Undergraduate sports courses
Bachelor's and undergraduate master's courses starting in 2019.
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.
Department for Health taught postgraduate courses
Our postgraduate taught courses combine academic excellence with flexible and innovative design and delivery.
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.
Inspired by an Olympian
Hosting a former Olympian on a school visit was one of Adele's placement highlights when studying her undergraduate sports course.
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.
Many NHS partnerships with drug companies ‘out of public sight’
Drug companies spent over £7.5m on joint working in 2016-17, but 1 in 5 NHS trusts are keeping details secret according to new research from Bath academics.
Our dangerous quest for perfectionism - Tom Curran TED Talk
Tom Curran (Department for Health) delivers his TED Med Lecture on the rise of perfectionism, in particular among young people, and what can be done about it.
Spaceflight does not compromise major part of the immune system, shows research
Research involving Bath health scientists shows extended periods of time in orbit does not negatively impact the body’s ability to fight off infections.
‘Jobs for the boys’: women don’t get a fair go in sports administration
Women represent just 22% of board chairs and 13% of CEOs across more than 60 Australian sporting organisations.
Department for Health academic staff
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
Get involved with our department
We're always looking for schools and our wider community to take part in our research and outreach activities.
How much calcium do we need to change our appetite hormones? Help us find out
Does increasing our calcium intake affect our appetite hormones? Take part in our research study to help us get a better understanding of this.
Take part in our study and exercise your way to a healthier vitamin D status
We're looking for volunteers to take part in a study exploring how exercise improves vitamin D and health in adults who are above their ideal body weight.
Do you have a spinal cord injury? Help us understand the importance of exercise for your health
Get a free health check by taking part in our study on how various intensities of exercise can have an impact on nutrient handling after a meal.
Learn more about your physical activity behaviour by taking part in our research
We're looking for people who are interested in doing more physical activity to help us evaluate personalised feedback from wearable monitoring technology.
News
Our latest news and updates.
Bath rugby researchers turn to horse racing to tackle spinal injuries
Building on the success of previous injury prevention work, our sports scientists are working with the BHA on a new project designed to improve rider safety.
Simone Fullagar conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
A leading scholar in the field of leisure studies, Professor Simone Fullagar is one of 73 social scientists to become Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.
New testosterone rule for female athletes ‘risks setting an unscientific precedent’ warn experts
Regulations challenge the evidence base that underlies medical practice, argue researchers including Dr Sheree Bekker behind a new BMJ paper.
Major tobacco companies pay almost no corporation tax despite massive profits
Taxes on the profits of Big Tobacco in the UK are being applied in a ‘wholly inadequate’ way claim the authors of a new study.
TCRG join over 100 organisations in denouncing Big Tobacco's new attempt to influence health policy.
As part of 'STOP', our Tobacco Control Research Group has called on the World Health Organisation to block Big Tobacco efforts to influence policy.
Take off for European Space Agency-funded rehabilitation project at the University of Bath
Researchers will assess the movement forces on human lower limbs in low gravity settings using computer simulation and anti-gravity devices.
Awards and accolades
Our awards, rankings and reputation.
Events
See our upcoming events.
Calories, clocks and causality
In this inaugural lecture, Professor James Betts presents insights from recent research into human nutrition and how this affects metabolism and physiology.
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.
