Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Welcome to the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham
We're a welcoming, collegiate, and vibrant community of world-leading academics, delivering a cutting-edge curriculum in the sport and exercise sciences.
Our taught programmes are consistently ranked in the Top 10 best sport-related degrees in the country and our department has also been ranked in the Top 100 in the QS World Rankings for 2025 for sport-related subjects. Our students benefit from studying at a globally renowned University, including gaining key employment skills identified as important by potential employers.
Study with us
Undergraduate Study
We offer high-quality teaching across two unique sport and exercise science programmes; our BA in Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity, and our BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences.
Postgraduate Study
Join our vibrant community of national and international postgraduate taught (MSc) and postgraduate research students.
What's new?
Collaboration with the University of Tübingen
Earlier this month, Rob Hunter and Katie Di Sebastiano visited colleagues at the University of Tübingen in Germany as part of a collaborative research project. The project centres around force control and uses high-density electromyography decomposition to evaluate the behaviour of individual motor units of the tibialis anterior muscle.

Twenty Durham researchers appointed to REF 2029 sub-panels
Welcome Talia Ritondo
Welcoming Victor Merino Expósito
Rethinking autism and exercise: new study challenges old assumptions
Women football players as role models – an uneven playing field?
Collaboration with the University of Tübingen
Earlier this month, Rob Hunter and Katie Di Sebastiano visited colleagues at the University of Tübingen in Germany as part of a collaborative research project. The project centres around force control and uses high-density electromyography decomposition to evaluate the behaviour of individual motor units of the tibialis anterior muscle.

Twenty Durham researchers appointed to REF 2029 sub-panels
New Co-production Guide
Student updates
Find out what our graduates and current students are getting up to on our Durham blog.
Highlights
My experience at the Cricket World Cup
How to make the most of your time as a Sport and Exercise Sciences student at Durham University
Social feeds
People
Our academic team brings together psychologists, physiologists, nutritionists, sociologists and political scientists, enabling the Department to be at the forefront of developing multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to study and research.
The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University is a global leader in research and education. Our research is grounded in social justice, inequalities, and sporting lives; our education is research-led, transformative and innovative. The academic team brings together psychologists, physiologists, nutritionists, sociologists and political scientists. We are passionate about what we do and committed to making change.
Our research
We aim to make a positive impact on people’s lives through research.
Equality and diversity
We are committed to supporting all of our students and promoting a departmental culture based on dignity, courtesy and respect. Our Equality and Diversity lead and student committee keep equality, diversity and inclusion issues at the forefront of the department's agenda.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about our department, please get in touch.
Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Durham University
Green Lane
Durham
DH1 3LA
UK
Telephone: +44 (0)191 334 2000
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