Sport Rehabilitation BSc (Hons)
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UCAS Code: C602|Duration: 3 years|Full Time|Hope Park
UCAS Campus Code: L46
Accredited|Work placement opportunities|International students can apply
About the course
Sport Rehabilitation at Liverpool Hope University is a hands‑on, career‑focused degree designed to prepare you for real work in injury recovery, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and performance support across the North West and beyond. You’ll learn how to help people of all abilities, from beginners to elite athletes, recover from injury, improve movement, live healthy lives and return to full performance.
Teaching takes place in specialist clinical rooms, biomechanics labs, strength and conditioning suites and exercise physiology facilities. You’ll be taught by registered Graduate Sport Rehabilitators, Sports Physiotherapists, Sport & Exercise Scientists and active researchers who bring real clinical experience into your sessions.
You’ll explore key areas such as musculoskeletal anatomy, injury screening, rehabilitation planning, manual therapy, taping and strapping, exercise prescription and return‑to‑sport strategies. The course also builds your understanding of physiology, psychology and biomechanics, helping you work confidently across sport, health and rehabilitation sectors.
With BASRaT accreditation, strong links across Liverpool and the wider North West, plus placement hours, Sport Rehabilitation at Hope gives you the skills, confidence and industry insight to thrive in a growing health and performance profession.
Course structure
Teaching on the Sport Rehabilitation degree is delivered through a combination of lectures, where students are taught in larger groups, alongside seminars and practical sessions in smaller groups of around 15–20 students. You will also gain hands-on experience through vocational and clinical placements, as well as practical sessions at Plas Caerdeon, the University’s Field Centre in Snowdonia National Park, Wales.
In your first year of study, you will typically have around 12 teaching hours each week, which reduces to approximately 10 hours in your second and third years. Alongside structured teaching, you are expected to dedicate additional time to independent study and to completing your clinical placements.
Placements
Placements are a core part of the Sport Rehabilitation degree, giving you the opportunity to apply your knowledge in real-world environments. You will complete a minimum of 400 placement hours across a variety of professional settings, including sports injury and physiotherapy clinics, sports clubs, fitness centres, rehabilitation centres, and health promotion units.
The University works closely with a range of placement providers and will support you in securing opportunities. However, you are also encouraged to independently identify and arrange additional placements to enhance your experience.
Our current and past placement partners include Liverpool FC Women’s, Everton FC Academy, St Helens RLFC, Wigan Warriors, North Wales Crusaders RLFC, Caldy RUFC, and Healthiness Ltd. There may also be opportunities to gain international experience, with previous students completing placements with the Austrian Ski Federation rehab centre, Mallorca Physiotherapy, and St Luke’s Physical Therapy in Abu Dhabi.
Accreditation
Our BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation degree is accredited by the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators (BASRaT). Upon completion of the degree, students will be eligible to apply for full BASRaT registration if they meet the requirements outlined below. This enables graduates to use the title of Graduate Sport Rehabilitator (GSR), and enter onto the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) in Health and Social Care Accredited Register.
To gain your degree in Sport Rehabilitation you must:
- pass every assessment in every year
- undertake 400 hours of formally recorded placements
To be eligible for Graduate Registration with BASRaT you must:
- Have completed a BASRaT accredited degree
- Pass the Registration Exam
- Be signed off as Fit to Practise by your academic institution
- Have completed an approved Pre-Hospital Trauma Care Qualification
- Completed 400 hours of supervised clinical placements
- Meet the BASRaT Standards of Ethical Conduct and Behaviour
Where these criteria are not met, you may have the option to retake the year or move to an alternative degree in either Health and Sport Science (the same curriculum content but different degree title) or Sport and Exercise Science.
Assessment and feedback
Throughout your three years of study you will have a number of assessments, individual and group presentations, laboratory reports, portfolios, practical tests, case studies, and clinical placement assessment.
In your final year you complete a dissertation research project.
Year One
Clinical Skills in Sport Rehabilitation
This module provides the foundations for understanding the assessment and management of musculoskeletal conditions. You will develop knowledge of the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system, including its anatomy, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of common pathological conditions. Professional clinical standards and safety are embedded throughout to ensure best practice.
Core Studies in Sport and Exercise
This module builds a strong foundation in research skills and sport psychology, which are essential in the context of a sport rehabilitation degree. You will learn the basic methods of designing studies, collecting and analysing data, and presenting findings. In sport psychology, you will examine key theories such as motivation, confidence, and personality, assessing their impact on participation, performance, and rehabilitation.
Fundamentals in Sport and Exercise Anatomy and Physiology
This module introduces the fundamentals of anatomy, physiology, and movement science. Adopting a systems approach, you will study areas such as the lungs and gas exchange, the heart and cardiac function, and muscle physiology. Laboratory-based practical classes provide the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in real-world settings.
Fundamentals in Movement, Health and Performance
In this module, you will study the relationship between human movement, sports performance, and rehabilitation. You will explore motor control, investigating how skilled movement is produced, learned, and developed. Through biomechanics, you will learn how to quantify human movement via kinematic and kinetic approaches, and understand key concepts such as work, power, force, speed, and velocity. Laboratory and fieldwork activities support your learning, and you will also examine physical (in)activity and key health indicators such as body composition.
Year Two
Applied Therapy & Rehabilitation Skills
Develop the skills to assess, diagnose and rehabilitate sports injuries with confidence. Gain hands-on experience in clinical assessment, exercise prescription, manual therapy and rehabilitation planning. Build your problem-solving, communication and practical skills while learning how to support safe, effective recovery and optimise performance in real-world sport rehabilitation settings.
Applied Exercise and Conditioning
Use the latest laboratory and field-based technology to explore applied exercise and conditioning. Assess fitness, movement and performance, then put your knowledge into practice to develop strength, power, speed and endurance. Explore how the body responds to exercise and use practical training techniques to improve sporting performance and physical function—building skills you can apply in real-world sport and exercise settings.
Exercise and Health
Use exercise to make a real difference to health and wellbeing. Discover how physical activity prevents disease, tackle real-world health challenges, and learn to design effective exercise programmes. Develop practical skills in fitness assessment, behaviour change and health coaching, preparing you for rewarding careers in health, sport and wellbeing.
Research and Professional Development in Sport
Get hands-on with research and real-world sport experiences. Develop practical research skills, explore opportunities across performance, schools, community and sport settings, and build professional experience. Create your CV, develop your career identity and reflect on your strengths—gaining the confidence, skills and experience to take your next step in sport.
Sport Nutrition
Fuel performance through nutrition. Learn how food, hydration and physiology influence sport and exercise success. Use industry-standard tools to analyse dietary needs, create personalised nutrition strategies, and explore topics including macronutrients, micronutrients, hydration and anti-doping. Develop practical skills sought after in elite sport, health and performance environments.
Sport Psychology Practice
Unlock the mental side of performance. Explore what drives motivation, confidence and teamwork in sport, and learn practical techniques used to enhance performance and participation. Apply psychology in real sporting environments, developing skills valued in coaching, athlete support and sport psychology careers while making a lasting impact on others.
Year Three
Screening for Injury Prevention
Students will learn evidence-based screening strategies and accompanying exercise strategies to decrease the risk of injury in individuals
Pre-Hospital Immediate Care in Sport
Students will complete this advanced ‘first aid’ course which is endorsed by the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh – this standalone qualification is essential to anyone wanting to work in professional sport and is a pre-requisite for gaining registration with BASRaT. All aspects of immediate pre-hospital care and management are covered including medical emergencies, shock, thoracic injuries, head injuries, cardiac arrest, acute fracture and spinal injury.
Advanced Exercise Prescription and Biomechanics
Students develop their knowledge, skills and practise by combining these essential areas to develop return to play strategies from early stage rehab to Return to Play
Advanced Clinical Interventions
Student’s will further develop their understanding and practical clinical intervention skills to an advanced level to enable them to create effective injury management plans.
Physical Activity, Exercise and Health
With ever increasing rates of non-communicable disease, you will study best practice in prescribing exercise for the promotion of health in a range of different diseased and healthy populations, such as diabetes, osteoporosis, pregnancy and children.
Science of Sport Coaching
A scientific view of structuring and programming training, considering issues such as screening, age, sex, recovery, sleep and concurrent training
Paediatric Exercise Science
Understanding growth, development, physical literacy, issues of maturation and the physiology of training and overtraining in children and adolescents.
Applied Sport Biomechanics
Based predominantly in the human movement laboratory, you will utilise motion capture and force-plate analysis to learn how to produce a 3-D analysis of sports performance and technique analysis.
Research Dissertation
An independent research project with the purpose of discovering new findings in the field of Sport Rehabilitation
Entry requirements
| A-Levels | BBB |
|---|---|
| UCAS Tariff Points | 120 UCAS Tariff points must come from a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications |
| BTEC | DDM |
| Access to HE | 120 Tariff Points |
| IB | 24 |
| Irish Leaving Certificate | 120 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only |
| Welsh Baccalaureate | This qualification can only be accepted in conjunction with other relevant qualifications |
| T-Levels | Merit |
| Subject Requirements | Studying towards an A level or equivalent in Sport, PE or a Science subject. Offers will be subject to a Health Check Statement and an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. |
International entry requirements
| Specific Country Requirements | Select your country |
|---|---|
| IELTS | Students must be able to evidence a suitable minimum English language score where English is not their first language (overall 7.0 and no individual element lower than 6.5). We also accept a wide range of International Qualifications. For more information, please visit our English Language Requirements page. |
Careers
A Sport Rehabilitation degree from Liverpool Hope University opens doors to a wide range of careers across sport, health, rehabilitation and performance sectors in the North West, UK and internationally. You’ll complete a minimum of 400 placement hours, gaining real‑world experience in private injury clinics, sports clubs, rehabilitation centres and health‑promotion organisations. Past placements include Liverpool FC Women’s, Everton Academy, Wigan Warriors, St Helens RLFC and international partners such as Mallorca Physiotherapy and St Luke’s Physical Therapy (Abu Dhabi).
Graduates typically progress into roles such as Sport Rehabilitator, Injury Prevention Specialist, Rehabilitation Therapist, Physical Performance Coach, Strength & Conditioning Coach, MSK Therapist, or broader health‑related roles. Your strong practical skillset, manual therapy, injury assessment, exercise prescription, taping, screening and return‑to‑sport planning, makes you highly employable across sport, clinical and community settings.
You can also progress to postgraduate study, including MSc Sport Medicine, Exercise & Health, MSc Strength, Conditioning & Rehabilitation, MSc Public Health, MSc Physiotherapy (pre‑registration) or PGCE routes for teaching careers. The degree’s applied focus and research‑informed teaching ensure you graduate with the confidence, clinical competence and professional readiness employers look for.
Enhancement opportunities
SALA
The Service and Leadership Award (SALA) is offered as an extra-curricular programme involving service-based experiences, development of leadership potential and equipping you for a career in a rapidly changing world. It enhances your degree, it is something which is complimentary but different and which has a distinct ‘value-added’ component. Find out more on our Service and Leadership Award page.
Study Abroad
As part of your degree, you can choose to spend either a semester or a full year of study at one of our partner universities as part of our Study Abroad programme. Find out more on our Study Abroad page.
Tuition fees
The tuition fees for the 2026/27 academic year are £9,790 for full-time undergraduate courses.*
If you are a student from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, your tuition fees will also be £9,790.
The tuition fees for the 2027/28 academic year will be £10,050 for full-time undergraduate courses.*
If you are a student from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, your tuition fees will also be £10,050
The University reserves the right to increase Home and EU Undergraduate and PGCE tuition fees in line with any inflationary or other increase authorised by the Secretary of State for future years of study.
Home students (UK)
*Tuition fees are subject to inflation-linked increases in line with government policy. Updated fees will be confirmed in line with the maximum fee cap set by the Government or the Office for Students (OfS) for each academic year. This means your fee may increase for each academic year of study, but only up to the maximum amount permitted for that year.
Eligible UK students can apply to the Government for a tuition loan, which is paid direct to the University. This has a low interest-rate which is charged from the time the first part of the loan is paid to the University until you have repaid it.
Additional costs
On top of your tuition fees, we advise you to consider the cost of the books that will be suggested as key reading/reference books. All books will be available in the library, but in limited numbers. We suggest setting aside around £250 for purchases, but remember that costs of books vary depending on where you buy them.
Throughout the duration of study, within our clinical and laboratory facilities, and when representing the University on placement you must wear suitable clothing. We expect you to invest in our course-branded clothing; the current range and costs can be viewed and purchased online. In travelling to placements there may also be costs involved for transport.
You will also need to consider the cost of your accommodation each year whilst you study at university. Visit our accommodation pages for further details about our Halls of Residence.
Scholarships
We have a range of scholarships to help with the cost of your studies. Visit our scholarships page to find out more.
International tuition fees
The International Tuition fees for 2026/27 are £15,225.
The International Tuition fees for 2027/28 are £16,000
Visit our International fees page for more information.
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