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Top reasons to choose this course

• Practical hands-on experience in our accredited labs and sport and exercise facilities.
• Work placement to gain professional experience.
• Opportunities to work with clients.
• Choice of option modules to tailor the course to your interests and career aspirations.
• Develop the expertise to work with a broad range of people including those with long-term conditions, sports injuries and disabilities.
• Learn with experts and innovative researchers.
• 8th in the UK for sport science courses – Guardian University Guide 2025.

Course structure 

The first year consists of six core modules, giving you a thorough introduction to physiology, psychology, anatomy and biomechanics. For five of the modules you'll be learning alongside sport and exercise science, and strength and conditioning students sharing experiences and perspectives on each subject. The sixth module will introduce you to the principles of exercise, health and rehabilitation.

In the second year you will begin research methods preparation linked to your final year dissertation and continue to study modules within the core themes of physiology, psychology and exercise referral and rehabilitation. You’ll also choose option modules so you can tailor the course to suit your needs. Subjects include nutrition, biomechanics, psychology and physiology.

In your final year you will complete your dissertation focusing on exercise, health and rehabilitation and take a placement. You will also study a core injury and rehabilitation module.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, we will inform you of any improvements or innovations to the curriculum through .

Areas of study 

Your study will cover the following areas:

• the positive and preventative impact of exercise on major physical and mental health conditions, including inactivity, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological disease, cancer and depression
• examining the causes of injury and methods for rehabilitation
• improving health by increasing participation in physical activity, exercise and sport in the general population
• the design and implementation of evidence-based interventions to prevent, or rehab from, injury, illness or disease in inactive, ageing, disabled and athletic populations.

Year 1 

Modules

• Principles of Health and Rehabilitation

  This module will give you an insight into the fundamental principles of health and rehabilitation. You'll be introduced to concepts related to health, wellbeing, disability and functioning, and to the healthcare structures and allied health professions that an exercise science practitioner may encounter. You will explore health promotion strategies and develop your understanding of exercise intervention design to manage illness/injury and long-term conditions.

• Integrated and Applied Studies

  This module introduces the fundamental theories and principles of exercise-based interventions and strategies to improve health, wellbeing and performance. You will develop an understanding of the challenges to health, wellbeing or performance and exercise interventions. You'll explore the importance of professional and personal development, and develop your employability skills.

• The Scientific Study of Sport and Exercise

  This module will provide you with basic skills in critical analysis, interpretation and analysis of numerical data, and research methods, which are fundamental for a sport and exercise science graduate.

• Foundations of Physiology for Sport and Exercise

  This module will introduce fundamental principles and systems of physiology with regard to maturation, gender and health state. You will learn how these are researched in the laboratory and field in relation to exercise, sport and health, and will develop practical laboratory techniques to collect, interpret and disseminate physiological data.

• Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Fundamental Biomechanics

  This module will outline fundamental musculoskeletal anatomy and links it to the mechanical principles which govern movement of the body. You will study the language of anatomy and human movement, the form and function of the skeleton, muscle, bone and articulations. Methods of qualitatively and quantitatively describing motion will be introduced as will the relationships between the force applied to a body and the motion that it experiences.

• Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

  This module will provide the foundation in sport and exercise psychology essential for future physical educators, sport and exercise scientists or leisure employees. You will examine such factors as how and why people participate in activities and the psychological factors that influence successful participation. You’ll also gain an understanding of the cognitive processes involved in learning and skilled performance. This in turn, aids your understanding of successful teaching, coaching and applied sport psychology techniques.

Year 2

Modules

• Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
• Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Exercise Referral and Rehabilitation
• Data Analysis and Research Methods

Options*

• Healthy Mind, Healthy Body: Physical Education and Wellbeing
• Nutrition for Physical Activity
• Performance in Environmental Extremes
• Sport Psychology in Action
• Performance Assessment and Training Prescription in Strength and Conditioning
• Performance Analysis

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Final year

Modules

• Dissertation
• Personal and Professional Development
• Injury and Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise Science

Options*

• Applied Sport Psychology
• Applied Exercise and Health Psychology
• Physiological Aspects of Exercise, Health and Nutrition
• Exercise and the Brain
• Science of Physical Training
• Study of Physical Training
• Advanced Strength and Conditioning
• Advanced Performance Analysis
• Sports Nutrition
• Sport Business Entrepreneurship

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement

In your final year of the Exercise, Health and Rehabilitation Science degree you’ll put your learning into practice during a professional work placement.

We will help you to find a placement that meets with your specific interests and career aspirations. We have contacts and partnerships with a wide range of organisations including community exercise referral and rehabilitation programmes, health and leisure centres and sport-related settings.

You’ll spend approximately 50 hours with the organisation and we will support you before, during and after your placement – as much or as little as you need. We will also keep in touch with your placement host to see how you are getting on.

During your placement you will keep a reflective journal about your experience.

Facilities for learning

As a Brighton student you'll use our sport science facilities which include:

• biochemistry lab
• biomechanical lab with running track and 3D motion analysis
• blood analysis lab
• data Analysis room
• exercise rehabilitation gym
• kinanthropometry lab housing our DEXA Scanner
• neuromuscular lab housing our isokinetic dynamometers
• psychology lab
• physiology lab
• research lab
• strength and conditioning suite
• environmental lab which will house our dual environment chamber
• VR screen room which will house the Igloo 210.

You may also use our extensive Falmer campus sport facilities as part of your studies. These include outdoor grass football pitches, floodlit synthetic pitches and courts, indoor swimming pool, large fitness suite and sports hall with netball, volleyball, basketball and badminton courts, and cricket nets.

The facilities are so new that we haven't yet taken photos, but you can view them when you visit us. You can also get a feel for them by watching the short video and checking out our Falmer campus information.

Meet the team 

Throughout your course you will have opportunities to learn from our team of experts. There is also the potential to develop dissertation project ideas with them. 

Our team includes:

• who undertakes research and applied work examining how exercise can assist in cardiac rehabilitation, falls prevention and cancer rehabilitation
• whose research examines how lifestyle interventions such as diet and exercise can impact health in clinical populations
• coach for the GB Paralympic cycling team.

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Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you’ll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

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Sports Scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about Sport Scholarships.

Course fees

Fee information for this course for 2025 entry will be updated here no later than December 2024.

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2024–25.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

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