School of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Hockey matchHuman Performance LaboratoryNon Stanford - school alumna and Olympic hopefulResearch Student in Kinesiology LaboratoryParticipants at the Raymond Priestley Centre, the University-owned outdoor pursuits centre in the Lake District

The top-rated sport science department in the UK

Teaching influenced by our research excellence

One of our Olympic hopefuls

State-of-the-art facilities

Transferring skills learnt in outdoor settings to academia and employment

Sport and Exercise Sciences includes the study of sport and human biology to understand the workings of the healthy human body and the way in which physical activity promotes health and well-being. 

First for research

We are ranked first in the UK among the Sport and Exercise Sciences Institutes in the latest Research Assessment Exercise.

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