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Meet Mollie Tree

Mollie takes us through her experience as a sport student here at UEL, and how her journey has encouraged her to become a Strength and Conditioning Coach.

She shares that her course offers industry-standard facilities, alongside unique opportunities to work with nationally recognised sport professionals.

Why choose Sport Science

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Access global industry connections

Our sports department has strong industry links with organisations such as ActiveNewham, London Pulse and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. We also have an exclusive partnership with the West Ham United Foundation to deliver some of our courses, providing incredible, unique experiences alongside a Premier League club.

State-of-the-art sport science facilities

As a UEL sports student, you will benefit from unrivalled access to SportsDock, with one of our laboratories recently securing CASES accreditation. Being one of London's largest sports venues, this is where Olympic athletes, our university students and the wider east London community come to compete, develop and thrive.

Learn from active industry professionals

Our highly experienced staff have a diversity of experience and unique qualifications, with links to leading sport industry bodies such as UK Active, CASES, CIMSPA, NSCA, AHCS, UEFA, Team GB and the Scottish FA.

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Careers-focused teaching

Here at UEL, you will have access to a range of opportunities that will boost your career prospects. Whether that's working with elite athletes from our East London Sport high performance programme, developing clinical skills and experience within our in-house Sports Injury Clinic, or learning from elite West Ham United first team coaches at their Chadwell Heath training ground.

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At UEL we get a lot of practical experience, including testing on elite athletes through East London Sport and the West Ham United Foundation.

Alesia Read

MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology

Take our virtual tour of our facilities

  • Sports Therapy Clinic

    Our sports therapy clinic is a dedicated space for our students to develop their clinical skills under the guidance of fully qualified sports therapists.

  • Exercise Physiology Laboratory

    The exercise physiology laboratory provides students with an opportunity to learn the skills and techniques necessary for a successful career in applied exercise physiology.

  • Sports Analytics Lab

    Our sports analytics lab is where students learn how to use industry-standard visualisation software such as Tableau and PowerBI, understand programming languages such as Python.

  • Sport and Exercise Science Laboratory

    The sport and exercise science laboratory is a multi-purpose teaching space, where students learn a range of skills and techniques necessary for a successful career in sport and exercise sciences.

Why choose UEL?

  • CASES accredited course - Discover the unique opportunities you can unlock with our BSc Sport and Exercise Science degree, including the use of our CASES accredited labs and learning from active industry professionals.
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  • Thanks to our exclusive partnership with the West Ham United Foundation, our students have access to many unique experiences, including learning from the men's and women's first team players.
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  • East London Sport - Discover what it’s like to train, play, and excel at one of the UK’s leading university basketball programmes. We also offer high performance programmes in football, volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
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