Sport Rehabilitation and Athletic Training

Entry requirements

Undergraduate Degree

2:1 in any sport or health-related degree or 2:2 in sport or health-related degree with additional qualifications/accreditations/certifications related to the programme.

English Requirements

Overseas students must provide evidence of proficiency in English - an IELTS 6.5 band score (with no element below 6.0) or above are proof of this.

Please note: Due to the structure of this programme, it is not available to applicants who require a student visa

Accreditation for Prior Learning (APL)

We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully.

The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) process could help you to make your work and life experience count. The APL process can be used for entry onto courses or to give you exemptions from parts of your course.

Two forms of APL may be used for entry: the Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning (APCL) or the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).

APEL: Sports injury practitioners with lower formal academic qualification will be assessed on suitability to enrol on this programme based on experience and vocational qualifications and via interview.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Do you want to be a master's level trained healthcare professional with international recognition and a core foundation in exercise rehabilitation? Sport Rehabilitators have a strong focus on clinical assessment, biomechanics, exercise rehabilitation and returning patients to high levels of function. You will also learn how to optimise health and physical performance across the lifespan for a variety of population groups and help in changing people’s lives.

Clinical experience is an essential and enjoyable part of being a healthcare professional, during the programme you will undertake a minimum of 400 hours of clinical practice across a variety of settings, all supervised by a registered healthcare or medical professional. To support this transition to clinical work, you will do a lot of applied practice in small group practical sessions.

The programme is accredited by the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT) which means that graduates will be eligible to apply to sit the BASRaT registration exam. This is part of an International Arrangement with the USA, Canada and Ireland that gives you the opportunity to apply to be recognised to work in the IA partner countries.