BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation with Foundation Year - Full-time

With people’s increased awareness of exercise and the need to prevent and manage injury, there’s a growing demand for practitioners specialising in musculoskeletal healthcare for the physically active. Graduates will have a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of sport rehabilitation, experience of relating theory to practice and utilising skills in a practical setting on placements.

Key transferable skills that will be developed include the ability to work independently, planning and time management, adapting to changing circumstances, good communication skills, responding to customers and their needs, applying techniques of health and safety and risk assessment, and teamwork.

Graduate sport rehabilitators (GSRs) are in demand across the UK and career opportunities exist in professional and semi-professional sports clubs, private sports injury and physiotherapy clinics, health clubs, fitness centres and positions with the Ministry of Defence. A sport rehabilitator may also work alongside many other health professions or as an autonomous practitioner.

GSRs have a solid undergraduate academic platform to study at master’s level in a range of fields, including physiotherapy, strength and conditioning, exercise science, physician's associate, psychology, biomechanics, and sports medicine.

Alternative Career Options
Health Promotion Specialist
HE Lecturer
Outdoor Activities/Education Manager
Sport and Exercise Psychologist
Sport Therapist
Community Rehabilitation Support Worker
Rehabilitation Case Load Manager

Your Level 3 subjects must include a sport, physical education or science related subject; for instance, A-level Biology or BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport.

You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including Mathematics and English.

You’ll be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

The course is accredited by the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT), the professional body for Graduate Sport Rehabilitators (GSR), who hold an Accredited Professional Register approved by the Professional Standards Authority for Healthcare in the UK.

BASRaT provides full professional liability insurance to all graduates, which enables you to practice as a sport rehabilitation professional.

Key Features:
Our on-campus facilities are based in the £31 million Bolton One building, including hydrotherapy and swimming pools, rehabilitation suite, strength and conditioning suite, fully-equipped physiology and biomechanics laboratories, and specialist classrooms. We also use some facilities at the world-class Bolton Arena.
We offer a highly qualified and experienced team of multi-sports practitioners and academic staff with links to top-flight athletes and sports teams. Our chartered, state-registered and BASRaT-accredited lecturing staff are involved in current clinical practice and relevant research.
Opportunities exist for you to gain experience in our clinician-led Sport & Spinal Injury Clinic and our Athlete Development Centre, where you can engage with a range of athletes: elite, professional, recreational and participatory.
You’ll complete at least two external placements, and gain over 400 supervised clinical hours of experience prior to graduation. For example, your placements may be at professional sports clubs, physiotherapy clinics, the Ministry of Defence, or even overseas in the USA.
We offer bespoke pathways if you’re keen to have a career in the Military. On successful completion of the Military application and interview process, you’ll have the chance to partake in paid training alongside your degree; in fields such as Combat Medic Technician.
Your dedicated personal tutor will support you to develop valuable transferable skills such as communication, self-management, group working, numeracy, research and critical evaluation.