BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

A degree in coaching that develops practical coaching skills from the first year through work with children, adults, athletes and teams. It covers session design and delivery, coaching relationships, athlete learning, ethics and safeguarding, with placements in years two and three.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences | Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years full time including foundation year; part time up to 8 years | Intake: 2027 | Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Professional and Academic Development, Coaching Practice: Design and Delivery, Understanding Sport Coaching Relationships. Year 2: Project-Based Learning, Sport Coach as Educator, a placement and one option (for example Coaching with Performance Data or Sport Ethics). Year 3: Final Project, a placement as agents-for-change, Coaching the Coach and one option.

Career pathways

Graduates work in community, participation and performance sport and in educational roles such as PE teacher, head of sport and school sport co-ordinator, and also in policing, management and leadership, recruitment and sales; some progress to master's and doctoral study.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer: 104-112 tariff points. A levels: three A levels including grade BB, no specific subjects (Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject). BTEC National/Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM. T Level: Merit. Access to HE Diploma: 15 Level 3 credits at Distinction and 30 at Merit. IB Diploma: Higher Level Grade 6. Irish Leaving Certificate: 3 x H2 (higher level, minimum H4). Scottish Advanced Highers: Grade C (Highers also considered). GCSE: five at grade C/4 or above including English Language/Welsh First Language and Mathematics/Mathematics-Numeracy. Contextual offers available. International applicants: academic IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all elements, or equivalent. A foundation year route is available for applicants below the standard entry.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time home undergraduate tuition fee; may increase by any level permitted by the Welsh Government. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,000 a year (2026/27). Full-time international undergraduate tuition fee. Source

Intake: 2027

Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years full time including foundation year; part time up to 8 years

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