Undergraduate courses in sport, exercise and health

Modern sport continues to evolve from an academic, coaching, teaching and performance perspective.
Find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, funding opportunities and how you can apply.
Modern sport continues to evolve from an academic, coaching, teaching and performance perspective.
Our postgraduate taught courses combine academic excellence with flexible and innovative design and delivery. You can also apply for doctoral opportunities.
Join this Continual Professional Development course taking place 18 to 22 June 2018. You'll improve your skills in and knowledge of tobacco industry monitoring.
Ronjan Bhattacharya explains his plans to continue working in sport following the MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Bath.
Dr Austin O'Carroll talks about why he chose to do his doctorate at Bath and the impact of his healthcare work for homeless and marginalised people.
Dr Denise Proudfoot talks about studying for her Professional Doctorate in Health at Bath while working full-time.
We're a vibrant and growing community of academic teaching and research staff.
We’re recruiting for six new roles to work alongside staff in our growing academic community.
Through our research, we aim to promote health and wellbeing, enhance functional performance and improve the quality and efficiency of the health services.
We carry out high-quality research with a strong applied focus, promoting population health and wellbeing and the efficiency and quality of health services.
Gareth Wiltshire, Lecturer at the Department for Health, champions the benefits of the free, worldwide park runs.
How sport can play a crucial role in the lives of transplant recipients as they deal with the realities of their health being reliant on someone else’s organ.
Our researchers are working with British Skeleton and UK Sport to learn more about the science behind the Winter Olympic sport.
If you're over 65, our researchers want to hear from you for a new study to understand more about how older people can stay fitter for longer.
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
Our latest news and updates.
New health research suggests that rather than dampen immunity, endurance sports can actually boost the body’s ability to fight off illness.
A new study from our Tobacco Control Research Group highlights the extent to which viewers of 'Love Island' were exposed to tobacco related images.
Members of our Tobacco Control Research Group and School of Management were in South Africa as part of the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.
Health researchers Dylan Thompson, Polly McGuigan and Javier Gonzalez featured in this Guardian feature on the science of the gym.
New research suggests regularly eating breakfast affects our body fat cells by decreasing the activity of genes involved in fat metabolism.
Aerial skier Lloyd Wallace believes he has already enjoyed one of the biggest wins of his career, just by appearing at the Winter Olympic Games.
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In this lecture, Dr Brad Millington will discuss his recently-released book that examines the changes in fitness industry and technology.
This conference explores the ways in which leisure has been and is enacted around us; and how leisure, and leisure studies, can be and are being re-created now.
The Department for Health aims to support an inclusive culture that values the diversity of its staff and students. We were awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in 2016.
Athena SWAN Bronze Award
We conduct research to promote health and wellbeing, enhance functional performance and improve the health services. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in sport and health.
We have a number of research groups and centres within our department. Our Bath Research & Development unit provides support for getting started with research.
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