98 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 1.26M citations received by 25K academic papers made by 98 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

#11 in Europe
#38 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
#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

7. University of Cambridge

For Sports / Exercise science

#17 in Europe
#56 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
#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

12. University of Leicester

For Sports / Exercise science

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

13. University of Leeds

For Sports / Exercise science

#45 in Europe
#165 in the World
Founded
1904

14. University of Bath

For Sports / Exercise science

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

15. Leeds Beckett University

For Sports / Exercise science

#48 in Europe
#174 in the World
Founded
1992

16. University of Edinburgh

For Sports / Exercise science

#49 in Europe
#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

17. University of Nottingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#52 in Europe
#182 in the World
Founded
1948

18. King's College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#56 in Europe
#193 in the World
Founded
1829

19. University of Manchester

For Sports / Exercise science

#57 in Europe
#194 in the World
Founded
1824

20. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Sports / Exercise science

#62 in Europe
#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1993

22. University of Aberdeen

For Sports / Exercise science

#68 in Europe
#220 in the World
Founded
1495

23. University of Strathclyde

For Sports / Exercise science

#71 in Europe
#223 in the World
Founded
1964

24. Imperial College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#76 in Europe
#235 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

25. University of Liverpool

For Sports / Exercise science

#80 in Europe
#241 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

26. University of Southampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#85 in Europe
#253 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. Swansea University

For Sports / Exercise science

#99 in Europe
#281 in the World
Founded
1920

29. Queen's University Belfast

For Sports / Exercise science

#101 in Europe
#285 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

30. Coventry University

For Sports / Exercise science

#102 in Europe
#287 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

31. Sheffield Hallam University

For Sports / Exercise science

#104 in Europe
#293 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

32. Keele University

For Sports / Exercise science

#105 in Europe
#295 in the World
Founded
1962

34. Bangor University

For Sports / Exercise science

#110 in Europe
#312 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

35. University of Essex

For Sports / Exercise science

#113 in Europe
#315 in the World
Founded
1964

36. University of Sheffield

For Sports / Exercise science

#117 in Europe
#324 in the World
Founded
1905

37. Brunel University London

For Sports / Exercise science

#120 in Europe
#330 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

40. Teesside University

For Sports / Exercise science

#137 in Europe
#368 in the World
Enrollment
19,290
Founded
1992

41. Cardiff Metropolitan University

For Sports / Exercise science

#138 in Europe
#369 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
2011

42. Queen Mary University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

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

43. Cardiff University

For Sports / Exercise science

#171 in Europe
#467 in the World
Founded
1997

44. University of Stirling

For Sports / Exercise science

#175 in Europe
#473 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1967

45. University of Bedfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#177 in Europe
#481 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Founded
2006

46. University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#178 in Europe
#482 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

48. University of Brighton

For Sports / Exercise science

#182 in Europe
#489 in the World
Founded
1992

49. University of Roehampton

For Sports / Exercise science

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

50. Nottingham Trent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#187 in Europe
#499 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

51. University of the West of Scotland

For Sports / Exercise science

#189 in Europe
#501 in the World
Enrollment
15,555
Founded
1897

52. University of Hull

For Sports / Exercise science

#193 in Europe
#506 in the World
Founded
1954

53. Anglia Ruskin University

For Sports / Exercise science

#194 in Europe
#510 in the World
Founded
1858

54. University of Salford

For Sports / Exercise science

#195 in Europe
#511 in the World
Founded
1967

55. University of Warwick

For Sports / Exercise science

#196 in Europe
#512 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

56. University of Dundee

For Sports / Exercise science

#198 in Europe
#517 in the World
Founded
1967

57. University of Gloucestershire

For Sports / Exercise science

#211 in Europe
#554 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
2001

58. University of Surrey

For Sports / Exercise science

#212 in Europe
#558 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

59. University of Central Lancashire

For Sports / Exercise science

#217 in Europe
#566 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

60. Edge Hill University

For Sports / Exercise science

#220 in Europe
#575 in the World
Founded
2006

61. Durham University

For Sports / Exercise science

#224 in Europe
#584 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

62. University of Kent

For Sports / Exercise science

#234 in Europe
#609 in the World
Founded
1965

63. University of Chester

For Sports / Exercise science

#242 in Europe
#642 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Founded
2005

64. University of Plymouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#250 in Europe
#662 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

65. Oxford Brookes University

For Sports / Exercise science

#251 in Europe
#666 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1865

66. Staffordshire University

For Sports / Exercise science

#258 in Europe
#683 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

67. Middlesex University

For Sports / Exercise science

#270 in Europe
#714 in the World
Founded
1973

68. University of Hertfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#274 in Europe
#722 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1992

69. University of South Wales

For Sports / Exercise science

#276 in Europe
#726 in the World
Founded
1841

70. University of Portsmouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#299 in Europe
#808 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

71. Queen Margaret University

For Sports / Exercise science

#303 in Europe
#819 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2007

72. University of Greenwich

For Sports / Exercise science

#307 in Europe
#826 in the World
Founded
1890

73. University of Chichester

For Sports / Exercise science

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

74. University of Worcester

For Sports / Exercise science

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

75. City, University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#327 in Europe
#899 in the World
Founded
1966

76. Edinburgh Napier University

For Sports / Exercise science

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

77. University of Reading

For Sports / Exercise science

#331 in Europe
#916 in the World
Founded
1892

79. University of York

For Sports / Exercise science

#341 in Europe
#948 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

80. University of St Andrews

For Sports / Exercise science

#346 in Europe
#963 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

81. Bournemouth University

For Sports / Exercise science

#347 in Europe
#964 in the World
Enrollment
14,293
Founded
1992

82. University of the West of England

For Sports / Exercise science

#349 in Europe
#971 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

83. Newman University, Birmingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#356 in Europe
#985 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1968

84. Birmingham City University

For Sports / Exercise science

#365 in Europe
#1005 in the World
Founded
1992

85. University of Lincoln

For Sports / Exercise science

#369 in Europe
#1016 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
19,710
Founded
1992

86. Liverpool Hope University

For Sports / Exercise science

#370 in Europe
#1017 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Founded
2005

88. Solent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#382 in Europe
#1062 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Enrollment
11,340
Founded
2004

89. University of East London

For Sports / Exercise science

#397 in Europe
#1120 in the World
Founded
1992

90. University of Northampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#406 in Europe
#1149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2005

91. York St John University

For Sports / Exercise science

#416 in Europe
#1178 in the World
Founded
1841

92. Robert Gordon University

For Sports / Exercise science

#421 in Europe
#1193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1992

93. Leeds Trinity University

For Sports / Exercise science

#424 in Europe
#1206 in the World
Enrollment
4,270
Founded
2012

94. University of Huddersfield

For Sports / Exercise science

#437 in Europe
#1236 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

95. Lancaster University

For Sports / Exercise science

#438 in Europe
#1244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

96. University of Derby

For Sports / Exercise science

#442 in Europe
#1263 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1992

97. Aston University

For Sports / Exercise science

#445 in Europe
#1274 in the World
Founded
1895

98. University of Bradford

For Sports / Exercise science

#456 in Europe
#1320 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.