Undergraduate courses in sport, exercise and health
Modern sport continues to evolve from an academic, coaching, teaching and performance perspective.
Department for Health
We deliver highly-rated courses in sport, exercise and health, alongside research to promote wellbeing and enhance functional performance.
Study sport, exercise and health
Find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, funding opportunities and how you can apply.
Postgraduate studies in health
Our postgraduate taught courses combine academic excellence with flexible and innovative design and delivery. You can also apply for doctoral opportunities.
Experience the University at a postgraduate Open Day or fair
Find out about life at Bath and studying our courses through Postgraduate Open Days, fairs and events.
Pursuing a career in sport and exercise medicine
Ronjan Bhattacharya explains his plans to continue working in sport following the MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Bath.
Professional Doctorate graduate's research on mothers living with HIV in Ireland
Dr Denise Proudfoot talks about studying for her Professional Doctorate in Health at Bath while working full-time.
Our research and people
Through our research, we aim to promote health and wellbeing, enhance functional performance and improve the quality and efficiency of the health services.
Department for Health research
We carry out high-quality research with a strong applied focus, promoting population health and wellbeing and the efficiency and quality of health services.
Sending parents letters to fight childhood obesity doesn’t work
Dr Fiona Gillison writes for The Conversation on the effectiveness of the National Childhood Measurment Programme.
BBC’s Trust Me I’m a Doctor tackles ‘exercise snacking’ at Bath
In this week's Trust Me episode viewers will see Bath researcher Dr Oly Perkin put participants through their paces with a new ‘exercise snacking’ regime.
New research uncovers 'one of the tobacco industry’s greatest scams'
Parallel studies published in Tobacco Control, highlight fresh evidence on smuggled tobacco and industry-funded studies that routinely overestimate its scale.
Do you have a spinal cord injury? Get involved in our patient and public involvement group
We are setting up a patient and public involvement group to help guide research studies around the topic of exercise for people with a spinal cord injury.
Department for Health academic staff
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
News
Our latest news and updates.
‘Terrorism does not terrorise’ claims new study
The impact of terrorism on post-traumatic stress may be less significant than we thought, argue the authors of a significant new Lancet Psychiatry study.
Volunteers needed for caffeine and mood study
The links between caffeine, physical activity and mood will be examined by a new University study.
Sport and Exercise Science students win physiology awards
Kate Sansum and Jonathan Watkins have each won a Rob Clarke Award from The Physiological Society.
Bath professor recognised for leadership in pain science
Christopher Eccleston has received the Ronald Melzack Lecture Award from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).
Major funding announcement puts Bath TCRG at centre of new $20 million global industry watchdog
With significant funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, our Tobacco Control Research Group will spearhead a brand new global tobacco industry watchdog.
Gold medalist Heather Stanning awarded University of Bath honorary degree
Double Olympic champion and Bath alumna, Major Heather Stanning OBE, was this week recognised for her significant sporting and military achievements.
Events
See our upcoming events.
The Workers Cup: Documentary film screening and directors’ Q&A
This award-winning film follows a group of migrant workers in the labour camps of Qatar, where the FIFA World Cup will be held in 2022.
Qualitative Research Symposium 2019
The symposium is a forum for researchers to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion of common features, challenges, and changes in qualitative research.
Equality and diversity
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
About the Department for Health
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.
Contact us
Ask us more details about our courses and research.
