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Sports Coaching Science (with Placement Year)

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time with year in industry
  • 14/09/2026
  • Undergraduate
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St Mary’s University, Twickenham
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Course summary

Tackle real-world sporting challenges with our Sport Coaching Science degree

Explore coaching processes, skill acquisition, and performance analysis with our Sport Coaching Science degree. You will learn to tackle real-world challenges and specialise in areas like:

  • physiology

  • psychology

  • performance analysis

  • biomechanics.

Exceptional reputation, teaching, and support

We have an excellent reputation for sports. Your lecturers are experts in diverse fields, here to support your personal and professional growth. Our student, Daniel, tells us that our lecturers are “tremendously enthusiastic” and helpful.

World-class facilities

During your sport coaching science course, you will have access to our world-class sports facilities, including:

  • fitness suites

  • strength and conditioning suites

  • laboratories.

Work placements: build professional experience

Due to our exceptional reputation, we have strong relationships with national and local organisations. You can complete a work placement with these organisations, allowing you to build networks and skills in a professional setting.

Previous students have worked in:

  • schools

  • sports clubs.

About the Placement Year
A placement year enables you to undertake a year of experience in an organisation between your second and final year.

It will enable you to:

apply the knowledge and skills you gain from your course in a work setting
build your commercial awareness and insights into organisations and industries you might want to work in
develop your professional skills through company training, networking skills and confidence in the workplace
get some great experience for future job applications or even land a graduate job.
Support from St Mary’s every step of the way

Securing a placement can really help you develop your job search skills and the Employability Service placement and Careers Teams can support you to find and apply for available opportunities.

Please note: in the event that you cannot secure a placement you will be able to transfer onto the three year version of your degree programme.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time with year in industry • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 14/09/2026

Apply by
14 January

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:
C612
Institution code:
S64
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

St Mary's University, Twickenham 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
14 January

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:
C612
Institution code:
S64
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 112 points

One A Level or equivalent should be in a science or PE/Sport

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)66.0 overall with no element below 5.5

English Language requirements https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/international/english-language/overview.aspx

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.

We consider all factors when reviewing your application, as we know not everyone has the same support to reach their potential. This means we may make a contextual offer below the standard Tariff if you meet our criteria. A typical contextual offer for this course would be 96 UCAS Tariff points

Learn more on the St Mary's University, Twickenham website

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England£9790Year 1
Northern Ireland£9790Year 1
Scotland£9790Year 1
Wales£9790Year 1
Channel Islands£9790Year 1
Republic of Ireland£9790Year 1
EU£17445Year 1
International£17445Year 1

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.

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