BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation at University of the Highlands and Islands

Programme overview

This degree combines the scientific knowledge and practical skills needed to become a sports therapist, helping athletes at professional, amateur and recreational level avoid and treat injury and plan post-injury rehabilitation. It is taught by sports therapy and rehabilitation professionals with access to the on-campus Academy of Sport and Wellbeing in Perth. Work placement opportunities link theory to real-life practice.

Duration: 4 years full-time; 8 years part-time (structured) | Intake: September | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 is the HNC Soft Tissue Therapy and year 2 is the HND Sports Therapy. Year 3 core modules are Manual therapy 1, Pathology clinical reasoning and reflection, Research methods (sport), Sports nutrition and dietary considerations, Strength and conditioning, and The professional practitioner. Year 4 core modules are Advanced sports rehabilitation, Dissertation, Manual therapy 2 and Neurorehabilitation in sports therapy.

Career pathways

Graduates can work as independent therapists, within sports clubs, teams and events, alongside physiotherapists, coaches, strength and conditioning specialists and nutritionists, in clinics providing clinical sports massage, or in teaching and lecturing in sports therapy and rehabilitation. Graduates may progress to postgraduate study.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry to year 1 (HNC): 2 Scottish Highers at grade C or above plus a core skills profile at SCQF level 5 with communication at SCQF level 6, or equivalent; or 2 A levels at grade D or above plus relevant GCSE equivalent core skills; alternatively a National Qualification at SCQF level 6, S/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in an appropriate subject such as health or sport. Applicants with relevant work experience are considered individually. Direct entry to year 2 may be possible with HNC Soft Tissue Therapy and to year 3 with HND Sports Therapy. Applicants may be invited to a group and/or individual interview. Category 1 PVG course. Not open to international students who need a Student Route visa.

Domestic applicants: GBP 1,820 a year (2026/27). Full-time, 120-credit year. Scotland-domiciled students with a Scottish term-time address (includes EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status and EEA/Swiss nationals with settled status) Source

International applicants: GBP 17,970 a year (2026/27). Full-time per year, students not normally resident in the UK or EU with a term-time address in Scotland. The course cannot be studied by international students requiring a Student Route visa. EU/EEA/Swiss nationals without settled status receive a GBP 4,0 Source

Intake: September

Duration: 4 years full-time; 8 years part-time (structured)

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