Program Overview

Sports Therapy BSc (Hons)

Course Overview

This contemporary, accredited course is designed to make you industry-ready, preparing you to work as an innovative, evidence-based, graduate sports therapist. Led by our variety of highly qualified experts, the course delivers a full set of competencies, allowing you to examine, assess, diagnose, and treat musculoskeletal injuries.

Why Choose UoG?

• Join a well-established accredited course, taught by experts, many of them actively working in the field.
• Gain experience within our on-site sports injury clinic and local sports teams.

Top Reasons to Study This Course

• Expert lecturers: You’ll be taught by highly qualified experts from various backgrounds, bringing their understanding of patients in sport, health, and the community into your classroom.
• Long-established accreditation: This course is one of the oldest accredited Sports Therapy courses in the UK.
• Student-led clinics: We have over 80+ external placements with over 100 appointments hosted on-site each week for patients in our student-led clinics.
• Top ranking course: Our Sports Therapy BSc (Hons) scored 94% for teaching satisfaction, and 95% for academic support in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2024.

Course Modules

Level 4

• Fundamentals of Human Physiology
• Fundamentals of Sport and Exercise Biomechanics
• Programming Design and Implementation
• Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Anatomy
• Fundamentals of Clinical Assessment
• Fundamentals of Sports and Exercise Massage
• Study Skills and Principles of Research

Level 5

• [Insert modules]

Level 6

• [Insert modules]

Entry Requirements

• 120 UCAS tariff points
• A-level: BBB
• BTEC: DDM
• T-level: Merit
• GCSE in English Lang/Lit and Maths at grade 4/C or above are usually required.

Fees and Costs

• UK: £9,535
• International: £17,425

Career Promise

• 95% of our graduates are in work or further study
• If you’re not in a job 6 months after graduating, we’ll guarantee you 6 months of free support, followed by the offer of a paid internship.
• Lifetime career coaching

Placements

• Placements are at the heart of our Sports Therapy degree, giving you hands-on experience with top-level teams, elite athletes, and real patients in diverse settings.
• We guarantee placement hours within our on-campus Sports Injury Clinics, running five days a week during term-time.

Trips

• We offer hands-on learning experiences designed to bring your studies to life, evolving each year based on student feedback and the latest industry developments.

Experiences

• At University of Gloucestershire, our Sports Therapy degree is designed to equip you with the hands-on skills, industry expertise, and real-world experience needed to succeed as a highly competent graduate therapist.

Facilities

• Clinical skills suites
• Sports Arena
• Oxstalls Campus
• Oxstalls Library

Teaching Staff

• Our dynamic teaching team has over 18 different degree qualifications, bringing decades of experience in various industries and a passion for supporting future therapists.
• Each lecturer is actively engaged in industry-leading research, meaning that the evidence used to inform teaching is at the forefront of current understanding and practices.

Related Courses

• Sport and Exercise Sciences BSc (Hons)
• Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation BSc (Hons)
• Sports Performance BSc (Hons)