Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Course Overview - Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
To truly understand how sport and exercise affects the body, it’s vital to take an approach rooted in medical insight. On this ground-breaking degree, you’ll investigate how movement prevents disease, nutrition influences health and physical inactivity changes our body.
There are few places in the world better placed to develop your learning than the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at King’s. Not only do we have connections to London’s many centres of sporting excellence, our course benefits from the research and teaching at one of the world’s great medical schools.
To truly understand how sport and exercise affects the body, it’s vital to take an approach rooted in medical insight. On this ground-breaking degree, you’ll investigate how movement prevents disease, nutrition influences health and physical inactivity changes our body.
There are few places in the world better placed to develop your learning than the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at King’s. Not only do we have connections to London’s many centres of sporting excellence, our course benefits from the research and teaching at one of the world’s great medical schools.
Key benefits
• Explore a broad area that covers several related disciplines including nutrition, biochemistry and psychology - areas in which King’s are internationally renowned.
• Learn from lecturers who are world leaders in areas including skeletal, cardiac and respiratory muscle physiology, ageing, tissue regeneration, and more.
• Complete research projects under the supervision of leading researchers in numerous scientific and clinical fields – providing fantastic opportunities to learn fundamental research skills, or work with an elite organisation.
• King’s association with sport is long standing. Be the first to hear drug-related breakthroughs from our world-class bio-analytical and pharmaceutical laboratories.
• Benefit from King's partnerships with NHS Foundation Trusts: Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College and the South London and Maudsley Hospitals.
• We are ranked 3rd in the UK for Sport Science (Times Higher Education 2025)
Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
2027-09-29
Campus
Main Site
Application Details
13 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
A45-D38
Institution Code
K60
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2
Entry Requirements
A level
Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject. Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels. NOTE: If you are taking linear A levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component.
T Level
Not accepted
UCAS Tariff
Not accepted
Scottish Higher
Must be a combination of three Scottish Highers and two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.
Access to HE Diploma
offer-distinction: 30.0, offer-merit: 15.0, offer-pass: 0.0
Access to Science (or similar subject) with 45 Level 3 credits: 30 must be from units awarded at Distinction, with the remaining 15 Level 3 credits at Merit. Study must cover two subjects areas of Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. 60 credits altogether are required.
Scottish Advanced Higher
Must be combined with three Scottish Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject. Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
33 points overall or an aggregate score of 16 from three Higher Levels. Must include grade 5 at Higher Level in two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sports Exercise and Health Science or Mathematics (Analysis & Approaches or Applications & Interpretation). The total point score of 33 includes TOK/EE.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Please see our online prospectus for further details on our BTEC entry requirements.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject.
Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Not accepted
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
Please note that Global Perspectives is not accepted by King’s as one of your Pre-U Principal subjects. Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) will be considered. Must include two subjects from: Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Biology is a preferred subject. If combined with A-Level, M2 would be needed in the subject requirement.
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Channel Islands | £10,050 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |
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