Sports-Related Studies at the University of Ulster has had a resounding success in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, confirming its international status and placing it in the top third of Sports-Related Studies in the UK. Further details are available at http://research.ulster.ac.uk/rae/UoAs/46.html

Welcome to the Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute. Our aim is facilitate, co-ordinate and to carry out high quality research and to promote a vibrant culture of research and scholarship within the University of Ulster and in partnership with health providers, sports governing bodies and other centres of excellence.

The Institute endeavours to:

• promote high quality, strategic and applied research;
• strengthen the national and international research base in Sport and Execise Sciences and related disciplines;
• provide consultancy services
• educate high calibre research students;
• provide a base for visiting scholars.

The group now encompass several selected areas or subgroups of research.

Research areas

• Adolescent lifestyle and health
• Health benefits of physical activity
• Social sciences of sport
• Sport and exercise psychology, physiology and biomechanics
• Sport technology

The Institute is located at the University of Ulster with a base on the Jordanstown campus. The Institute's 2007-2008 Annual Report is available in pdf format.

Ulster's Research Strategy for 2009 – 2014.doc(Subject to Council approval)