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

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 146M citations received by 5.15M academic papers made by 82 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. Loughborough University

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Europe
#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

2. University College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#6 in Europe
#29 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

3. University of Birmingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#10 in Europe
#41 in the World
Founded
1900

5. University of Exeter

For Sports / Exercise science

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

6. University of Bristol

For Sports / Exercise science

#16 in Europe
#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

7. University of Cambridge

For Sports / Exercise science

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

8. University of Glasgow

For Sports / Exercise science

#20 in Europe
#83 in the World
Founded
1451

9. Newcastle University

For Sports / Exercise science

#25 in Europe
#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Founded
1963

10. University of Oxford

For Sports / Exercise science

#28 in Europe
#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

11. University of Leicester

For Sports / Exercise science

#34 in Europe
#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

12. University of Bath

For Sports / Exercise science

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

13. University of Leeds

For Sports / Exercise science

#38 in Europe
#156 in the World
Founded
1904

14. Leeds Beckett University

For Sports / Exercise science

#42 in Europe
#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1992

15. University of Nottingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#43 in Europe
#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

16. University of Aberdeen

For Sports / Exercise science

#44 in Europe
#167 in the World
Founded
1495

17. Ulster University

For Sports / Exercise science

#45 in Europe
#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1968

18. University of Edinburgh

For Sports / Exercise science

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

19. Manchester Metropolitan University

For Sports / Exercise science

#56 in Europe
#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
1992

20. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Sports / Exercise science

#59 in Europe
#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Founded
1993

21. University of Liverpool

For Sports / Exercise science

#64 in Europe
#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

22. King's College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#69 in Europe
#221 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

23. University of Manchester

For Sports / Exercise science

#71 in Europe
#226 in the World
Founded
1824

24. University of Southampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#75 in Europe
#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

25. University of East Anglia

For Sports / Exercise science

#77 in Europe
#241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

26. University of Strathclyde

For Sports / Exercise science

#80 in Europe
#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Founded
1964

28. Coventry University

For Sports / Exercise science

#86 in Europe
#258 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

29. Imperial College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#88 in Europe
#260 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

30. Bangor University

For Sports / Exercise science

#89 in Europe
#261 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

31. Sheffield Hallam University

For Sports / Exercise science

#95 in Europe
#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Founded
1992

32. Brunel University London

For Sports / Exercise science

#100 in Europe
#288 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

33. Swansea University

For Sports / Exercise science

#104 in Europe
#293 in the World
Founded
1920

34. University of Sheffield

For Sports / Exercise science

#107 in Europe
#297 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

35. Queen's University Belfast

For Sports / Exercise science

#109 in Europe
#300 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

36. Keele University

For Sports / Exercise science

#111 in Europe
#307 in the World
Founded
1962

37. Teesside University

For Sports / Exercise science

#120 in Europe
#334 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
19,290
Founded
1992

38. University of Essex

For Sports / Exercise science

#122 in Europe
#336 in the World
Founded
1964

41. Cardiff Metropolitan University

For Sports / Exercise science

#144 in Europe
#393 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Founded
2011

42. University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#146 in Europe
#398 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

43. University of Dundee

For Sports / Exercise science

#148 in Europe
#413 in the World
Founded
1967

45. Queen Mary University of London

For Sports / Exercise science

#153 in Europe
#427 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1989

46. University of Roehampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#159 in Europe
#447 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Founded
2004

47. Cardiff University

For Sports / Exercise science

#162 in Europe
#452 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1997

48. University of Stirling

For Sports / Exercise science

#164 in Europe
#458 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1967

49. University of the West of Scotland

For Sports / Exercise science

#168 in Europe
#469 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
15,555
Founded
1897

50. University of Central Lancashire

For Sports / Exercise science

#171 in Europe
#473 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Founded
1992

51. University of Chester

For Sports / Exercise science

#174 in Europe
#477 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Founded
2005

52. University of Bedfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#176 in Europe
#480 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
2006

53. University of Warwick

For Sports / Exercise science

#182 in Europe
#491 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

54. University of Surrey

For Sports / Exercise science

#183 in Europe
#494 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

55. University of Hull

For Sports / Exercise science

#184 in Europe
#495 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1954

56. Anglia Ruskin University

For Sports / Exercise science

#188 in Europe
#500 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Founded
1858

57. University of Brighton

For Sports / Exercise science

#196 in Europe
#521 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

58. Nottingham Trent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#204 in Europe
#543 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

59. University of South Wales

For Sports / Exercise science

#208 in Europe
#549 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1841

60. Staffordshire University

For Sports / Exercise science

#210 in Europe
#560 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
1992

61. Oxford Brookes University

For Sports / Exercise science

#211 in Europe
#565 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1865

62. Queen Margaret University

For Sports / Exercise science

#216 in Europe
#574 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

63. University of Kent

For Sports / Exercise science

#219 in Europe
#580 in the World
Founded
1965

64. University of Salford

For Sports / Exercise science

#221 in Europe
#585 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1967

65. University of Gloucestershire

For Sports / Exercise science

#222 in Europe
#586 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
2001

66. University of Plymouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#238 in Europe
#638 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Founded
1992

67. Edge Hill University

For Sports / Exercise science

#239 in Europe
#640 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Founded
2006

68. Durham University

For Sports / Exercise science

#252 in Europe
#679 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

69. University of Hertfordshire

For Sports / Exercise science

#260 in Europe
#695 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1992

70. University of Portsmouth

For Sports / Exercise science

#271 in Europe
#730 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

71. University of Chichester

For Sports / Exercise science

#272 in Europe
#732 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2005

72. University of York

For Sports / Exercise science

#286 in Europe
#784 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

73. University of Greenwich

For Sports / Exercise science

#288 in Europe
#790 in the World
Founded
1890

74. University of Worcester

For Sports / Exercise science

#291 in Europe
#798 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Enrollment
10,798
Founded
2005

75. Bournemouth University

For Sports / Exercise science

#294 in Europe
#806 in the World
Enrollment
14,293
Founded
1992

76. St Mary's University, Twickenham

For Sports / Exercise science

#295 in Europe
#813 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1850

77. Edinburgh Napier University

For Sports / Exercise science

#301 in Europe
#835 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
1992

78. Kingston University

For Sports / Exercise science

#306 in Europe
#854 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Founded
1992

79. University of St Andrews

For Sports / Exercise science

#313 in Europe
#874 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

80. University of the West of England

For Sports / Exercise science

#320 in Europe
#894 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

81. Liverpool Hope University

For Sports / Exercise science

#326 in Europe
#902 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Founded
2005

82. Solent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#331 in Europe
#917 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
11,340
Founded
2004

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