Sport and Exercise Science (with placement year) at Loughborough University
Sport and Exercise Science (with placement year) (BSc (Hons), C600) at Loughborough University asked for A*AA - AAA in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 160–175 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~A*AA
High152 points · around AAA
Published as A*AA - AAA
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check lboro.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 152
11% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 160–175 points. At least 16% of them had fewer than the 152 asked.
200 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 91%, a baccalaureate 6%, other higher education 1%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C600 · C6 sport and exercise science
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Year abroad
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
97%
still studying
UK 90%
3%
left higher education
UK 7%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
150 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course95%92%
Learning opportunities86%90%
Assessment and feedback83%80%
Academic support91%95%
Organisation and management98%86%
Learning resources88%91%
Student voice91%82%
105 final-year students · 79% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£33k3 years£34.5k5 years£42.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 265 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
52% working22% working and studying16% studying4% unemployed6% other
UK, same subject: 93% in work or study
73%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 84%
45%
use what they learned
UK 68%
- Sports and fitness occupations21%
- Business and public service associate professionals14%
- Teaching Professionals11%
- Elementary occupations9%
- Natural and social science professionals8%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 115 graduates · 53% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Loughborough, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE11 3TU
Subjects
sport and exercise sciences biological and sport sciences
biomechanics engineering and technology
physiology subjects allied to medicine
anatomy subjects allied to medicine
biomechanics engineering and technology
physiology subjects allied to medicine
anatomy subjects allied to medicine
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Sport and exercise sciences at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle University | Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons) | 128 - 156 points | 144–159 |
| Loughborough University | Sport and Exercise Science (with placement year) this course | A*AA - AAA | 160–175 |
| Bangor University | Adventure Sport Science BSc (Hons) | 112 - 144 points | 128–143 |
| University of Bath | Sport and Exercise Science MSci (Hons) | AAA - A*AB | 144–159 |
| University of Birmingham | Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences BSc (Hons) | 128 - 144 points | 128–143 |
| University of Nottingham | Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons) | AAA | 128–143 |
| Brunel University of London | Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences DipHE | AAB - BBB | 112–127 |
| Bucks New University | Sports Therapy BSc (Hons) | 112 - 136 points | 112–127 |
| Durham University | Sport and Exercise Sciences BSc (Hons) | AAB | 160–175 |
| The University of Edinburgh | Applied Sport Science BSc (Hons) | 114 - 136 points | 160–175 |
| University of Exeter | Exercise and Sport Sciences BSc (Hons) | ABB - AAB | 144–159 |
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