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Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 29 September 2027
  • Undergraduate
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King’s College London
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Course summary

To truly understand how sport and exercise affects the body, it’s vital to take an approach rooted in medical insight. On this ground-breaking degree, you’ll investigate how movement prevents disease, nutrition influences health and physical inactivity changes our body.

There are few places in the world better placed to develop your learning than the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at King’s. Not only do we have connections to London’s many centres of sporting excellence, our course benefits from the research and teaching at one of the world’s great medical schools.

Key benefits

  • Explore a broad area that covers several related disciplines including nutrition, biochemistry and psychology - areas in which King’s are internationally renowned.

  • Learn from lecturers who are world leaders in areas including skeletal, cardiac and respiratory muscle physiology, ageing, tissue regeneration, and more.

  • Complete research projects under the supervision of leading researchers in numerous scientific and clinical fields – providing fantastic opportunities to learn fundamental research skills, or work with an elite organisation.

  • King’s association with sport is long standing. Be the first to hear drug-related breakthroughs from our world-class bio-analytical and pharmaceutical laboratories.

  • Benefit from King's partnerships with NHS Foundation Trusts: Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College and the South London and Maudsley Hospitals.

  • We are ranked 3rd in the UK for Sport Science (Times Higher Education 2025)

Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 29 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:
BC16
Institution code:
K60
Campus name:
Main Site
Points of Entry:
Year 1, 2

King's College London, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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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:
BC16
Institution code:
K60
Campus name:
Main Site

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
ABB

Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject.

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.

NOTE: If you are taking linear A levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component.

T Level
Not accepted

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

Scottish Higher
BBB

Must be a combination of three Scottish Highers and two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.

Access to HE Diploma
Distinction: 30 Merit: 15

Access to Science (or similar subject) with 45 Level 3 credits: 30 must be from units awarded at Distinction, with the remaining 15 Level 3 credits at Merit. Study must cover two subjects areas of Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics.

60 credits altogether are required.

Scottish Advanced Higher
AB

Must be combined with three Scottish Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject. Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 33

33 points overall or an aggregate score of 16 from three Higher Levels. Must include grade 5 at Higher Level in two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sports Exercise and Health Science or Mathematics (Analysis & Approaches or Applications & Interpretation). The total point score of 33 includes TOK/EE.

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

Please see our online prospectus for further details on our BTEC entry requirements.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H1H2H2H2H3H3

Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject.

Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Not accepted

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
D3M2M2

Please note that Global Perspectives is not accepted by King’s as one of your Pre-U Principal subjects. Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) will be considered. Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject.

If combined with A-Level, M2 would be needed in the subject requirement.

Required subjects: two subjects from Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics.
Preferred subjects: Biology

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each skill
PTE Academic62 overall with a minimum of 59 in each skill
TOEFL (iBT)92 overall with 23 in writing and 20 in the other skills
Cambridge English Advanced176 overall with a minimum of 169 in each skill
Cambridge English Proficiency176 overall with a minimum of 169 in each skill
Trinity ISELevel III (ISEIII) with pass in each skill
Institution's Own TestPass the King's Pre-Sessional English Language Programme with Band 6.5

We also accept a number of English language tests taken as part of school-level qualifications. For more details, please see our website. Please note that the course requirements are under Band D.https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements

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.

At King’s we don’t just use your grades to assess your application. We recognise that not everyone has the same educational journey and that some students have had to overcome challenges to achieve their grades.

Contextual offers are made to applicants who may have experienced barriers that have impeded their academic progress. Contextual offers may be up to two A-Level grades (or equivalent) lower than the advertised entry requirements found on the course pages.

Learn more on the King's College London, University of London 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.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Channel IslandsTBC

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

For International fees and information, please see the course details on our online prospectus: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate

The fees stated are for entry in the forthcoming September. If you are applying for deferred entry, to commence the following September, fees may be subject to change.

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 (£5,000 for Medicine and Dentistry) against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.

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