Sport Coaching (Top-Up) BSc (Hons) at Birmingham Newman University

Programme overview

The BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching Top-Up degree at Newman is an opportunity for you to pursue a career across different coaching and teaching settings. The degree will allow you to develop your coaching skills by reflecting upon your practical experiences and apply knowledge of sport science. The course is taught in dedicated facilities on one campus.

Department: Sport | Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2026, September 2027 | Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will study core coaching modules ‘Sport Coaching and Practitioner Pedagogy 2’, and ‘Developing Young People and Athletes through Sport’. You will also have the option to select a module from the Sport and Exercise Science course (Physiology or Biomechanics). Modules – Year 3: Events Management for Sport Development, Developing Young People & Athletes Through Sport, Sport Coaching and Practitioner Pedagogy 2, Dissertation.

Career pathways

As a Birmingham Newman Sports Coaching graduate, you will be well-equipped for a wide range of careers in sports coaching and related areas. Your degree will provide you the foundation to pursue careers in coaching, personal training, or teaching children in or out of a school setting.

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Application information

Entry requirements

All applicants will need to have 120 credits at level 4 and 120 credits at level 5 in a relevant Foundation Degree or HND. To progress directly onto level 6 (third year of the degree) applicants should normally achieve an overall merit or distinction. Applicants not achieving this can enter at level 5 (second year of the degree programme). All applicants intending to progress directly onto level 6 are required to attend and pass a bridging module prior to enrolment. This module focuses on research methods and academic writing. Applicants not achieving pass this module will enter the programme at level 5 (second year of the degree programme). International applicants: Secure English Language Test equivalent to IELTS 6.0 with no component below 5.5.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). UK students; full-time Source

International applicants: GBP 12,500 a year (2026/27). International students; full-time Source

Intake: September 2026, September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://my.newman.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=TSS1SPCS2NWFD&code2=0030

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