Course Overview

This industry-accredited course is designed to give you the high-quality, profession-specific training you need to be able to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat sports- and physical activity-related injuries. Your learning is hands-on with over 400 hours of practice placement across a range of settings.

The degree focuses on developing your practical skills while teaching you how to apply theory to underpin clinical reasoning. Study and practice areas may include gym instruction, sports massage and manual therapies as well as anatomy, biomechanics, human physiology and different types of injury.

You put your leaCIMSPArning into practice via case scenarios; on-site practice opportunities; work-based placement with industry experts, some of whom are graduates of this course; and student learning trips. You may work with professional athletes, members of the public and University staff as well as fellow students to improve quality of life and return to normal physical function.

General Eligibility

We will consider you as an individual and take into account all elements of your application, not just your qualifications. We are looking for breadth and depth in your current studies and enthusiasm for the subject you wish to study.

UCAS Tariff Points

• At least 112 points with 96 points from at least 2 A level passes

• At least 112 points with Distinction Merit Merit in BTEC Extended Diploma or Distinction* Distinction* in BTEC Diploma

• A completed Access to Higher Education Diploma (with 12 merits and 12 distinctions at level 3)

• Equivalent qualifications such as Irish Leaving Certificate, OCR Nationals, International Baccalaureate and CACHE Level 3 awards.

You can work out how many UCAS points your qualifications are worth with the UCAS tariff calculator

Check Your Country page to confirm that your local qualifications are suitable or contact your International Admissions Team

Part Time Work Details

The 20 hours is total hours. It is not per job. If you hold multiple part-time jobs then the total hours of all the work you are doing added together.

Language Requirement

• English language requirements

  The University accepts the following qualification as satisfying the English Language requirements for entry to a Bachelor or Master's degree.

  UKVI Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each element

  Please note: some courses may require higher levels of English – the exact criteria will be specified in the course descriptions