Sport Science Degrees, Courses and Programs

Sport science (also written sports science, and often called sport and exercise science) is a broad, laboratory-based field that asks how and why athletes perform. Degrees usually combine human physiology, biomechanics, sport and exercise psychology, motor control, research methods and statistics, then let students specialise in performance, health or coaching-related options.

Programs differ in emphasis. Some lean towards elite performance support, with testing, monitoring and data. Others lean towards health and physical activity in the general population. Because the title is used loosely, the program page, its module list and any professional-body accreditation matter more than the name alone.

Graduates work in performance analysis, strength and conditioning support, fitness and exercise services, education, research and sports organisations. Many use the degree as a base for postgraduate study in physiology, psychology, nutrition or physiotherapy.

Typical topics: Human physiology, Biomechanics, Sport and exercise psychology, Motor learning, Research methods and statistics, Performance testing and monitoring.

Also called: Sports science, Sport and exercise science, Applied sport science, Sportwissenschaft, Sciences du sport, Ciencias del deporte, Scienze motorie. These names lead to this one page.

A sport science degree is academic study. Accredited routes to roles such as strength and conditioning coach or exercise practitioner usually involve additional professional credentials from the relevant professional body, shown on each program where published.

• Bachelorstudium Sportwissenschaft (University of Innsbruck - Department of Sport Science): Admission examination proving sporting aptitude; medical certificate not older than three months.
• Bachelorstudium Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft (BSc) (Universität Salzburg - Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft): University entrance qualification and an admission exam.
• Bachelorstudium Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft (A033628) (Universität Wien - Zentrum für Sportwissenschaft und Universitätssport): The programme page links to an admission examination (Zulassungsprüfung); details not on the fetched page.
• Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (University of Technology Sydney): Australian Year 12 qualification; assumed knowledge Mathematics and any two units of English.
• Grado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): University entrance via cut-off grade; 100 places offered; cut-off grade for 2026-2027 shown as 10,364.