{"id":213558,"date":"2019-03-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1404196-5286123.cloudwaysapps.com\/india\/gsi_study_guides\/four-reasons-study-sport-loughborough\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T08:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:29:32","slug":"four-reasons-study-sport-loughborough","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/four-reasons-study-sport-loughborough\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Reasons to Study Sport at Loughborough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loughborough University\u00a0<\/a>has been named the world’s best university to study sport (QS World University Rankings) for two years in a row now, but what makes it so special?<\/p>\n

The\u00a0School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough has long been a leader in the UK with a long list of fantastic\u00a0achievements (unbeaten British Universities and Colleges Sport champions for 37 years running, highest level of student sport volunteering in the country and famous alumni), but its\u00a0reputation as an internationally recognised centre of excellence is now fully confirmed following its global awards. The QS world ranking is based on surveying academic staff that declares a speciality in the subject, and employers who seek to employ graduates <\/a>that specialise in the discipline.<\/p>\n

Learn more about why\u00a0<\/strong>Loughborough<\/a>\u00a0excels in the area of sport below and, if you are interested in applying or have any questions about\u00a0the University,\u00a0<\/strong>arrange a free consultation\u00a0<\/a>with SI-UK today.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is\u00a0Loughborough the best university in the world for sport?<\/h2>\n

1. High quality research<\/p>\n

The Loughborough University Sports Technology Institute is a \u00a315m facility housing the Sports Technology Research Group, whose mission is to have a positive global, social and economic impact on sport through excellent engineering <\/a>research, teaching and enterprise.<\/p>\n

Around 50 academics, research associates, technicians and PhD students carry out wide-ranging research<\/a> that makes a difference in areas including athletic footwear, technical apparel, protective equipment, balls, bats, clubs, rackets and fitness equipment.<\/p>\n

2. World class facilities<\/p>\n

Loughborough University is home to the country\u2019s largest concentration of world-class facilities across a wide range of sports.\u00a0They include an indoor athletics centre and outdoor stadium, sports halls and all-weather pitches, a 50 metre swimming pool, squash, badminton and netball courts, an indoor tennis centre and outdoor courts, and state of the art fitness centres.<\/p>\n

This is in addition to the bespoke training and testing facilities, as well as the latest physiological, molecular and environmental technologies, climatic chambers, and laboratory spaces that are also available.<\/p>\n

3. Varied subjects<\/p>\n

There are a wide variety of undergraduate and postgraduate sports\u00a0courses available at Loughborough<\/a>. They include\u00a0Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons)
\nSport, Coaching and Physical Education BSc (Hons) and\u00a0Sport Management BSc (Hons) at undergraduate level, and\u00a0Exercise Physiology MSc,\u00a0Sport and Exercise Nutrition MSc and\u00a0Social Science Research (Sport and Exercise Science) MSc at postgraduate taught level.<\/p>\n

After the most recent National Student Survey in 2018, there was 92% ‘Overall Satisfaction’ in Sports Science courses<\/a> at the University.<\/p>\n

4. Industry contacts<\/p>\n

The Loughborough academic team work alongside professional athletes, coaches, teams, policy makers and brands which contribute to the world of sport. By maintaining such close links to these crucial figures, learning is informed in the best way possible.<\/p>\n

Study at Loughborough<\/h2>\n

If you are interested in\u00a0studying sport\u00a0<\/a>at Loughborough University<\/a>,\u00a0arrange a free consultation<\/a>\u00a0with SI-UK today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[127],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[1723,1785],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-213558","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-study-in-the-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-uk-universities"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/213558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=213558"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=213558"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=213558"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=213558"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=213558"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=213558"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=213558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}