Our Department of Sport offers a wide selection of courses, including Physical Education and School Sport, Football Coaching and Performance, Sport and Exercise Science, Sport and Exercise Therapy, and other specialised programs.

Students in the Department of Sport are taught at our Walsall campus, which boasts a range of specialist sports facilities:

• Human performance and movement labs with an environmental chamber and 3D motion capture software
• Sport therapy suites (fitness, conditioning, plate-loaded and free weights)
• Sports Performance Clinic
• Elite strength and conditioning suite
• Multi-million pound Sports Centre
• 3G football pitch
• Badminton, table tennis, basketball, volleyball and netball courts
• Physiotherapy lab
• Sports Centre
• Skills and simulation facilities
• Indoor five-a-side space and sports halls
• Fitness suite
• Outdoor sports zone
• Six-lane 200m sprint track
• Specialised laboratories enabling ECG monitoring, body composition, lung function and gait assessment; performance analysis and video editing; EMG muscle activity monitoring

In recent years, our sports courses have involved student collaborations with various local and national organisations such as British Judo, England Squash, the Commonwealth Games, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, and West Bromwich Albion FC.

Many of our courses are accredited by the leading professional bodies for subjects in the UK, such as The Society of Sports Therapists (SST).

The Department of Sport has been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Department Award in recognition of our work to support gender equality.

Our graduates have gone on to secure successful careers at leading companies such as U.S. Soccer and Team England Gymnastics. Some have even competed in prestigious events like the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. Is it your time to join us?