Interested in how nutritional advice can be used to optimise performance? Aspire to help individuals who exercise for recreational purposes to lose weight? Want to make your mark by tackling health challenges such as obesity and heart disease by supporting individuals with optimal dietary habits?

With a practical, real-world, multi and inter-disciplinary emphasis on the latest developments in sport, exercise and health nutrition, our BSc (Hons) Sport, Exercise and Nutrition course will teach you about the interplay between psychology, physiology and nutrition. Together, this will allow you to support individuals to perform at their best whether their goal is to excel in sports or they aim to exercise for health benefits.

Student-athletes have access to a sports laboratory and testing equipment in our specialist sport and teaching facility and a bespoke nutrition kitchen, combining practical hands-on training with the latest contemporary research in the field of sport and exercise nutrition to set you up for a career in this area.

The scientific content of the curriculum is aligned with the scientific knowledge requirements and competencies detailed in the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr) and during your studies, you will be encouraged to critically evaluate existing theory and practice as well as carry out independent research.

We appreciate the demands of combining study and soccer development so, where possible, we ensure our student-athletes benefit from maximised time in both the classroom and on the pitch. Timetabling is done in such a manner that means academic study will typically be taught in the morning with soccer activities taking place in the afternoon

BSc (Hons) Sport, Exercise and Nutrition shares common modules that have been developed for the whole of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration between students across sports science, sport and exercise nutrition, sports coaching, sport management and physiotherapy. Additional modules on the course will allow you to broaden your horizons and learn from your peers in other areas.

Throughout the degree, there is multidisciplinary collaboration between students across modules, and you will be encouraged to develop an understanding of the diverse needs of participants and clients from different clinical groups and cultural backgrounds. We also provide you with the opportunity to study out-of-discipline modules with an emphasis on sports management and sports coaching to further build your skills and knowledge.

Assignments are designed to reflect the modern multicultural world and ethical considerations including sustainability, and therefore you will be encouraged to develop an understanding of, and respect for, the diverse needs of participants and clients from different clinical groups and cultural backgrounds, whilst recognising the need for sustainable interventions (i.e. plant-based diets, digital campaigns and home-based intervention programmes).

Assessments are student-centred, and many of the methods of assessments have an element of choice which will enable you to pursue issues and research questions of personal interest, allowing you to be creative and demonstrate individual passion, and to pursue your own vocationally relevant interests. Example assessments include reporting on scientific data, providing feedback to clients, case conferences and individual presentations, written exams and practical exams, sometimes in 'real-world' settings depending on the population of interest, such as primary school settings.

• Download a PDF containing all core and optional modules from Year One - Year Three

The Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation aims to give all student-athletes a first-class education in world-class learning and teaching environments.

Expect a first-class education in a world-class environment, from our social spaces and hub areas to lecture theatres and exhibition spaces - our facilities are exceptional. For example, the 24/7 university library achieves some of the highest levels of student satisfaction in the UK and has held the Cabinet Office accreditation for Customer Service Excellence since 2010.

The equipment within our labs is state-of-the-art meaning you will be taught vocationally relevant skills in an exciting and stimulating setting. Some of the facilities you will have access to are specialist physiology, biomechanics and nutrition laboratories, strength and conditioning suites, indoor sprint tracks, an environmental chamber and the DXA bone scanner. Explore your learning spaces virtually here.

We are committed to helping you make the most of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) by embedding it throughout the course. Tools such as the ‘Blackboard’ eLearning Portal and electronic reading lists are there to help you efficiently and thoroughly prepare for seminars and independent research. Lecture capture software means you can revise previously lectured material online in your time, as well as at your speed.

Outside of the classroom, we have a wide range of socialisation and study spaces for students to utilise from our award-winning Student Central and Library to your dedicated Students' Union.

As an i2i student-athlete, you will have full access to Northumbria University's extensive state-of-the-art sports facilities.

Our sporting facilities comprise a City Campus facility - Sport Central - which was a £30 million investment made in 2010. Sport Central comprises a fitness centre, swimming pool, sauna and steam room, squash courts, four full-sized basketball court sports halls, indoor track, meeting rooms/performance analysis pods and strength and conditioning suites, the latter of which is only accessible by our scholar and i2i student-athletes.

We also have our Coach Lane Sport Centre which is the focus of all our outdoor sports and the home of our soccer and i2i programme. Coach Lane Sport Centre is 3 miles away from our City Campus and Sport Central. At Coach Lane, we have four full-sized grass soccer pitches and two full-sized 3G pitches, with one pitch recently built in September 2022. There is also an indoor sports hall, player lounge, performance analysis rooms and a strength and conditioning suite.

Along with access to our strength and conditioning suites with our qualified coaches, i2i student-athletes receive a free commercial gym membership where they can access a swimming pool, sauna and steam room. as well as an extensive timetable of exercise classes.