86 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 832K citations received by 21.2K academic papers made by 86 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

#12 in Europe
#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

5. University of Birmingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#15 in Europe
#52 in the World
Founded
1900

6. University of Exeter

For Sports / Exercise science

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

7. University of Glasgow

For Sports / Exercise science

#18 in Europe
#76 in the World
Founded
1451

8. University of Cambridge

For Sports / Exercise science

#20 in Europe
#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

9. Ulster University

For Sports / Exercise science

#26 in Europe
#118 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

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

13. University of Leeds

For Sports / Exercise science

#42 in Europe
#165 in the World
Founded
1904

14. University of Bath

For Sports / Exercise science

#46 in Europe
#171 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
#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

16. University of Nottingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#50 in Europe
#183 in the World
Founded
1948

17. University of Aberdeen

For Sports / Exercise science

#54 in Europe
#193 in the World
Founded
1495

18. Leeds Beckett University

For Sports / Exercise science

#55 in Europe
#194 in the World
Founded
1992

19. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Sports / Exercise science

#58 in Europe
#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1993

20. University of Liverpool

For Sports / Exercise science

#60 in Europe
#203 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

22. King's College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#64 in Europe
#210 in the World
Founded
1829

23. University of Manchester

For Sports / Exercise science

#66 in Europe
#218 in the World
Founded
1824

24. University of Strathclyde

For Sports / Exercise science

#74 in Europe
#236 in the World
Founded
1964

25. Imperial College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#82 in Europe
#253 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

27. University of East Anglia

For Sports / Exercise science

#85 in Europe
#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

28. Coventry University

For Sports / Exercise science

#86 in Europe
#260 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

29. University of Southampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#87 in Europe
#264 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

30. Bangor University

For Sports / Exercise science

#96 in Europe
#284 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

31. Swansea University

For Sports / Exercise science

#98 in Europe
#288 in the World
Founded
1920

32. Keele University

For Sports / Exercise science

#99 in Europe
#289 in the World
Founded
1962

33. Sheffield Hallam University

For Sports / Exercise science

#101 in Europe
#292 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

34. Queen's University Belfast

For Sports / Exercise science

#103 in Europe
#295 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

35. University of Sheffield

For Sports / Exercise science

#109 in Europe
#312 in the World
Founded
1905

36. Brunel University London

For Sports / Exercise science

#111 in Europe
#315 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

37. University of Essex

For Sports / Exercise science

#120 in Europe
#337 in the World
Founded
1964

40. Teesside University

For Sports / Exercise science

#139 in Europe
#386 in the World
Enrollment
19,290
Founded
1992

41. Cardiff Metropolitan University

For Sports / Exercise science

#145 in Europe
#399 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Founded
2011

42. University of Dundee

For Sports / Exercise science

#153 in Europe
#432 in the World
Founded
1967

43. Cardiff University

For Sports / Exercise science

#161 in Europe
#453 in the World
Founded
1997

44. Queen Mary University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#167 in Europe
#463 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

45. University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#169 in Europe
#465 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

46. University of Hull

For Sports / Exercise science

#172 in Europe
#472 in the World
Founded
1954

48. University of the West of Scotland

For Sports / Exercise science

#178 in Europe
#486 in the World
Enrollment
15,555
Founded
1897

49. University of Bedfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#182 in Europe
#491 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Founded
2006

50. University of Warwick

For Sports / Exercise science

#190 in Europe
#514 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

51. University of Surrey

For Sports / Exercise science

#191 in Europe
#515 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

52. Nottingham Trent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#193 in Europe
#517 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

53. University of Stirling

For Sports / Exercise science

#194 in Europe
#520 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1967

54. University of Central Lancashire

For Sports / Exercise science

#199 in Europe
#539 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

55. University of Chester

For Sports / Exercise science

#202 in Europe
#542 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Founded
2005

56. University of Roehampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#203 in Europe
#543 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
2004

57. Anglia Ruskin University

For Sports / Exercise science

#205 in Europe
#549 in the World
Founded
1858

58. University of Brighton

For Sports / Exercise science

#208 in Europe
#556 in the World
Founded
1992

59. University of Gloucestershire

For Sports / Exercise science

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

60. Staffordshire University

For Sports / Exercise science

#216 in Europe
#577 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

61. University of Salford

For Sports / Exercise science

#217 in Europe
#585 in the World
Founded
1967

62. Oxford Brookes University

For Sports / Exercise science

#220 in Europe
#592 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1865

63. University of Kent

For Sports / Exercise science

#229 in Europe
#608 in the World
Founded
1965

64. University of South Wales

For Sports / Exercise science

#234 in Europe
#623 in the World
Founded
1841

65. Edge Hill University

For Sports / Exercise science

#239 in Europe
#634 in the World
Founded
2006

66. University of Wales

For Sports / Exercise science

#240 in Europe
#636 in the World
Founded
1893

67. Middlesex University

For Sports / Exercise science

#250 in Europe
#663 in the World
Founded
1973

68. University of Plymouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#254 in Europe
#673 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

69. Queen Margaret University

For Sports / Exercise science

#255 in Europe
#674 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2007

70. Durham University

For Sports / Exercise science

#276 in Europe
#729 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

71. University of Portsmouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#280 in Europe
#741 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

72. University of Hertfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#282 in Europe
#744 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1992

73. City, University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#286 in Europe
#775 in the World
Founded
1966

74. University of Chichester

For Sports / Exercise science

#299 in Europe
#811 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2005

76. Bournemouth University

For Sports / Exercise science

#307 in Europe
#835 in the World
Enrollment
14,293
Founded
1992

77. Edinburgh Napier University

For Sports / Exercise science

#311 in Europe
#844 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1992

78. University of Greenwich

For Sports / Exercise science

#315 in Europe
#859 in the World
Founded
1890

79. University of the West of England

For Sports / Exercise science

#318 in Europe
#868 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

80. University of St Andrews

For Sports / Exercise science

#325 in Europe
#889 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

82. University of York

For Sports / Exercise science

#332 in Europe
#906 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

83. University of Worcester

For Sports / Exercise science

#336 in Europe
#915 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Enrollment
10,798
Founded
2005

84. University of Lincoln

For Sports / Exercise science

#353 in Europe
#981 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1992

85. Solent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#360 in Europe
#998 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Enrollment
11,340
Founded
2004

86. Liverpool Hope University

For Sports / Exercise science

#361 in Europe
#999 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Founded
2005

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.