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Sport with a Foundation Year

BSc · Loughborough University · 4 years

Sport with a Foundation Year

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Loughborough University

AI IMPACT
MEDIAN PAY, 15 MOnot published
SATISFACTION86%
CONTINUATION95%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS89%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 35% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).

About this course

Sport as an academic subject at Loughborough University draws on the university's remarkable position in British sporting life. Loughborough has produced more Olympic and Paralympic medal winners per capita than any other UK university, and its culture of high-performance sport informs the academic programmes it offers. The Sport degree provides an intellectually rigorous engagement with sport as a social, cultural, economic and political phenomenon, alongside the practical and scientific dimensions of sporting performance. The four-year full-time programme with foundation year is specifically designed for students who are performing at a very high standard in their sport but do not have the required academic qualifications, often because of the demands of elite training and competition. The foundation year provides the academic preparation needed to progress onto the full degree, recog

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 42% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

  • 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
  • 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 2% of graduatescards →
  • 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
  • 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
  • 45 / 100Media Professionals · 2% of graduatescards →

The tabs above carry the rest: modules and satisfaction (The Course), where you'd live and what it costs (Student Life), the full pay story (Pay & Outcomes), and easier ways into the same subject (Alternatives).

MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).