We study people.
We study how they move, how they think, and how they react under pressure. We study how their bodies respond to exercise; from couch to 5k, to monitoring
elite athletic performance. We examine how exercise is beneficial before surgical procedures, how the menstrual cycle impacts injury susceptibility, and how exercise benefits mental health. We study all this and much, much more.
Our home is Lancaster Medical School, renowned for the quality of its teaching and its commitment to nurturing its students to really bring out their best. To do this, we have purposely small class sizes where you’ll get to know the academic team (and they’ll get know you), and where you’ll forge friendships that will last a lifetime.
Our academic team are all leaders in their respective fields of research, and this ‘research-led teaching’ brings real benefits as you get to learn from and contribute to world-class research from teachers passionate about teaching. As well as the Sports and Exercise Science team, you’ll be taught your biology modules by our colleagues in the Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, a department currently ranked 4th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide
All this will give you both the hard skills of a Sports and Exercise Scientist, and the transferrable skills that will make you valuable to a range of employers. Our graduates have gone on to Master’s level study here and in the USA, and have been employed by leading pharma and allied health businesses.
Studying Sports and Exercise Science at Lancaster University will give you the confidence to take your studies wherever you want.
For more information visit lancaster.ac.uk/saes
