Sport and Exercise postgraduate courses

Reach the top of your game on our pioneering sports courses. Whether you want to undertake ground-breaking research or become a sports and exercise practitioner, our courses reflect the national drive for higher professional standards across the sector.

Benefit from top-class facilities and support from an expert team of academics with our postgraduate courses, which provide you the route to a fulfilling career as a sport and exercise professional. 

100%overall satisfaction of the quality of this course**MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science, Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2023
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100%of our students agreed that staff are enthusiastic about what they teach**MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science, Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2023

The course has opened my eyes to a career in academia and research. The biggest impact would be that the staff on the course have pushed me out of my comfort zone and encouraged me to try new things.

Lewis Spencer
MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science graduate

Facilities

Our state-of-the-art facilities, complete with cutting edge technology for measuring performance, help you produce groundbreaking research into the sport and exercise discipline of your choice and prepare for your future career:

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The Human Performance Unit (HPU)

Our students benefit from working in a venue established to provide expert sport science services to sports clubs and individual athletes, from beginners to elite performers

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"I chose Derby as I believe this course, unlike other MSc courses I looked at, would provide me with the necessary skills and experience in sport and exercise physiology that would make me stand out against other candidates pursuing similar career pathways to myself.

"My biggest success so far, I would say is my involvement in my placement work; specifically, the work for the HPU in providing lactate threshold labs for recreational runners. I feel my confidence in my lab-based skills have been enhanced meanwhile gaining experience that is useful in a real-world setting i.e. the importance of Health and Safety and participant wellbeing."

Callum Thomas, MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Sciences student

 

What our Sport and Exercise graduates do

Postgraduate education extends your knowledge, skills and confidence in ways which enhance your employability and open doors to new career prospects. Our previous students have gone into different career pathways, based on the skills and qualifications gained during their programme, such as:

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Postgraduate prospectus

Explore your digital postgraduate prospectus and find out what you need to know about studying with us. When you sign up, tell us what you're interested in and we'll send you a link to information put together just for you.

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Postgraduate Open Events

Join us at an upcoming on-campus Postgraduate Open Event, where you will get the opportunity to meet our expert academics and find out more about your course.

Next Open Event: Wednesday 8 May, 3pm - 6pm

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