What will I learn?

This online taught in Sports Science aims to provide you with an advanced, research-led programme of study in Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine. A key strength of this programme is its flexibility, enabling you to specialise in physical activity and health, sports performance, or sports medicine.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

This is the only in Sports Science in Scotland that merges Sport & Exercise Medicine and Sport & Exercise Science within a single degree programme, providing a broad range of options across these disciplines.

You will benefit from access to the expertise of staff at the National Stadium Sports Health & Injury Clinic at Hampden Park, a custom-built, state-of-the-art sports medicine facility.

Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology for the purpose of meeting, in part, the academic and experience requirement for the Membership and Chartered Biologist (CBiol).

Develop and enhance your skills in:

Application of knowledge to novel concepts and situations

Data handling and statistics

Experimental design

Interpretation and evaluation of experimental data

Literature searching and critically evaluating relevant scientific evidence

Oral presentations

Research methods and ethic

Scientific writing

Group working

You will have access to state-of-the-art facilities to study performance and health aspects of Sport & Exercise Science, from the whole body to the molecular level. These include advanced exercise laboratories, metabolic investigation suites and a molecular biochemistry lab.

You will have the chance to network with a number of regional/national sporting bodies and a number of professional sporting clubs. There may be opportunities for internships (in place of a research project) for some students and we work closely with the University of Glasgow Sport to provide additional opportunities to gain real world experience where possible.

As well as our expert core staff, we engaged guest lectures who work in sport and exercise science and medicine in practice to provide interactive sessions in their specialist fields.

Which department am I in?

Sport and Exercise Science

Study options

Online/Distance with attendance (12 months)

Tuition fees

拢5,000.00 (5,44,781) per year

拢5,000 (total cost). You can pay in instalments of 拢1,667 per 20 credits. Fees for students funded by the NHS (after NHS discount): 拢3,710 (total cost for PGCert); 拢1,237 per 20 credits.

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

University of Glasgow

The Fraser Building,

65 Hillhead Street,

Glasgow,

Glasgow, City Of,

G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND, Scotland

Entry requirements

For international students

A 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent) in the sport and exercise sciences, physiotherapy, medicine, other relevant biological/biomedical sciences, or other health professions/health-related areas. Alternative qualifications, professional experience and 2:2 applicants with a strong subject specific expertise may also be considered on a case-by-case basis. IELTS: 6.5 with no subtests under 6.0 and TOEFL (ibt, my best or athome): 79; with Reading 13; Listening 12; Speaking 18; Writing 21.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.