The two-year Master's programme is meant for students with a scientific fascination for sport. You will study sports performance and physical activity from multiple perspectives, using theories about cognition, psychology and physiology. This could be sports on a recreational or an athlete level.

As a student of this programme, you will acquire an advanced understanding of issues in the field of sport sciences, both applied and fundamental. You will practice in measuring and analyzing sports performance and gain familiarity with research methods and advanced statistics. Also, you will learn to develop optimal programmes to teach and train sport-related abilities and skills.

The programme is concentrated around four research areas:

1. Physical activity and cognition in children.
2. Talent identification and development.
3. Perception, action and decision making in sports
4. Performance analysis and optimization in (top)sports and how to prevent injuries.

Job prospects

After graduation, you can continue your academic career in a PhD trajectory. Another option is working as a scientist for a professional sport team or as a scientific advisor at sport associations such as the Olympic federation. In addition, you can develop training and exercise programmes for ergonomic, orthopaedic or educational institutions or develop sport, health and welfare policies for government agencies. With a teacher's certificate you can work as a lecturer in education.

Job examples

• Advisor

  Scientific advisor at sport associations or Olympic federation

• Developer

  Develop training and exercise programs for ergonomic, orthopaedic, or educational institutions

• Embedded scientist

  Embedded scientist for a professional sport team/club

• Researcher
• Teacher/lecturer

  Teacher/Lecturer of sport and exercise courses in Higher Education

• Policy Officer

  Government employee dealing with sport, health, and welfare policies