King's College London

Sport & Exercise Medical Sciences - Entry Requirements

UK applicants

Subject requirements

Required subjects:

A-level (or equivalent) grade B in two subjects from Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics

Preferred subjects:

Biology

A-Levels

Required grades: ABB

Must include grade B in two of Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component. We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

Contextual A-Level Information:

BBC Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels. Must include grade B in two of Biology (or Human Biology), Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Physical Education or Mathematics. Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component. We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

33 points overall or an aggregate score of 16 from three Higher Levels.

Must include grade 5 at Higher Level in two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sports Exercise and Health Science or Mathematics. Notes: The total point score of 33 includes TOK/EE. IB students studying the new Maths curriculum would be required to study either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation at Higher Level if using Maths to meet the subject requirement.

Contextual International Baccalaureate information:

31 points overall or an aggregate score of 14 from three Higher Levels. Must include grade 5 at Higher Level in two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sports Exercise and Health Science or Mathematics. Notes: The total point score of 31 includes TOK/EE. IB students studying the new Maths curriculum would be required to study either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation at Higher Level if using Maths to meet the subject requirement.

Alternative accepted qualifications

Qualifications

Standard requirements

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 30 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 15 at Merit. The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be in a relevant subject - Sport, Science or similar - and must include 15 Level 3 credits at Distinction each in two of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sport Exercise and Health Science, Physical Education or Mathematics.

Contextual A-Level Information

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total. Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 30 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 9 at Merit, and 6 at Pass. The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be in a relevant subject - Sport, Science or similar - and must include 15 Level 3 credits at Distinction each in two of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sport Exercise and Health Science, Physical Education or Mathematics.

International applicants

Equivalent International qualifications

Select a country

Please note

Course specific subject requirements are indicated in subject requirements above

English language requirements

English language band: D

Selection process

Contextual consideration

We make contextual offers for this programme, which can be found in the entry requirements. As part of the assessment process, we take into account contextual information to gain a more complete picture of each application. More information can be found on the Contextualised admissions website.

Deferrals

Applications can be submitted for deferred entry by choosing the appropriate year of entry on the UCAS application.

If your circumstances change and, therefore, you need to request a deferral after an offer has been made, then we can generally permit these for this programme. However, each deferral request will be considered on a case-by-case basis and we reserve the right to decline any post-offer deferral request. Requests should be submitted via a message on King’s Apply with an explanation of the reason for making the request.

Please note, second deferral requests will only be considered where the request is due to extreme unforeseen extenuating circumstances, for example, health reasons. We are unable to permit deferral requests that go beyond two years and you would need to apply again. This is with the exception of deferrals which are due to military/national service.

Foundation courses

Applicants studying Foundation Year programmes in the UK are welcome to apply for this programme. Foundation programmes from other universities and further education providers in the UK are considered on a case-by-case basis. Whether or not we can consider a particular foundation year as suitable for study at King's depends on the content of the syllabus and modules studied. In the past we have accepted foundation programmes from a number of other institutions.

We are unable to accept Foundation programmes that are integrated as part of a main degree at another institution. These may be called Year 0 or Integrated Foundations. We are also unable to accept non-UK Foundation courses.

Once you have submitted an application, the Admissions Office may contact you via King's Apply to ask for further details on your qualification, such as a list of modules and course specifications.

The King's International Foundation Programme has guaranteed pathways available for progression onto our undergraduate degree programmes, and information can be found on the website.

Graduates

Our general entry requirements are based on A-level or equivalent. However, where an applicant is completing/has completed a degree, we are able to consider the degree study as part of the assessment of the application.

Generally, we would consider a minimum of a UK Bachelor degree with a 2:1 grade profile (or overseas equivalent) as meeting the entry requirements for our undergraduate degrees. However, those who have achieved/are predicted a high 2:1 or a First may be considered more competitive.

Where a programme has subject requirements, these will still need to have been met. If you have not met the subject requirements via A-level (or equivalent) then we may be able to consider the content within your degree. We would be looking for significant study of the subject across the degree programme with a 2:1 or above grading on those modules.

Once you have submitted an application, the Admissions Office may contact you via King's Apply to ask for further details on your degree study.

Resits

We are able to consider resits for this programme.

Transfers

We are able to consider applications for transfer into Year 2 of this programme. Please see our Transferring to King’s website for more information.