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BSc (Hons) Strength and Conditioning
Study BSc (Hons) Strength and Conditioning at Scotland’s Top Modern University for teaching and overall student satisfaction (NSS 2023).
Strength and Conditioning (S&C) is an integral component for many amateur and professional sports and the need for trained professionals is growing all the time. Here at Abertay you can study the only undergraduate Strength and Conditioning degree in Scotland.
You’ll develop the skills to be a strength and conditioning practitioner as well as growing your understanding of performance sport. We teach you how to apply your theoretical knowledge to practical, real-world situations.
You’ll have access to our Human Performance Laboratory and opportunities to meet the numerous professional sportsmen and sportswomen who draw on the expertise of our staff. This fascinating course draws on the core disciplines of physiology, biomechanics, coaching and training theory.
If you have any questions about strength and conditioning, or applying to Abertay, please give us a call on +44(0)1382 308080 or send an email to international@abertay.ac.uk.
4 reasons to choose Strength and Conditioning at Abertay
1. We're the Top Scottish Modern University for teaching quality and overall student satisfaction: That's according to the most recent National Student Survey 2023.
2. Our degree is accredited: Official recognition by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) helps to prepare you for the NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist® (CSCS®) certification. Accreditation by the International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association (IUSCA), means you can choose to become an Accredited International Strength and Conditioning Practitioner (aISCP) after graduation. These accreditations make you highly desirable in the workplace and help to increase your employment opportunities.
2. Professional experience with industry: Work placements are embedded into the curriculum to help you apply theory to real life situations. You'll have the opportunity to develop links with various sports industries and can also work towards achieving industry qualifications.
4. You'll leave with career prospects - not just a degree: Did you know 98% of our sports graduates are in work or further education within 15 months of graduating? We're a modern university focused on the kind of industry-relevant learning that'll land you a job after you graduate.
What do our strength and conditioning graduates say?
Our strength and conditioning graduates will always be our strongest advocates, so check out what Fraser Murray, Head of Strength and Conditioning at Biella Rugby Club, had to say about his time at Abertay University.
I am glad I went to Abertay, it’s what you make it - so the more you engage, the better you’ll be. The lecturers were more than willing to help you along the way.
Why Dundee?
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It was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s hottest destinations, helped greatly by the £80m V&A Dundee, the stunning design museum, which opened its doors in 2018.
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It’s an extremely friendly city, which is small enough to get from A to B by foot, but large enough to have great shopping and vibrant nightlife.
Dundee is a contemporary city full of energy and vision—it has one of the highest student population ratios in the UK—and it’s the perfect environment for a strength and conditioning student to learn their trade.
