CCCU is 2nd in the UK for graduate employment
Among 111 UK higher education institutions with 3,000+ graduates (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2026).
100% of our Physical Education and Sport and Exercise Science students were in work or further study 15 months after finishing their course.
(Graduate Outcomes Survey 2025)
Top 10 in the UK for the satisfaction with teaching in the subject area of Sports Science.
(The Guardian University Guide 2026)
Get ready with a foundation year and learn the foundational skills and knowledge to complete a full Honours degree. You'll be able to embark on this qualification without meeting the level 3 entry requirements, giving you the opportunity to study at degree level through this four year course.
Combine your passion for sport, movement, and teaching with a degree in Physical Education and Sport & Exercise Science. This course is perfect if you want to know how the human body performs, how people learn through movement, and how sport science can support health, fitness, and education.
With a strong focus on real-world learning, you’ll gain a variety of knowledge and skills that you can take into a variety of sectors. From nutrition to coaching, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of both physical education and sports science.
What you’ll learn
Explore how the body functions and performs through modules in sport psychology, physiology, and biomechanics.
Understand how young people learn physical skills through practical activities in physical education and sport.
Apply psychological principles to sport, motivation, and behaviour.
Develop your practical teaching and leadership skills need to thrive in a teaching environment.
Personalise your degree through a range of optional modules, tailoring your studies to your preference.
This multidisciplinary and practical course will set you up for a range of careers including PE teaching, sport coaching, personal training, health promotion, and sport science.
If you want to make a difference through movement, then study Physical Education and Sport & Exercise Science with CCCU.
Accreditation
Our labs are accredited by the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. You’ll have access to cutting-edge equipment, including eye-tracking technology, 3D motion-capture systems, gas-analysis equipment and an altitude chamber.
For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website.
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/physical-education-and-sport-exercise-science-with-foundation-year
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.
Canterbury Christ Church University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
See why these ratings were awarded
What does this TEF outcome mean?
The following entry points are available for this course:
A current satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. Where you do not already have this you can apply for this check through the University
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
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.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
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This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
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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.
Home (UK) Fees:
Home (UK) tuition fees for Foundation Years at Canterbury Christ Church University will be set in line with the maximum tuition fee cap for foundation years in classroom-based subjects or non-classroom-based subjects, as set by the UK Government. Home (UK) tuition fees for subsequent years 1-3 are currently set in line with the maximum tuition fee cap for standard undergraduate degrees set by the UK Government, currently £9,535. However, this is subject to any changes to the maximum tuition fee cap, or any other changes to regulated undergraduate tuition fees, that might be subsequently approved by Parliament for the 2026/27 academic year onwards.
International Tuition Fees (including EU fees):
Undergraduate tuition fees for International students are not subject to the Government’s regulations on maximum tuition fees. The University’s 2026/27 Overseas tuition fees for international students, and information about any mid-course increases, will be published on each course webpage. More details about International student fees and funding and any Scholarships which are available can be found on the following weblink which will be updated for 2026/27 entrants in due course: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/fees-and-funding/international-student-fees-and-funding
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