Facilities

Sports science facilities

Whether you’re studying a sports science degree in Cambridge or Writtle, you’ll get hands-on in a range of specialist facilities.

Cambridge

Sport and exercise student running on a treadmill while being monitored

If you study in Cambridge, you’ll learn in our Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences. It’s accredited by the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).

Here, you’ll find specialist exercise testing and human movement facilities including:

  • five dedicated laboratories (cardio-respiratory physiology, metabolic and anaerobic physiology, hydrostatic weighing, biomechanics and strength and conditioning, physiology teaching)
  • electrocardiography (ECG)
  • near infrared spectroscopy for monitoring of blood oxygenation
  • body composition systems
  • isokinetic dynamometer for the assessment of muscular strength
  • heat chambers
  • an array of ergometers: treadmills, cycles and rower
  • GPS monitoring technology
  • breath-by-breath oxygen-analysis systems
  • accelerometers.

The Centre offers sports and exercise testing, therapy, and rehabilitation support to the local community, giving you opportunities to gain real-life experience. You can train and work with the Exercise and Performance Testing Consultancy team, testing athletes and members of the public.

If you’re studying BSc (Hons) Sport Therapy, you can support members of the public in our Sport and Exercise Therapy Clinic in your final year. Under the supervision of qualified sports therapists, you'll carry out assessments and plan rehabilitation strategies.

Writtle

Four students - one using an exercise bike and the others monitoring performance - in a sport science centre

If you study in Writtle, you’ll have access to our:

  • Centre for Sport and Health, which includes a sport laboratory, strength and conditioning suite, and private consulting rooms
  • dedicated 3x3 basketball facility
  • Sports Hall
  • gym
  • sports grounds including football and rugby pitches, and a netball court
  • open countryside for cross-country running events
  • reservoir for water sports.

The Centre for Sport and Health offers a consultancy service to the public, giving you the opportunity to gain real-life experience. You might assist a club athlete by providing objective fitness test data, or help a local cardiac rehabilitation group to broaden the range of physical activities it offers its members.



Take a look around our campuses and facilities, and find out more about studying at ARU, at one of our Open Days.