About Clinical Exercise Science Msc/pgdip/pgcert in University of Portsmouth

Patients with long-term health conditions can improve their quality of life through safe and effective activity and fitness programmes. Our Clinical Exercise degree course, offered as an MSc, PgDip and PgCert, will teach you the skills required to create these sort of programmes, and prepare you for a career as a Clinical Exercise Specialist.

On this course, you'll learn to tackle poor dietary habits, high-stress, and sedentary living, through personalised exercise training. You'll apply your knowledge to help people with long-term conditions, like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

With professional qualifications, skills and experience, you'll be set for a career providing fitness and exercise training in clinical settings.

This course provides entry to the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) endorsed by PD:Approval.

The programme provides an opportunity to work toward ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiologist certification and units aligned to National Occupation Standards for Health and Fitness.

The course is recognised by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) to provide Level 2 Fitness Instructing (gym-based exercise) and Level 3 Exercise Referral, which is the independent public register for qualified professionals and endorsed by PD:Approval.

Membership of a body such as REPs is a requirement of the UKactive Code of Practice and shows employers that you have the appropriate skills to do the job. These qualifications are stepping stones towards developing a career as a Clinical Exercise Scientist or Physiologist.

The programme provides an opportunity to get REPs recognised specialist exercise instructor qualifications and to get experience to work toward ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist certification.

You'll be able to get specialist qualifications including:

• BACPR Cardiac Specialist Exercise Instructor Qualification from the British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Exercise for Chronic Respiratory Diseases Qualification endorsed by the British Lung Foundation
• Exercise and Fitness Training after Stroke Qualification from Later Life Training
• Cancer and Exercise Rehabilitation Qualification from CanRehab
• Postural Stability Instructor for Falls Prevention Qualification from Later Life Training

Careers and opportunities

What can you do with a Clinical Exercise Science qualification?

When you graduate, you'll have the skills needed for a successful career in:

• cardiac rehabilitation
• pulmonary rehabilitation
• exercise after cancer
• exercise after stroke
• exercise for falls prevention

You can also pursue a career as an exercise physiologist in multi-disciplinary teams, exercise entrepreneur or exercise service manager.

What jobs can you do with a Clinical Exercise Science qualification?

Some other routes our graduates have taken include:

• Health and wellbeing physiologist
• Bariatric exercise physiologist
• NHS trainee clinical scientist
• Health advisor
• Clinical exercise physiologist
• Exercise referral coordinator
• Exercise therapist
• PhD research

Academic qualification equivalents

• For entry to our Master's programmes, you will generally need to have a Bachelor's degree with at least 2nd Class Honours to be considered.

  You may be admitted to Master's programmes with a lower level degree if you have work experience relevant to the degree applied for. Find out more about Recognised Prior Learning.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: A  minimum of IELTS band 6.5–7.0, with no component below 6.0.
• TOEFL iBT: For most of our Master's degrees, you need a score of 91 with a minimum of:20 in Reading 19 in Listening 21 in Speaking 20 in Writing.
• PTE:  At least 61 points, with a minimum of 54 in each component

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