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Hartpury University BSc Strength and Conditioning
Hartpury University

BSc Strength and Conditioning

Gloucester, United Kingdom

3 Years

English

Full time

31 Aug 2025

22 Sep 2025

GBP 16,500 / per year

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About: The BSc Strength and Conditioning focuses on developing knowledge and skills in physical training and coaching. Students learn exercise physiology, biomechanics, and nutrition to enhance sports performance and athletic development. The course emphasizes evidence-based practice and prepares students for roles in various athletic environments.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates may pursue careers as strength and conditioning coaches, fitness trainers, sports coaches, or exercise physiologists. They can also work in rehabilitation settings or with youth sports organizations to promote fitness and performance.

Introduction

Immerse yourself in a performance sports environment, using dedicated gyms and human performance laboratories to perfect your coaching style. Work alongside our student-athletes as you develop the knowledge to improve the physical preparation of sportsmen and women.

Youโ€™ll have opportunities for placements and work experience through our performance sports academies, as well as our close industry connections locally and nationally. You could work with the likes of Gloucester Rugby and West Bromwich Albion Football Club, as well as a host of local schools and clubs.

Work alongside industry experts and practitioners, covering specialist strength and conditioning modules giving you the knowledge to prepare athletes for performance in various sporting contexts. Youโ€™ll also have access to coaches, nutritionists, and therapists, enabling you to gain knowledge and develop a skillset readying you to work in a professional, multidisciplinary environment when you graduate.

The programme follows the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) quality standards. You'll develop essential strength and conditioning knowledge, as well as learn about the other fundamental sports science disciplines including physiology, anatomy, sport psychology and biomechanics.

Make the most of our biomechanics and exercise physiology laboratories to get hands-on experience, developing your skills by undertaking analysis and assessing the performance of different athletes. They contain some kits that you wonโ€™t find at any other educational institution in the UK.

CIMSPA-endorsement

This course is endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). On successful completion of the course, youโ€™ll hold the professional position of โ€˜Graduate Strength and Conditioning Coachโ€™. Student CIMSPA membership fees are funded by us throughout your studies, providing you with career advice and further learning opportunities. Once you obtain the โ€˜Graduate Strength and Conditioning Coachโ€™ title youโ€™ll then need to enter into a professional membership with CIMSPA in order to maintain the qualification.

Your career

Industry opportunities on this course are diverse to ensure you develop the skills, experience and connections needed for your graduate career. Many of our students secure graduate roles with their work placement employers.

Work placements and experience

Youโ€™ll benefit from our strong links with professional sports teams, and industry governing bodies, as well as our own Sports Academy. Youโ€™ll have the opportunity to work with elite athletes on campus. If you choose to undertake an optional integrated placement in the industry, youโ€™ll gain great experience ready for your professional career upon graduation. Our students have completed placements with Southampton FC, Essex CCC, Gloucester Rugby, the English Institute of Sport, and our own Sports Academy.

Graduate destinations

As a sports graduate, you will have opportunities in varied career paths. Your programme focuses on strength and conditioning, exercise physiology and coaching, so you may choose to work in those fields. Our careers team can support you to find and prepare to secure your perfect role.

Recent graduate destinations have included:

  • Marlborough College
  • Dean Close School
  • Southampton Football Club
  • Gloucester Rugby
  • St Albans School
  • Hartpury University RFC
  • Bristol City FC
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