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Where graduates of sport and exercise science actually work.

A bachelor in Sport & Exercise Sciences for Health and Performance prepares graduates for the modern intersection of high-performance sport, clinical exercise, public health, sport management, applied coaching, and research — across the EU labour market and internationally.

The SESHP graduate profile
Interdisciplinary breadth. Applied depth. EU recognition.
The bachelor spans clinical exercise, biomechanics, sport psychology, sport business, training science and applied research methods — broader than most peer programmes that specialise in only one direction. Year 4 specialisation, a supervised final-year project, and laboratory access from semester one give graduates verifiable depth on top of that breadth.
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EQF 6
European Qualifications Framework Level 6 — recognised across all EU member states
240
ECTS credits across four years — full bachelor
2
Pathway specialisations in year 4 — health & rehabilitation or performance
100%
English-taught — positioning graduates for the EU labour market
Where graduates work

Six sectors. One degree.

The breadth of sport and exercise sciences means the breadth of your options. Every major area of human movement, health and performance is served by professionals trained in this discipline — from elite athletic environments to clinical exercise practice, from sport policy to community health.

Performance & High-Performance Sport
Performance analyst · Strength & conditioning coach · Sport scientist (federation or team) · Athletic monitoring specialist · Performance technology consultant
Clinical Exercise & Rehabilitation
Clinical exercise physiologist · Cardiac rehabilitation specialist · Exercise rehabilitation practitioner · Sports cardiology assistant · Chronic-disease exercise consultant
Health Promotion & Public Health
Health promotion officer · Lifestyle medicine practitioner · Workplace wellness coordinator · Community sport coordinator · Public health intervention specialist
Sport Management & Business
Sport facility manager · Sport marketing specialist · Sport event coordinator · Sport policy analyst · Sport tourism & recreation manager
Education & Coaching
Sport educator · Adapted physical education specialist · Sport coach (youth or elite) · Sport sciences teaching assistant · Curriculum designer
Research & Postgraduate Pathways
MSc / PhD progression · Research assistant · Sport-science consultant · Academic researcher · Applied research scientist (industry or federation)
Your career pathway

Three directions. One foundation.

Most graduates pursue a combination of these three pathways over the course of their careers — industry roles often lead to postgraduate study, postgraduate study often leads to consulting or innovation work, and innovation work often loops back to applied practice.

Industry & applied practice
Work in fitness and wellness, performance sport, clinical exercise contexts, sport facilities, sport business, or applied training environments — in Greece, across the EU labour market, or internationally. The bachelor's breadth and supervised project develop the applied confidence to enter industry roles from day one.
Research & further study
Continue to a masters or doctoral programme at AUTh or a partner European university. The supervised final-year project gives you the research experience, methodological grounding, and academic record needed for competitive postgraduate admission across the EU and beyond.
Innovation & entrepreneurship
The Sport Entrepreneurship & Innovation Lab at the Serres campus is an unusual feature for a public sport-science programme — graduates leave with exposure to sport-tech ventures, athlete-monitoring technology, applied analytics, and the commercialisation of sport-science research.
Career implications

What this degree means in practice.

The bachelor prepares graduates for roles where scientific understanding, applied competence, and judgement under uncertainty must come together.

Read and apply scientific evidence
Translate research findings — biomechanics, physiology, training science, clinical exercise — into concrete training plans, rehabilitation protocols, or health-intervention designs for real populations.
Progress to postgraduate study
The supervised final-year project builds research experience, methodological maturity, and the academic record needed for masters and doctoral admission at AUTh and partner EU universities.
Work in instrumented environments
Year-one laboratory access means graduates leave the programme comfortable with sport-science instrumentation — testing protocols, performance monitoring, biomechanical analysis, clinical exercise measurement.
Work across interdisciplinary teams
Modern sport-science roles sit between physiologists, clinicians, coaches, data analysts, and managers. The bachelor's interdisciplinary breadth equips graduates to translate between these professional cultures from year one.
“Modern sport science is no longer a craft you grow into. It is a discipline you train into — with the instruments, the evidence, and the people that make that training real.”
Sport & Exercise Sciences for Health and Performance · AUTh
Begin a career in sport & exercise science
Applications open for September 2026 entry.
Forty places. One intake a year. Rolling review — early applications are reviewed first.
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