Master
Human Movement Sciences
Use a scientific approach to help people improve physically, from patients to athletes.
Are you passionate about physical activity, ageing, health and sports? And would you like to know more about how exercise and nutrition influences health, performance and disease? Then Human Movement Sciences could just be the programme for you. It covers all aspects of the relationship between physical activity and health – from patients trying to get better, to individuals just trying to stay fit, to top athletes aiming for the pinnacle of their sport. The programme offers a great deal of variety, with courses covering themes as diverse as nutrition, muscle & brain function, energy production and metabolic profiling. Because of this variety of courses and an individual 4-5 month research-driven internship/placement, you can pursue your own interests within the programme. Upon graduation, you will be well-prepared to work as a researcher, product developer, exercise scientist or trainer at, for example, a rehabilitation institute or a major sporting club.
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Fast facts
- biological view on relationship between human movement, health and performance
- choice between two specialisations: 'Health and Rehabilitation' and 'Sports and Nutrition'
- pursue individual interest within course assignments
- 4-5 months research placement
- 1-year full-time or 2-year part-time, taught in English
- study load 40 hrs per week, full-time programme: 12-14 hrs class, 4-6 hrs group work, 20-24 hrs independent study; part-time programme: half of full-time programme (class planned on 1 day)
- starts in September
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