Overview
This MSc is designed to build strong expertise in sport and exercise science while developing students’ practical and analytical abilities. The curriculum emphasizes creative problem solving and equips students with hands-on technical skills, research training, and the ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written formats. Entrepreneurial skills are also cultivated so graduates can identify and pursue new opportunities in the sports sector.
Structure and themes
The program is organized into four strands that combine compulsory modules with electives, allowing you to tailor learning to your interests. In addition to core scientific and methodological content, there are social-science modules that examine major societal questions linked to sport — for example, demographic change, emerging sports technologies, and ethical challenges such as corruption and doping. These components aim to prepare students to respond thoughtfully to real-world problems in sport and exercise.
Career relevance and outlook
An entrepreneurship module is included to reflect the growing business potential within the sports industry and to help students translate ideas into practice. Overall, the degree seeks to position graduates at the forefront of new developments in sport and exercise science so they can contribute to finding practical and evidence-based solutions.
Application requirements (check the official program page for exact details)
Note: Always consult the program’s official admissions page for the precise, up-to-date list of entry requirements, application deadlines, and document formats.
The program is built around four closely connected strands: Biomechanics & Neuroscience; Exercise Biology, Training & Health; Psychology & Social Sciences; and Research Skills & Auxiliary Subjects. Strands one and two serve as the core natural-science backbone of the degree, emphasizing the physics of human movement and its neural control, together with the physiology, molecular biology and practical testing methods that underpin exercise, performance and health. Strand three brings together sports psychology with modules that interrogate broader societal issues in sport from multiple perspectives (for example officials, athletes and policy makers). Strand four supplies methodological and career-focused support, including entrepreneurship, generic research skills and other auxiliary subjects.
Alongside this vertical strand structure, a horizontal semester plan ensures consistent development of target skills. Semester 1 delivers core content (especially from strands 1 and 2) and mandatory modules designed to build hands-on technical research abilities as well as mission-driven attributes such as problem solving, creativity, debate, and oral and written communication. Semester 2 continues this pedagogical approach: students pick four modules from strands 1–3 while completing the mandatory Advanced Statistics module from strand 4. Semester 3 is dedicated to specialization or breadth via five elective modules chosen from the current set of 16 offerings in strands 1–3; these advanced modules are intended to be interdisciplinary, up-to-date with cutting‑edge science or highly relevant to the job market or societal challenges, and each concludes with a mini-project (students may also take one soft-skill module from the university catalogue). Semester 4 is reserved for the Master’s thesis.
Students graduate with an integrated skill set spanning biomechanical and neurophysiological analysis of movement, exercise physiology and molecular insights into training and health, and applied sports psychology with an appreciation of social contexts. Graduates will be able to design and carry out empirical research (including advanced statistics), perform performance and health testing, manage interdisciplinary mini-projects, and communicate scientific findings clearly in oral and written forms. The program also fosters entrepreneurial thinking and practical research competencies that support academic, clinical, coaching, industry or policy-oriented career paths.
This Master's programme requires an undergraduate degree and evidence of language and practical experience. Degrees awarded by national or international universities are accepted provided they meet the minimum length or are assessed as equivalent. There is no restriction on the subject area of the bachelor’s degree. Applicants must also demonstrate advanced English skills — please consult the programme’s specific accepted tests and required levels.
Practical exposure in sport or health science is mandatory: either a completed vocational internship of at least eight weeks in the field of sport science prior to starting the programme, or documented professional activity in a relevant health-science role that the Master’s will build on. Finally, admission is competitive and contingent on successfully passing the programme’s selection process, which includes a written test.
Admission requirements (summary)
Winter Semester (International)
31 May 2026
Winter Semester (EU/EEA)
31 May 2026
Graduates are prepared for a range of roles in sport and exercise science, including positions in performance analysis, exercise physiology and rehabilitation, sport technology and product development, research laboratories and university PhD programmes, as well as positions in public health or policy related to sport. The mix of technical research skills, advanced statistics and interdisciplinary electives also supports careers in sports industry companies, consulting, anti-doping agencies, national sports organisations and start-ups.
The entrepreneurship module and applied mini-projects further equip students who want to found or join sports-related businesses, work in innovation units of industry partners, or move into managerial roles where scientific evidence and applied practice intersect.