Sports Science

SUBJECT LEAGUE TABLE 2026
Sports Science examines how exercise affects the human body and promotes health and wellbeing. It's often combined with academic subjects like Anatomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physiology and Psychology. The best Sports Science universities in the UK are ranked below, including courses on Sports Coaching and Sport Technology. Using this Sports Science league table you can explore the top universities for Sports in the UK, and then filter the results by what you find most important. You can search by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
Sports Science examines how exercise affects the human body and promotes health and wellbeing. It's often combined with academic subjects like Anatomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physiology and Psychology. The best Sports Science universities in the UK are ranked below, including courses on Sports Coaching and Sport Technology. Using this Sports Science league table you can explore the top universities for Sports in the UK, and then filter the results by what you find most important. You can search by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
Sports Science examines how exercise affects the human body and promotes health and wellbeing. It's often combined with academic subjects like Anatomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physiology and Psychology. The best Sports Science universities in the UK are ranked below, including courses on Sports Coaching and Sport Technology. Using this Sports Science league table you can explore the top universities for Sports in the UK, and then filter the results by what you find most important. You can search by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. This will then help you to choose the right course and university for you.
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Overall score/ Max 100
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Entry standards/ Max 210
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Student satisfaction/ Max 4
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Research quality/ Max 4
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Contin - uation/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – outcomes/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – on track/ Max 100
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24 445 847 1355 1056 358 763 565 116769 1072 376 377 279 880 482 283 21
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92.4 92%90.0 90%89.6 90%88.5 89%88.5 89%88.2 88%87.7 88%87.3 87%86.0 86%85.7 86%85.2 85%84.4 84%84.0 84%83.3 83%83.0 83%82.4 82%82.1 82%
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138 66%135 64%161 76%106 50%122 58%122 58%120 57%138 66%118 56%109 52%151 72%127 60%127 60%103 49%112 53%90 43%92 44%
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3.25 81%3.27 82%2.98 74%3.24 81%3.31 83%3.23 81%3.34 84%3.34 84%3.11 78%2.92 73%3.09 77%3.16 79%2.78 70%3.39 85%3.06 76%3.28 82%2.93 73%
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3.41 85%2.80 70%2.76 69%2.80 70%2.53 63%2.49 62%2.79 70%2.51 63%3.08 77%2.42 61%2.84 71%2.76 69%2.43 61%1.03 26%n/a2.67 67%2.60 65%
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85.5 86%90.4 90%89.2 89%84.3 84%82.7 83%86.8 87%81.6 82%84.1 84%78.5 79%79.9 80%79.9 80%82.2 82%83.6 84%83.9 84%84.6 85%79.8 80%89.4 89%
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75.0 75%64.0 64%74.0 74%79.0 79%72.0 72%71.0 71%72.0 72%72.0 72%72.0 72%81.0 81%66.0 66%55.0 55%64.0 64%72.0 72%74.0 74%60.0 60%61.0 61%
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70.0 70%66.0 66%75.0 75%80.0 80%79.0 79%74.0 74%69.0 69%76.0 76%64.0 64%75.0 75%69.0 69%63.0 63%66.0 66%76.0 76%75.0 75%67.0 67%63.0 63%
This table was updated on 10 June 2025.
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All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table view. Maximum scores for the measures:
Overall score: maximum score of 100
Entry standards: no maximum limit, maximum score in current tables shown in header
Student satisfaction: maximum score of 4
Research quality: maximum score of 4
Continuation: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – outcomes: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – on track: maximum score of 100
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