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Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation degrees
Become a leading professional or scientist in exercise and health
Our BSc Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences offers a distinct advantage over typical sport science or physiotherapy programmes for anyone seeking comprehensive knowledge in human health, clinical exercise applications, and the psychology and neuroscience behind exercise.
Our programmes
Join our world-class Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences. You can explore sports medicine and population health expertise, using leading imaging, laboratory, and clinical facilities housed at the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health. You can also focus on the science and engineering technologies behind rehabilitation and therapy, led by our Aspire Create team in Stanmore.
Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences, BSc
On this BSc Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences degree, you'll learn all about how the human body functions in health and disease, and how it responds to exercise for health and performance.
- Full-time, 3 years.
- Subjects: Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine, Exercise and Health, MSc / PGDip
This MSc / PGDip Sports Medicine, Exercise and Health is for clinicians who want to gain a deeper understanding of sports medicine, sports injuries, and exercise medicine. Also has an options for distance learning.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years.
- Subjects: Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation | Medical Science and Applications
Performing Arts Medicine (by DL), PGCert
This distance-learning PG Cert Performing Arts Medicine is for people already involved in health services or health education who want to work with musicians, dancers, actors, circus artists and other performers.
- Full-time, 1 year.
- Subjects: Medical Science and Applications | Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation
Performing Arts Medicine, MSc / PGDip
This distance-learning MSc/PGDip in Performing Arts Medicine provides specialised training for health professionals who want to be equipped to work with musicians, dancers, actors, circus artists and other performers.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years.
- Subjects: Medical Science and Applications | Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy in Musculoskeletal Healthcare and Rehabilitation, MSc / PGDip / PGCert
We explore the underlying scientific principles of physical therapy and give you first-hand experience of clinical application of rehabilitation techniques delivered by specialists at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years. Flexible, Max. 5 years.
- Subjects: Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation | Medical Science and Applications
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technologies, MSc
Focus on the design, development, and clinical application of novel rehabilitative and assistive technologies, working with assistive technology specialists from the Aspire Create team.
- Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2 years. Flexible, Max. 5 years.
- Subjects: Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation | Medical Technology and Diagnostics | Medical Science and Applications
Why study Sport Medicine, Exercise Science and Rehabilitation at UCL?
At UCL, you will become a leading health professional and scientist of the future. Our courses cover the foundations of human biology and medicine, the body’s response during performance, and how we use technology to rehabilitate and improve mobility and overall health. Focus on sports medicine, performing arts, physical therapy, and rehabilitation engineering in central and north London.
Helping musicians with disabilities
Shreya from the United States studied a Master's in Performing Arts Medicine at UCL. As an instrumentalist herself, she recognised the lack of research and resources for musicians with physical disabilities and decided to investigate the needs and ergonomic solutions for these performers. The degree is offered by UCL's Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences.
Careers
Our sport medicine, exercise science, performing arts and rehabilitation programmes equip you with a real advantage when entering a competitive careers market. Recent graduates have been employed by professional clubs, national sports governing bodies, or continued in academia.
Rehabilitation engineering graduates go onto careers in biomedical R&D engineering, clinical science, and entrepreneurial start-ups. Some of our alumni are pursuing PhDs at world-leading universities, including ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Depending on your course, you will be prepared for potential work in many areas, from elite sports medicine, the NHS, or in performing arts clinics.
Take away valued knowledge and experience and become part of an ever-growing healthcare community with a common interest in the wellbeing of performers or athletes in performance and recovery.
“I played violin and the UCL string orchestra and sang in the Cell Symphony Chorus. There’s currently very little research regarding musicians with disabilities in performing arts medicine.
My dissertation was focused on helping musicians with disabilities. It involves finding out their needs and developing ergonomic solutions for them as they play their instrument.
I hope to become a physician innovator and treat performing artists when they get injured, prevent these injuries from happening in the first place, and give them the necessary help and support they need.
Shreya, MSc Performing Arts Medicine.
Did you know?
The UCL Institute of Sport Exercise and Health has collaborated on research with the English Institute of Sport and the International Olympic Committee.
UCL is ranked 6th in the world for Medicine (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023) and 7th for Clinical and Health in the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject.
Students from sport-related degrees at UCL have conducted their research projects with major industry partners and elite teams.
Our research in Sport Medicine, Exercise Science and Rehabilitation
We translate research on elite athletes into health benefits for the public. Our research areas are divided into three areas: physical activity and health, musculoskeletal health, and sports medicine. The Aspire Create team works on human-brain interaction, mobility, neuromodulation, and implant technology in collaboration with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
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Institute of Sport Exercise and Health
The ISEH provides excellence in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of sports injuries, bridging the gap between elite sports and recreational physical activity.
Our teaching leads
