Foundation Year in Sport

Overview

Sport and exercise is a million-dollar industry with a vast scope from Olympic athletes, to personal fitness, to health. This Foundation Year in Sport is offered as an entry route to a Sport and Exercise Science degree for students who don't yet meet the entry requirements for degree-level study. It will help you gain the skills you need to study for a Sports degree such as written and oral communication skills, mathematical topics and concepts, and scientific concepts, principles and practical skills.

Why study the Foundation Year in Sport* at Middlesex University?

This degree is broad in scope, allowing you to study the full range of sports and exercise sciences and gain an expert knowledge and understanding of scientific methods from sports psychology to the study of the human form.

You will graduate with the essential skills and knowledge to thrive in the sport and exercise industry and be well prepared to enter a broad range of careers working with athletes to support their development or helping people at all levels of fitness to stay healthy. You will be supported to pursue careers such as Dietician, Fitness Instructor / Personal Trainer, GP Referral Exercise Consultant, Health Promotion Specialist, Lecturer in Higher Education, Performance Analyst, Physical Activity Development Manager, Sport and Exercise Psychologist, Sports Development Officer or Strength and Conditioning Coach.

You enrol on a four-year course, which includes the one-year foundation course. If you complete this year successfully you progress directly to one of our three-year degree courses in this subject area. The number of students who progress to degree study are very high and in many have gone on to become some of our most successful graduates.