02 76%3.78 95%2.92 73%3.51 88%3.32 83%3.48 87%3.67 92%3.27 82%3.31 83%3.25 81%3.30 83%3.40 85%3.16 79%3.36 84%3.41 85%3.02 76%2.92 73%2.91 73%2.93 73%3.13 78%2.36 59%3.42 86%2.43 61%2.78 70%3.10 78%3.30 83%3.18 80%2.95 74%2.89 72%3.00 75%2.50 63%3.65 91%3.25 81%n/a2.77 69%3.09 77%3.19 80%3.09 77%3.20 80%3.21 80%2.51 63%3.21 80%3.25 81%3.01 75%2.21 55%2.49 62%3.19 80%2.80 70%2.51 63%2.75 69%3.06 77%2.33 58%2.58 65%2.53 63%2.76 69%2.64 66%2.60 65%2.58 65%2.53 63%2.80 70%2.59 65%3.08 77%2.79 70%2.84 71%3.01 75%1.03 26%n/a2.76 69%3.04 76%2.43 61%2.11 53%2.62 66%2.50 63%2.42 61%2.67 67%2.93 73%2.44 61%n/an/an/an/a
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97.3 97%97 97%96.6 97%92.5 93%98.6 99%92.2 92%96 96%100 100%97.8 98%93.3 93%96.3 96%92.9 93%97.7 98%88.1 88%96.2 96%96.4 96%94.4 94%90.9 91%89.6 90%88.9 89%91.6 92%81.4 81%88 88%89.2 89%95 95%91.9 92%86.2 86%80.9 81%95.1 95%89 89%88.2 88%87.8 88%89.6 90%94.9 95%92.2 92%89 89%91.4 91%90.5 91%95.2 95%78 78%93.1 93%90 90%93.1 93%83.7 84%91.2 91%88.3 88%88.5 89%84.1 84%84.5 85%87 87%90.5 91%92.5 93%87.5 88%92.1 92%87.9 88%84 84%86.9 87%92.5 93%81.6 82%92.4 92%86.5 87%89.6 90%84.8 85%90.2 90%81.4 81%87.2 87%85.1 85%85.2 85%86.8 87%91.2 91%84.1 84%87.9 88%88.5 89%81.9 82%84.6 85%88.3 88%80 80%81.1 81%86.6 87%78.8 79%81 81%76 76%80.4 80%86.3 86%87 87%52.7 53%
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88.0 88%84.0 84%83.0 83%79.0 79%82.0 82%80.0 80%78.0 78%79.0 79%76.0 76%n/an/an/a78.0 78%83.0 83%74.0 74%64.0 64%74.0 74%75.0 75%75.0 75%73.0 73%74.0 74%80.0 80%73.0 73%78.0 78%71.0 71%68.0 68%68.0 68%90.0 90%73.0 73%81.0 81%71.0 71%71.0 71%76.0 76%70.0 70%67.0 67%78.0 78%62.0 62%68.0 68%76.0 76%77.0 77%72.0 72%74.0 74%74.0 74%79.0 79%n/a74.0 74%72.0 72%72.0 72%68.0 68%66.0 66%70.0 70%60.0 60%61.0 61%70.0 70%74.0 74%81.0 81%69.0 69%64.0 64%69.0 69%65.0 65%68.0 68%63.0 63%63.0 63%68.0 68%79.0 79%63.0 63%71.0 71%72.0 72%67.0 67%55.0 55%78.0 78%64.0 64%60.0 60%57.0 57%68.0 68%66.0 66%64.0 64%70.0 70%67.0 67%64.0 64%60.0 60%65.0 65%n/a68.0 68%57.0 57%n/a
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81.0 81%77.0 77%79.0 79%79.0 79%77.0 77%85.0 85%73.0 73%89.0 89%76.0 76%n/an/an/a73.0 73%80.0 80%68.0 68%75.0 75%75.0 75%79.0 79%71.0 71%72.0 72%73.0 73%78.0 78%77.0 77%78.0 78%69.0 69%79.0 79%70.0 70%82.0 82%74.0 74%77.0 77%78.0 78%70.0 70%83.0 83%69.0 69%73.0 73%83.0 83%79.0 79%76.0 76%79.0 79%78.0 78%71.0 71%73.0 73%78.0 78%80.0 80%n/a67.0 67%73.0 73%74.0 74%69.0 69%84.0 84%73.0 73%65.0 65%77.0 77%68.0 68%72.0 72%65.0 65%69.0 69%67.0 67%74.0 74%73.0 73%74.0 74%72.0 72%78.0 78%65.0 65%74.0 74%70.0 70%67.0 67%68.0 68%68.0 68%59.0 59%83.0 83%76.0 76%66.0 66%67.0 67%62.0 62%68.0 68%76.0 76%73.0 73%70.0 70%62.0 62%n/a64.0 64%n/a72.0 72%56.0 56%n/a
This table was updated on 24 May 2024.
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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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