Build your future career with our industry-leading qualifications 

Whether you are at the start of your journey and taking your first step into the fitness industry or whether you are looking to enhance your existing expertise, our range of CIMSPA-endorsed qualifications has been designed to help you develop your career in the fitness industry. 

From Exercise Instructor, through Personal Trainer, to Exercise Prescription for Long-Term Conditions, each of our courses equips you with the skills, credibility, confidence and real-world capability employers and clients value most. Designed by specialist experts and fitness professionals, through our courses you will learn cutting-edge knowledge and information, build practical experience, professional confidence, and develop career-ready skills to make a difference.  

Whether your goal is to work in a gym, build your own Personal Training business, support clients with long-term conditions, or future-proof your career in physical activity and wellbeing, this suite of courses gives you the foundation to succeed. 

As a Higher Education Partner of the Chartered Institute of the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), Sheffield Hallam University has developed and can provide sector-relevant, quality-assured Fitness Industry courses. These courses are fully mapped to CIMSPA professional standards, allowing you to meet the industry requirements needed to join the sector at heavily discounted prices. Our relationship with CIMSPA allow you to also gain professional status as either a Practitioner after completing one of our fully mapped courses.