World’s Best Universities For Sport Science And Management In 2019

The ever-changing times can disturb the natural balance in your lives. While work pressure does not provide you with much time to focus on yourselves as individuals, it will also curb your desires and potentials to a certain extent.

A number of individuals are in sports, and why not? There are numerous kinds of sports that people have learned to play from their childhood days. Sports provide a respite from everyday life, as it helps in engaging you into something that makes you joyous, feel free and release energy in the best way possible. It also helps in working every muscle of your body and hence, keeps you in shape. Professionals, state and national level players keep playing every single day. They keep on practicing throughout their lives to become better every day. Their love for sports also drives them into making a career out of it.

The College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina has been crowned the best university in the world for Sport Science and Management in 2019, according to CEOWORLD magazine, while School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University and School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

The 2019 rankings placed Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) in 4th ahead of School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, the University of Queensland into 5th; while the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham 6th.

Overall, among the top 10 Best Universities For Sport Science and Management In 2019, the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th positions are held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU); the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University; and the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University. These are the world’s top universities where you can study sport, exercise, and health science?

World’s Best Universities For Sport Science And Management In 2019:

Rank	University	Country	Teaching Score
1	College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina	United States	983
2	School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University	United Kingdom	982
3	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University	Australia	981
4	Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH)	Norway	979
5	School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland	Australia	970
6	School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	968
7	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	United States	967
8	Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark	Denmark	966
9	School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University	Canada	964
10	School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University	United Kingdom	955
11	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	953
12	German Sport University Cologne	Germany	951
13	University of British Columbia	Canada	943
14	Faculty of Exercise and Sport Science, Verona University	Italy	941
15	Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven	Belgium	935
16	School of Exercise and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University	Australia	933
17	Department of Movement and Sport Science, Ghent University	Belgium	932
18	School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia	Australia	931
19	Department of Kinesiology, Laval University	Canada	927
20	School of Physical Education and Sport, University of Sao Paulo	Brazil	923
21	Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo	Canada	916
22	Department of Human Movement Science, Maastricht University	Netherlands	914
23	University of Groningen	Netherlands	910
24	Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta	Canada	908
25	Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands	905
26	Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington	United States	904
27	College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University	Australia	903
28	Faculty of Kinesiology, The University of Calgary	Canada	902
29	Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University	Canada	901
30	University of Florida	United States	900
31	Faculty of Sport, University of Porto	Portugal	898
32	Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University	Canada	897
33	Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, The University of Melbourne	Australia	894
34	Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy	Belgium	886
35	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	United States	884
36	Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University	United States	883
37	Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto	Canada	883
38	The University of Newcastle	Australia	882
39	Manchester Metropolitan University	United Kingdom	881
40	Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University	United States	880
41	Queensland University of Technology	Australia	879
42	Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Zaragoza	Spain	878
43	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	United States	877
44	Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla	Spain	875
45	School of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University	Australia	873
46	Technical University Munich	Germany	867
47	School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa	Canada	864
48	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	Norway	862
49	School of Sport and Recreation, AUT University	New Zealand	860
50	Department of Sport Management, Florida State University	United States	859
51	Swedish Winter Sports Research Center, Mid-Sweden University	Sweden	858
52	School of Sport Health and Exercise Science, Bangor University	United Kingdom	853
53	Oregon State University	United States	851
54	Polytechnic University of Madrid	Spain	850
55	Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina Univers	United States	849
56	Griffith University	Australia	846
57	Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago	United States	845
58	University of Cape Town	South Africa	844
59	Department of Health and Kinesiology (HLKN), Texas A&M University	United States	841
60	Cardiff Metropolitan University	United Kingdom	838
61	Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Swansea University	United Kingdom	834
62	Aberystwyth University	United Kingdom	833
63	University of Sydney	Australia	832
64	School of Sport and Education, Brunel University	United Kingdom	831
65	School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University	Japan	823
66	School of Kinesiology, Western University	Canada	818
67	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	812
68	Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences	Sweden	811
69	Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison	United States	810
70	University of Utah	United States	806
71	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Switzerland	805
72	University of Exeter	United Kingdom	802
73	University College Dublin	Ireland	800
74	University of Southern California	United States	798
75	University of Granada	Spain	797
76	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States	796
77	University of Massachusetts Amherst	United States	795
78	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	791
79	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Greece	790
80	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom	785
81	McGill University	Canada	783
82	Murdoch University	Australia	782
83	Shanghai University of Sport	China	778
84	University of Agder	Norway	775
85	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	United States	774
86	The University of Auckland	New Zealand	773
87	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	United States	769
88	Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin	United States	768
89	University of Missouri - Columbia	United States	766
90	Center of Sports Medicine, the Ohio State University - Columbus	United States	757
91	Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut	United States	756
92	University of Basel	Switzerland	755
93	University of Ulster	United Kingdom	754
94	Technical University of Lisbon	Portugal	753
95	University of Lausanne	Switzerland	750
96	University of Wolverhampton	United Kingdom	748
97	Department of Kinesiology, The University of Georgia	United States	747
98	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	746
99	Universiti Malaya (UM)	Malaysia	741
100	Chinease University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	740
101	Yonsei University	South Korea	736
102	University of Otago	New Zealand	734
103	University of Tsukuba	Japan	733
104	Seoul National University	South Korea	727
105	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	723

A number of universities today are offering various degrees related to sport science and management. Sports acts as a way of helping people learn valuable skill sets, physically and emotionally. It also aids in providing life lessons like confidence and teamwork. The universities in the world are focusing on the importance of sports as a subject because of the following reasons:

1. Sports help in building a stronger physique – The science of sports educates you to grow stronger muscles and build healthy bones. Sports is not just playing and running around. It involves the importance of a healthy diet, teaches you about the food groups and essential vitamins and minerals you need on an everyday basis, and more. It helps you in building resistance in case you face any external injury.
2. It promotes positive self esteem and character growth – One of the few things that sports aids you in is by helping you build a strong character that is appreciated by your peers. It helps in bringing the value of team spirit, since you and your team members are brought down to focusing on similar goals. Every contribution you and your team members make helps you in achieving success in a game. Whether you win or lose, you learn more about yourself as an individual which in turn helps in promoting your character. It also gives you the sense of contentment.
3. It inculcates respect and discipline in an individual– Respect for yourself as a key player in the team, alongside sharing a mutual respect for your team members is a great quality you can learn from sports. This can readily be used in a workplace as you grow older, where playing as an important team member is a required skill in every employee.
4. It acts as a method of boosting one’s endurance– Since different kinds of sports aids in keeping you on your toes, it can ward off a number of heart diseases and risks. If you wish to advance your career into sport science and management, you can expect to maintain a healthy lifestyle that will minimise the risks by manyfolds.

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