YouÕll learn how the human body works on physiological, biomechanical and psychological levels and how this can be applied to improve athletic performance, prevent injury, speed up rehabilitation and promote fitness and wellbeing.YouÕll develop the skills needed to monitor, evaluate, and enhance sport and exercise performance in laboratory and field settings and to design and conduct experiments with due regard for appropriate protocols, safety and participant consent.Your studies will be further enhanced by some of the best sports facilities in the UK including our:

  • Modern physiology and biomechanics laboratories
  • Indoor athletics centre: an extensive indoor athletics facility
  • Sports hall and indoor netball hall: a bespoke netball training facility
  • Multi-use sports centre equipped with squash, basketball and netball courts and a superb climbing wall
  • Members-only fitness suite featuring treadmills, cycles and rowing machines and a weight-training area with free and fixed weights
  • Athletics track: an international-standard 400m six-lane track with full field event facilities
  • Grass and third-generation (3G) all-weather pitches
  • Outdoor tennis hard courts

The Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences course offered by Brunel University London is designed to give you a solid understanding of the physiological, biomechanical and psychological factors that govern human movement and how these relate to sports performance, fitness and wellbeing. It will not only prepare you for jobs in the sports industry but could help you set new personal bests in your sports of choice.

Careers and your future

This pathway is broad-based and will prepare you for a career in a diverse range of fields. You may wish to continue your education further by studying a postgraduate course. You could find your career in coaching, consultancy, fitness testing and training, sport development or sport management. Examples of graduate schemes include the Greenwich Leisure Limited Trainee Manager Graduate Scheme or the Police Now National Graduate Leadership Programme.