Sport Science and Management

Sport science and management is a degree that combines the scientific study of human performance and physical activity with the business and organisational disciplines needed to manage sport effectively at every level. Sport science examines how the body responds to training and exercise, how performance can be optimised, and how physical activity supports health across the lifespan. Management provides the strategic, financial, and operational frameworks for running sports organisations, clubs, events, and facilities.

Together they produce graduates who can work at the intersection of scientific knowledge and professional sport management.

At Nottingham Trent, this three-year degree allows you to apply management theory and sport science to real-world contexts, developing the practical and analytical skills that make graduates genuinely work-ready. You will study exercise physiology, sports psychology, biomechanics, and performance analysis alongside organisational behaviour, marketing, event management, finance, and the governance of sport. The combination trains you to think scientifically about physical performance and commercially about the business of sport, which is a distinctive and increasingly valued combination in an industry that is growing in scale and sophistication.

NTU's strong industry connections and practical teaching approach give the degree a real-world grounding that prepares you for the professional environments you will encounter on graduation.

Graduates of sport science and management degrees move into careers in performance support roles with sports clubs and national governing bodies, sports event management, facility management, sports marketing, community sport development, and health and wellbeing management in both the public and private sectors. The dual qualification opens doors both to scientific support roles and to management positions, giving graduates more options than either a pure sport science or a pure management degree would alone. Many graduates go on to postgraduate study in specialist areas of sport science, sports management, or business administration.