Course Overview
This course is taught through block learning. Find out more at https://www.lancashire.ac.uk/study/block-learning
Our Sports Therapy foundation year is a great option if you don't have the grades to directly join the degree course. You'll gain academic skills and cover current sport topics.
Our foundation year prepares you to study at degree level. You’ll learn how to research topics and write academically. You’ll gain key skills like taking notes, personal reflection and groupwork. These skills will help you succeed in university and beyond.
You’ll explore current issues in sport and wellbeing. This will help to build your understanding of the field as a whole. You’ll then choose a topic that interests you as the subject for your project or portfolio.
Upon successful completion of your foundation year, you can progress to the BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy degree. This will give you the specialist skills and knowledge to manage an injured athlete's rehabilitation and recovery. You'll also help athletes reach their peak performance.
You could also progress onto:
Football Studies BSc (Hons)
Physical Education and Sport BA (Hons)
Sport Business Management BSc (Hons)
Sport Coaching BSc (Hons)
Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons)
Leadership through Outdoor Adventure BA (Hons)
Nutrition BSc (Hons)
Why study with us
You'll develop academic skills which will prepare you to study at degree level.
You'll cover current sport topics, engaging in key debates and discussions.
Once you progress onto your degree, you can earn extra vocational qualifications to boost your employability.
What you'll do
You'll learn in a supportive environment, with others who are passionate about sport and wellbeing.
You'll complete a project or portfolio on a sport topic of your choice, exploring it in further detail.
Once you progress onto your degree, you'll complete practical placements to gain real-world experience.
Future Careers
On completion of the four-year Sports Therapy programme, you’ll be a well-rounded practitioner able to help athletes return to full fitness.
Through a blend of specialist learning, hands-on training, and practical application, you’ll be well-prepared to practice in a variety of industry settings. Professional development is at the heart of this degree, with a strong focus on real-world experience. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to work in our student-led Sports Therapy and Sports Massage Clinic on our Preston Campus. This fully equipped injury clinic, featuring a cutting-edge movement analysis lab, offers a real-world environment for you to refine your expertise.
Many of our graduates go on to launch successful private injury clinics, while others secure roles with professional and semi-professional sports teams and organisations. With the increasing demand for sports therapists in healthcare, graduates also find rewarding careers in the NHS and private healthcare. Moreover, the transferable skills you gain will open doors in teaching, coaching, sports science, and strength and conditioning.
Read our guide on how to become a sports massage therapist.
Please visit The University of Lancashire’s website for the latest information about our modules.
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This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Lancashire has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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What does this TEF outcome mean?
The following entry points are available for this course:
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
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| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date) |
Our Fair Access Scheme recognises barriers into education and allows us to make an offer with lower entry requirements. At the University of Lancashire, we are proud to help people seize every opportunity to flourish in education, at work and for life. We recognise that students from disadvantaged backgrounds often face significant challenges to access and succeed in higher education. Our Fair Access Scheme ensures that students aren’t limited by circumstances and can achieve their potential.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Please note fees for the foundation year will be £9,790, and then £10,050 for Year 1. Fees for Year 2 and Year 3 will be £10,050 plus permitted inflation linked increases, in line with the government fee cap.
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