Master's degree in Sports and Health

The structure of the education

The master's program in Sports and Health can be studied either as a 1-subject master's program with 120 ECTS in sports or as a central subject with 75 ECTS in sports and 45/75 ECTS in an optional study.

There is a study time extension of 30 ECTS if the option is within the social sciences or humanities.

The master's program is made up of a number of compulsory and optional modules. In the study, a neighborhood structure is used with eight weeks of teaching and followed by a week set aside for the exam.

Master's specialization in Sports and Health

Over the last few decades, it has become increasingly clear that regular physical activity independently contributes to the strengthening of general well-being as well as the prevention of a number of diseases and premature death. At the same time, sport is an important focus area in relation to learning in children, young people and adults.

There is therefore a need for university graduates who have extensive knowledge of both interdisciplinary and monodisciplinary issues and results within Sports and health's central and adjacent disciplines.

Taken together, this makes Sports and Health a socially relevant education. Working with complex fields such as movement, sports and health requires expanded abilities to work across disciplines and professional traditions. You learn this at the master's program in Sports and Health.

The education is closely linked to our strong research environments and it is structured so that you get a broad, interdisciplinary insight into how you can work with sports and health in, for example, political, cultural and educational contexts.

At the same time, you have the opportunity to specialize through a number of elective modules. Here you can dive into topics that are particularly relevant to what you want to deal with.

Master's specialization in Competitive and Elite Sports

There is a growing demand for sustainable talent development. As a graduate with an extensive knowledge of competitive and elite sports, you will therefore be in demand in the labor market.

As a student on the master's specialization in Competitive and Elite Sports, you have the opportunity to shape your education. The education consists of compulsory and optional modules as well as an internship period, where the link between the education's theoretical foundation and the sport's practice is in focus.

This gives you an academic education at the highest level that is attractive to, among others, sports organizations, elite clubs, elite sports municipalities and special federations.

The Master's specialization in Competitive and Elite Sports is closely linked to research in performance optimization, talent development and management, as well as in sports as part of civil society.

The aim is to support evidence-based practice by linking the theoretical parts of the education with practice in an organization, a municipality, in national and international environments or club systems.

There are per. 1 September 2020 a maximum of 25 places on the specialization in Competitive and Elite Sports.

Competence profile

Career

A targeted and broad education

Candidates with a specialization in Sports and Health.

With a master's specialization in Sports and Health, you can handle professionally specialized functions and/or development functions within:

• The culture and leisure sector
• The social and health sector
• Youth education
• Sports secondary schools and colleges
• Interest and sports organisations
• Research and teaching institutions – e.g. universities and University Colleges with a particular focus on physical activity and health

Graduates find work as:

The latest figures show that around nine out of ten graduates are in employment within the first year after completing their education. And of course we are talking about jobs that fall within their professional field of education.

Candidates with a specialization in competitive and elite sports

With a master's specialization in competitive and elite sports, you can handle professionally specialized functions and development functions within:

• Elite sports municipalities
• Special Sports Association
• Interest and sports organizations such as Danmarks Idræts Forbund
• Team Denmark
• Larger elite sports clubs
• Research and teaching institutions – e.g. universities and university colleges with a particular focus on talent development and/or elite sports

Graduates are expected to find work as:

• Talent development/coach
• Physical and Personal trainer
• Sports nutrition guide
• Adjunct professor at UC
• Sports psychology consultant
• Self-employed
• After school teacher
• Talent developer