Postgraduate study
     

Sport & Exercise

Teesside is ideal for studying sport and exercise. We have strong links with regional and elite teams in the area. The North East has something for all sporting tastes: beautiful beaches at Saltburn for surfing and other water sports, the picturesque North York Moors for walking, running and cycling, and the world-class water sports facilities at the Tees Barrage.

Quality teaching

Sport & Exercise scored excellent marks in a national review by the Quality Assurance Agency. The enthusiasm and commitment of academic staff was highlighted as a particular strength.

First-class facilities

Our £6.5m complex for sport - the Olympia Building - has expanded the teaching and research facilities available and a new, four-storey sport and health sciences building, opened in 2010, includes a cutting-edge sports therapy complex equipped with hydrotherapy facilities and an advanced learning environment.

Elite athletes

The University's Sports Bursary Scheme (for elite athletes competing at a national level or with the potential to do so) allows you to keep up your chosen sport.

Research and enterprise

Current research interests inform teaching. These include exercise and over-training, exercise and psychological well-being, exercise in extreme environments, flexibility of elite athletes, children's attitudes towards physical activity, representations of sport, sport and technology and sport and national identity.

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  • State-of-the-art sports, teaching and research complex
  • Cutting-edge sports science building equipped with hydrotherapy pool and an advanced learning environment, anatomy and strength and conditioning laboratories, specialist clinical sports therapy area
  • Our courses integrate study with work-related learning experiences
  • National recognition by the Quality Assurance Agency of our high-quality sport and exercise courses
  • Elite Athlete Bursary Scheme
  • Research informed teaching