95 Best universities for Sports / Exercise science in the United Kingdom

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Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 1.16M citations received by 23.9K academic papers made by 95 universities in the United Kingdom was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Europe
#18 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

2. Loughborough University

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Europe
#19 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

3. University of Bristol

For Sports / Exercise science

#10 in Europe
#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

5. University of Birmingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#15 in Europe
#50 in the World
Founded
1900

6. University of Exeter

For Sports / Exercise science

#16 in Europe
#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

7. University of Cambridge

For Sports / Exercise science

#18 in Europe
#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

8. University of Glasgow

For Sports / Exercise science

#19 in Europe
#72 in the World
Founded
1451

9. Ulster University

For Sports / Exercise science

#27 in Europe
#112 in the World
Founded
1968

10. University of Oxford

For Sports / Exercise science

#31 in Europe
#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

12. University of Leicester

For Sports / Exercise science

#43 in Europe
#162 in the World
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

13. University of Leeds

For Sports / Exercise science

#45 in Europe
#166 in the World
Founded
1904

14. University of Bath

For Sports / Exercise science

#46 in Europe
#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
18,857
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1966

15. University of Edinburgh

For Sports / Exercise science

#47 in Europe
#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

16. University of Nottingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#50 in Europe
#180 in the World
Founded
1948

17. Leeds Beckett University

For Sports / Exercise science

#52 in Europe
#182 in the World
Founded
1992

18. University of Manchester

For Sports / Exercise science

#55 in Europe
#192 in the World
Founded
1824

19. King's College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#58 in Europe
#204 in the World
Founded
1829

20. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Sports / Exercise science

#63 in Europe
#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1993

22. University of Aberdeen

For Sports / Exercise science

#67 in Europe
#217 in the World
Founded
1495

23. University of Strathclyde

For Sports / Exercise science

#70 in Europe
#223 in the World
Founded
1964

24. University of Liverpool

For Sports / Exercise science

#76 in Europe
#235 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

25. Imperial College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#81 in Europe
#245 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

26. University of Southampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#83 in Europe
#249 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

27. University of East Anglia

For Sports / Exercise science

#95 in Europe
#271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

28. Queen's University Belfast

For Sports / Exercise science

#98 in Europe
#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

29. Coventry University

For Sports / Exercise science

#100 in Europe
#283 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

30. Swansea University

For Sports / Exercise science

#101 in Europe
#284 in the World
Founded
1920

32. Keele University

For Sports / Exercise science

#103 in Europe
#287 in the World
Founded
1962

33. Sheffield Hallam University

For Sports / Exercise science

#106 in Europe
#295 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

34. Bangor University

For Sports / Exercise science

#111 in Europe
#314 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

35. University of Essex

For Sports / Exercise science

#113 in Europe
#317 in the World
Founded
1964

36. University of Sheffield

For Sports / Exercise science

#115 in Europe
#321 in the World
Founded
1905

37. Brunel University London

For Sports / Exercise science

#121 in Europe
#329 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

39. Teesside University

For Sports / Exercise science

#134 in Europe
#365 in the World
Enrollment
19,290
Founded
1992

41. Cardiff Metropolitan University

For Sports / Exercise science

#138 in Europe
#372 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Founded
2011

42. Queen Mary University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#171 in Europe
#466 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

43. Cardiff University

For Sports / Exercise science

#172 in Europe
#467 in the World
Founded
1997

44. University of Stirling

For Sports / Exercise science

#173 in Europe
#468 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1967

45. University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#176 in Europe
#474 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

46. University of Brighton

For Sports / Exercise science

#178 in Europe
#483 in the World
Founded
1992

47. University of Bedfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#180 in Europe
#485 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Founded
2006

49. University of Roehampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#184 in Europe
#495 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
2004

50. University of Hull

For Sports / Exercise science

#185 in Europe
#496 in the World
Founded
1954

51. University of the West of Scotland

For Sports / Exercise science

#187 in Europe
#498 in the World
Enrollment
15,555
Founded
1897

52. University of Dundee

For Sports / Exercise science

#193 in Europe
#510 in the World
Founded
1967

53. Nottingham Trent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#194 in Europe
#512 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

54. University of Warwick

For Sports / Exercise science

#195 in Europe
#515 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

55. University of Salford

For Sports / Exercise science

#197 in Europe
#519 in the World
Founded
1967

56. Anglia Ruskin University

For Sports / Exercise science

#201 in Europe
#533 in the World
Founded
1858

57. University of Surrey

For Sports / Exercise science

#207 in Europe
#547 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

58. University of Gloucestershire

For Sports / Exercise science

#213 in Europe
#556 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
2001

59. University of Central Lancashire

For Sports / Exercise science

#215 in Europe
#559 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

60. Durham University

For Sports / Exercise science

#223 in Europe
#585 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

61. Edge Hill University

For Sports / Exercise science

#228 in Europe
#599 in the World
Founded
2006

62. University of Kent

For Sports / Exercise science

#232 in Europe
#606 in the World
Founded
1965

63. University of Chester

For Sports / Exercise science

#238 in Europe
#621 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Founded
2005

64. Oxford Brookes University

For Sports / Exercise science

#246 in Europe
#647 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1865

65. University of Plymouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#249 in Europe
#656 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

66. Staffordshire University

For Sports / Exercise science

#256 in Europe
#684 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

67. University of South Wales

For Sports / Exercise science

#257 in Europe
#685 in the World
Founded
1841

68. Middlesex University

For Sports / Exercise science

#266 in Europe
#710 in the World
Founded
1973

69. University of Hertfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#276 in Europe
#738 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1992

70. Queen Margaret University

For Sports / Exercise science

#296 in Europe
#799 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2007

71. University of Portsmouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#301 in Europe
#812 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

72. University of Greenwich

For Sports / Exercise science

#311 in Europe
#835 in the World
Founded
1890

73. University of Chichester

For Sports / Exercise science

#314 in Europe
#851 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2005

74. University of Worcester

For Sports / Exercise science

#323 in Europe
#875 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Enrollment
10,798
Founded
2005

75. University of Reading

For Sports / Exercise science

#324 in Europe
#886 in the World
Founded
1892

76. City, University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#326 in Europe
#889 in the World
Founded
1966

77. Edinburgh Napier University

For Sports / Exercise science

#329 in Europe
#901 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1992

78. University of York

For Sports / Exercise science

#338 in Europe
#950 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

80. University of the West of England

For Sports / Exercise science

#340 in Europe
#953 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

81. University of St Andrews

For Sports / Exercise science

#345 in Europe
#959 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

82. Bournemouth University

For Sports / Exercise science

#352 in Europe
#973 in the World
Enrollment
14,293
Founded
1992

83. Liverpool Hope University

For Sports / Exercise science

#360 in Europe
#994 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Founded
2005

84. Birmingham City University

For Sports / Exercise science

#368 in Europe
#1021 in the World
Founded
1992

86. Solent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#373 in Europe
#1043 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Enrollment
11,340
Founded
2004

87. University of Lincoln

For Sports / Exercise science

#376 in Europe
#1048 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
19,710
Founded
1992

88. University of East London

For Sports / Exercise science

#391 in Europe
#1103 in the World
Founded
1992

89. University of Northampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#400 in Europe
#1133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2005

90. Robert Gordon University

For Sports / Exercise science

#412 in Europe
#1170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

91. Leeds Trinity University

For Sports / Exercise science

#415 in Europe
#1179 in the World
Enrollment
4,270
Founded
2012

92. University of Huddersfield

For Sports / Exercise science

#422 in Europe
#1204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

93. Lancaster University

For Sports / Exercise science

#428 in Europe
#1218 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

94. University of Derby

For Sports / Exercise science

#433 in Europe
#1234 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1992

95. University of Bradford

For Sports / Exercise science

#440 in Europe
#1268 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
1966

The best cities to study Sports / Exercise science in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are London, Loughborough, Bristol, and Liverpool.