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  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year full-time/part-time

Masters Degree Description

This course is now only taking applications for 2027 entry.

This Master’s course prepares you for careers in performance sport and the health and fitness sector as an applied sport scientist in elite, grassroots and schools' sport as well as working with the general population within a health-club setting. In an ideal environment for scientific exploration and practical skills development, the course allows you to explore approaches to supporting athletes including testing physical capacities; looking at performance nutrition; laboratory work; strength and conditioning; and monitoring performance via GPS. You develop the skills to assess athletes’ performance, see what is lacking in their performance profile and positively impact their physical performance.

Entry Requirements

2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are numerous sources of funding available for postgraduate students, both from external sources such as the Government and from the University.

Student Destinations

Completion of this course will give you the opportunity to work within the sport and health sectors, supporting human performance. Specific career paths include, sport scientist; exercise physiologist, strength and conditioning coach, FE/HE lecturer and laboratory technician.

You can also continue to further research-based study on MSc by Research, MPhil or PhD programmes.

Module Details

  • Scientific support of elite athletes
  • Applied physiology and performance nutrition 
  • Field-based strength and conditioning 
  • Laboratory-based assessment of physical capacities 
  • Specialist postgraduate placement 
  • Research methods 
  • Sport and Physical Activity Master’s dissertation 

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