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Sport is becoming more scientific. Health is becoming more performance-driven. Careers are becoming more interdisciplinary. The Bachelor in Sport & Exercise Sciences for Health and Performance is built exactly for that future — not the one already behind us.
01 · The shift in sport
Modern sport increasingly depends on data, physiology, biomechanics, psychology and evidence-based decision making. Athlete development and performance optimisation are no longer instinctive crafts — they are scientific disciplines.
02 · The shift in health
Exercise is no longer seen only as fitness, but as a structured tool for prevention, rehabilitation and quality of life — prescribed and monitored with the same rigour as medication.
03 · The shift in careers
The next generation of professionals must move confidently between sport, science, health, technology and real-world application — across teams, clinics, industry and research.
01 / Why this degree matters now
The questions that define modern sport, modern health and modern careers no longer sit inside a single discipline. The programme is structured to give graduates the scientific literacy, applied skill and interdisciplinary fluency the next decade actually requires.
Training plans were once written from experience and intuition. Today they are written from data — wearables, physiological markers, biomechanical analysis, sport-specific testing protocols. Graduates need to read that data, design around it, and translate it into decisions that improve human performance.
Performance
Exercise prescription is now a recognised therapeutic intervention — for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer rehabilitation, mental health, healthy ageing. Graduates work alongside clinicians, deliver structured programmes for clinical populations, and contribute to evidence-based recovery pathways.
Health
A modern sport scientist must understand physiology and statistics, coaching and clinical practice, ethics and entrepreneurship. The curriculum is built to develop scientific depth in a specialisation while keeping the interdisciplinary range that working environments actually demand.
Careers02 / Research evidence
Every Mandatory Core course on the programme is led by a named, contactable faculty member. Across the two schools, faculty publish in international journals, lead competitive research projects, host European researchers, and sit on editorial boards in their fields.
Laboratory research, year-round. Eleven specialised laboratories across the two schools — biomechanics, sport medicine, neuromechanics, physiology, motor behaviour.
03 / What you will be able to do
The first three years are common to all students — anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, motor learning, training science, research methods, sport medicine. Year four splits into one of two pathways, ending in a supervised final-year project in your chosen field.
Pathway B
Build the scientific and practical foundations needed for athlete development, coaching environments and performance improvement — across individual and team sports.
Pathway A
Understand how exercise contributes to prevention, recovery, functional health and quality of life across populations — from children to older adults, from healthy individuals to clinical populations.
04 / Beyond graduation
The bachelor develops a foundation that supports industry entry, postgraduate progression and broader opportunities in sport and exercise sciences. Three of the most common directions graduates move into — though, in practice, the actual range is wider.
01 · Industry
Performance centres, sports clubs, fitness organisations, health-and-wellbeing programmes, applied training environments — both in the EU labour market and internationally.
02 · Applied science
Sport science support roles in professional teams and federations, performance analytics, athlete monitoring, biomechanical assessment, and clinical exercise testing.
03 · Research
Direct progression to specialised masters and doctoral programmes — at AUTh, across the EU, and at partner institutions. EQF Level 6 ensures the degree is recognised throughout the European Higher Education Area.
05 / How the programme is built
The argument on this page rests on three concrete commitments: a curriculum built around modern sport science (not legacy physical education), laboratory access from the first semester onward, and faculty who are themselves active researchers and practitioners.
Each of those commitments has its own page below. Go deeper where it matters to you.
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Every course on the programme — semester by semester, with codes, ECTS values, descriptions and named course coordinators. The full eight-semester structure, including pathway-specific courses and the final-year project.
Explore the curriculum
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Eleven specialised laboratories — six at Thessaloniki, five at Serres — covering biomechanics, sport medicine, neuromechanics, motor behaviour, adapted physical activity, sport entrepreneurship and more. Real teaching infrastructure from year one.
See the laboratories
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All fifty-six faculty across the two schools — Teaching and Research Staff, Special Teaching Staff, Laboratory Teaching Staff, and Special Technical Staff. Photographs, research areas, courses coordinated, and contact information.
Meet the facultyApplications open · 2026 entry
If the argument on this page made sense to you, the programme team will help you take the next step. Review the entry requirements on the admissions page, or send a declaration of interest.