MSc Professional Practice in Sport
University of East AngliaNorwich Research Park, Norwich
Course overview
Unlock your potential with our cutting-edge programme, designed to shape the sport leaders of tomorrow. Sport has long served as a platform for developing physical and mental wellbeing, fostering social and community growth, driving economic progress, and advocating for under-represented groups. Study with us, and you’ll explore the importance of social justice and ethical principles in contemporary professional sports practice.
Our dynamic Master’s programme in Professional Practice in Sport emphasises the value of collaboration, making it an ideal choice for current leader-educators, aspiring future leaders, and recent graduates alike. You'll cultivate essential skills for success in leadership and development roles within the sport and physical activity sector. Our programme is informed by current professional and personal practices in both the UK and global contexts.
You’ll study the development and implementation of public policy, strategies of leadership and management, the role of wellbeing in supporting performance, as well as ethics, integrity, and representation in sport.
Key highlights
- Explores social justice and ethical principles in professional sports practice
- Develops leadership and development skills for the sport and physical activity sector
- Covers public policy development and implementation in sport
- Examines leadership and management strategies alongside wellbeing in supporting performance
- Addresses ethics, integrity and representation in sport
- Informed by current professional practice in UK and global contexts
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — Typical UK Entry Requirements: Degree classification Bachelors degree - 2:2 Degree Subject No specific degree subject is required, however it is advantageous to have studied in the sports science subject area, health sciences, and broader social sciences.
Careers this course leads to
- Sport development officer
- Sports manager
- Physical activity programme manager
- Sport policy officer
- Community sport coordinator
- Sports administrator
Cost of study
UK/Home: £11,200 per year | International: £23,850 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of East Anglia, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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