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Sport Science and Coaching

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-Time
  • September 2027
  • Undergraduate
Clifton Campus
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Course summary

From teaching the basics to celebrating career-defining wins, coaches are essential to sports people’s success at every level. To an individual, a coach is a mentor who oversees, instructs and supports them to be the best they can be. To a team, a coach is a leader who helps tackle challenges head-on and guides them to victory.

In sports coaching, communication is key. A good coach not only needs to know their sport inside out, but they also need excellent teaching, listening and leadership skills. That’s why at NTU, you’ll take all your learning directly to the pitch, track or arena as you get hands-on with our industry partners. You could inspire and teach future stars at grassroots level, assist elite athletes at the top of their game, or make a positive difference to people’s lives by getting involved with community sports initiatives.

BSc Sport Science and Coaching is about using sport and exercise science to inform your coaching practice; it’s about developing transferable skills which will benefit you in any career; and above all, it’s about getting out there and doing it for real.

Our sports coaching degree is focused on maximising sport and exercise performance by developing evidence-based techniques and applying them to real-life coaching. You’ll examine coaching theory, delve into the science behind exercise physiology and psychology, and test your ideas in our specialist labs and suites. Then, you’ll put all your learning into action with hands-on sports coaching practice, as you tackle live briefs set by our partner organisations and get work-like experience with local people and NTU’s sports community.

After trying out a bit of everything in Year One, you can tailor your degree to suit your ambitions by choosing from an extensive range of optional modules in your second and final year, covering topics from the sociology of sport to observational analysis and talent development.

You’ll also have the opportunity to undertake a coaching qualification, plus you can get a Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) Personal Trainer qualification. This will incur a small fee, but it’s much cheaper than doing it elsewhere.

NTU is in the Top 20 in the UK for teaching quality in Sport Science (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024).

Study highlights include:

  • Build an industry network as you work on briefs set by organisations such as UK Coaching, Paddle UK and Rackets Cubed.

  • Take part in sports coaching activities which can lead to nationally-recognised coaching awards.

  • Get involved with our Sport and Wellbeing Academy, where you can get face-to-face coaching experience with school children and grassroots sports teams in our local community, or gain personal training experience.

  • Boost your employability further by learning a language on our University Language Programme (ULP), or consider a study year abroad.

  • Consider being your own boss, with the support of NTU Enterprise.

Modules

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/science-and-technology/ug/bsc-hons-sport-science-and-coaching#module-information

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Clifton Campus

Study options

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years

Start dates

  • September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
350N
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
Clifton Campus
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
350N
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
Clifton Campus

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent including a PE or a Science subject)

T Level

We will consider T Levels for entry to this course, either as stand-alone qualifications or in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications, in accordance with the specified course tariff points.

UCAS Tariff
104-112

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent including a PE or a Science subject)

Access to HE Diploma

Pass your Access course with 60 credits overall with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 including relevant PE or Science modules

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Diploma and up to two other qualifications including A-Level in a PE or a Science subject or equivalent

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

DMM from a BTEC Extended Diploma including relevant PE or Science modules

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate and up to three other qualifications (one of which must be A-Level equivalent including a PE or Science subject or equivalent).

A lower offer may be made based on a range of factors, including your background (such as where you live and the school or college you attended), your experiences and individual circumstances (you may have been in care, for example). This is called a contextual offer and we get data from UCAS to make these decisions. NTU offers a student experience like no other, and this approach helps us to find students who have the potential to succeed here, but may have faced barriers that can make it more difficult to access university.

We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations. Please contact Nottingham Trent University Admissions team for further information.

Additional entry requirements

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

NTU makes contextual offers for this course to give everyone a fair chance to access their chosen degree.

Contextual offers are lower than our standard entry criteria or may be an unconditional offer for courses that require a portfolio. We also take individual circumstances into account when we receive results and may accept grades lower than our published criteria.

We use a range of data from UCAS to make our offers and more information on our approach is available at the link below.

Learn more on the Nottingham Trent University website

Historical entry grades data

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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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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.

Additional fee information

Tuition fees for 2027 entry are yet to be confirmed. As a guide and to enable you to plan your finances, the fees for Home undergraduate students for 2026 are £9790 .The current expectation is that the University may increase this for future and subsequent years of study in line with inflation and as specified by the Government.

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