Sport Sciences
Master
How can you identify the top athletes of the future? How do you optimize athletic performance and prevent injuries? What influence does physical activity have on a child's development?
How do people use vision to control their actions?
The selective 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 selective 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:
- Physical activity and cognition in children.
- Talent identification and development.
- Perception, action and decision making in sports
- Performance analysis and optimization in (top)sports and how to prevent injuries.
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English
Title
Master of Science
Duration
2 years
ECTS credits
ECTS
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. Its aim is to facilitate the recognition of study periods undertaken by mobile students through the transfer of credits. The ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits are equivalent to the workload of full-time student during one academic year.
Accreditation
Numerus Fixus
No Numerus Fixus
Without numerus fixus.
Tuition fee 2024/2025
EU/EEA
The EU/EEA rate is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.
€ 2,530
Non-EU/EEA
The non-EU/EEA rate is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA.
€ 24,200
Institutional
The institutional rate is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level.
€ 19,900
Admission
Application requirements
*Bachelor degree in Human Movement Sciences (RUG/VU) – follow selection procedure *WO bachelor degree in a related field (follow admission- and selection procedure) *HBO-bachelor degree in a related field (e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sport studies, human movement technology, MIRT, etc.) (follow admission and selection procedure)
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Language requirements
- C1
- Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English
- 6.5
- IELTS overall band
- 92
- TOEFL internet based
Check when you can start and what you have to pay!
| Tuition fees | |
|---|---|
| € 2,530 | |
| € 24,200 | |
| € 19,900 |
| Tuition fees | |
|---|---|
| € 2,601 | |
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| Start date | App. deadline EU/EEA | App. deadline Non-EU/EEA |
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| 1 Sep '25 | 1 Mar '25 | 1 Mar '25 |
| 1 Sep '26 | 1 Mar '26 | 1 Mar '26 |
Contact
Main addressOude Boteringestraat 44
9712 GL Groningen
050 363 9011
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