Sport and Exercise Therapy

Designed for students wishing to specialise in a role related to sport and fitness, this fully-accredited course combines study with hands-on experience to teach you the latest techniques in exercise rehabilitation. Our graduates become confident sports therapists, trusted to support league division teams and international competitions.

From your first year, you’ll get real-world experience on placement. You’ll spend at least 200 hours on clinical placement gaining real-world experience with our partners including professional sports clubs such as Valencia Basketball Club and Gloucester Rugby as well as private practitioners. You can develop your experience with our student-led clinics, University sports teams and external competitions, such as the London Marathon. In many cases, our placement providers become your employer, offering internships through to full-time positions.

Our lecturers teach you how to support your sportsperson and give you access to specialist facilities, such as our BASES accredited human performance labs. You can measure joint movement patterns on our isokinetic dynamometer or an athlete’s skeletal movement with clinical gait analysis. You’ll be encouraged to take extra qualifications to stand out, with the Sports First Aid, Automated External Defibrillation (AED) and Advanced Trauma Qualification included in your tuition fee. There are also opportunities to work in our world-class University Arena – the UK’s first indoor sports hall specifically designed to include wheelchair athletes.

Our career-based assessment methods also compliment your placement opportunities. These include sports massage clinics, written laboratory reports and creating informative leaflets for athletes.

Accreditation

Our course is accredited by the Society of Sport Therapists. This means you can apply to become a member at the end of your degree.

Placements

You’ll get hands on experience from day one through placements, supported by lecturers and mentors. You are required to attend 200 hours of placement so you can join the Society of Sports Therapists upon your graduation.

Our students have attended many successful professional placements including:

• Gloucester Rugby

• The London Marathon

• Kidderminster Harriers

• University of Worcester Sports Societies

• Valencia Basketball Club (Spain)

Future employment

You’ll graduate with clinical skills in the prevention, assessment and management of sports injuries. Our students go on to work with sports clubs at all levels, the NHS or in private practice as a personal trainer or massage therapist.

Our graduates have worked for teams and events such as:

• West Bromwich Albion

• Bristol City FC

• Seattle Seawolves

• Wasps Rugby

• Wasps Netball

• Birmingham Commonwealth Games

• Diamond League Athletics

Why the University of Worcester?

The University of Worcester is a campus university, meaning everything you need is on site. We’re based in a vibrant cathedral city just 40 mins south of Birmingham and an hour north of Bristol, and our beautiful green campuses have plenty of parking and quality on-site accommodation.

At Worcester, small class sizes, supportive tutors, and professionally focused courses mean you’ll be prepared for your dream career. These are just some of the reasons why we’re first in the UK for both graduate employment and quality education.

• University of the Year finalist in the Times Higher Education Awards 2025.
• First in the UK for sustained employment, further study or both, from any multidisciplinary university – Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) 2017 to 2025.
• First in the UK for quality education – Joint 1st in the Times Higher Education’s University Impact Rankings 2025.

Join us at one of our regular Open Days to see if the University is a good fit for you: www.worcester.ac.uk/opendays