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Sport and Exercise Psychology BSc (Hons)

University of Portsmouth

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    22-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary


This is a Connected Degree

Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course.


Overview

Want to take your first steps on the path to becoming a British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Practitioner Psychologist?On this BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology degree course – accredited by the BPS – you’ll use the latest equipment and techniques in our comprehensively equipped laboratories, and be taught by our team of BPS Chartered and HCPC Registered psychologists.- Use psychology and sports science facilities including a psychology laboratory (with interview room and media suite), biomechanics and kinanthropometry labs, and immersion pool and climatic chambers – for manipulating temperature, humidity and altitude- Get your hands on specialist equipment like PLATO Liquid Crystal Spectacles and our ASL Mobile Eye System, which you can use to measure performance and get the most out of athletes- Be taught by BPS Chartered and HCPC Registered psychologists who have extensive professional experience and access to the latest sport psychology research


Accredited by:

This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).


Careers and opportunities

Sport and exercise psychologists help athletes, teams and amateur sportspeople deal with the mental demands of their sport. They work to improve the mindsets, behaviours and patterns of thinking that influence people involved in sport, while also aiming for progression in personal development and sporting performance.You'll be eligible to apply for Chartered Membership of the BPS on a graduate basis (GBC) – the first step to becoming a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist or HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist. To become Chartered, you'll also need to do further academic training for up to 5 years, including an MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology.


What jobs can you do with a sport and exercise psychology degree?

Roles you can do after the course include:- sport and exercise psychologist (with further training)- sport and exercise scientist- management roles in national governing bodies- teacher/lecturer- researcher/scientist- health promotion worker


Graduate roles

Roles our previous graduates have gone on to work in, include:- PE teacher- personal trainer- wellbeing access worker - special educational needs and disabilities mentor


Placement year


Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 17,200per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

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University information

University of Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth

  • University League Table

    49th

  • Campus address

    University of Portsmouth, University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2UP, England

Over 5,700 of the university's 24,000 students come from 150 countries around the world.
The University of Portsmouth Global team is dedicated to supporting international students from enquiry, through application and arrival, to graduation.
Brand new sports facilities at the Ravelin sports centre, including an 8-lane swimming pool, 175-station gym, climbing wall and ski simulator.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    48th out of 118 2

    17th out of 86 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    129 61%

    56th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    64.0 64%

    54th

    7
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    25th

    7
  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    138 65%

    31st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    74.0 74%

    26th

    10
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    40th

    14

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