Sport and Exercise Medicine

University of Worcester
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year Sport and exercise sciencePhysiotherapy, physiology, and pathology

About this course

From athletes to people of all abilities, you’ll motivate, diagnose and rehabilitate your patients to make a real impact to their daily lives.

Designed for doctors to sport science specialists, you’ll explore the relationship between exercise and health. With practical experiences in our world-leading University Arena, and specialist medical clinics, you’ll have opportunities at Worcester that you can’t get anywhere else.

Overview

Our MSc in Sport and Exercise Medicine is based on the philosophy of total care for athletes and promoting physical activity in the community. Whether you’ve studied medicine, physiotherapy, sport and exercise science, or have a clinical background, this course will equip you with the specialist training to start a career in sports medicine.

Learn on the field by providing pitch-side care for athletes at sporting events at our 2,000 seat University Arena, or through working with one of our affiliated franchise teams and local clubs. From working with athletes to manage sporting injuries to maximising the health of your patients through exercise, you’ll learn the latest practice across the areas of sport and exercise science.

You’ll have unique opportunities for hands-on experience with access to our specialist facilities including our BASES-accredited human performance labs. You can measure joint movement patterns on our isokinetic dynamometer or an athlete’s skeletal movement with clinical gait analysis.

Based on our health and wellbeing campus, you’ll work alongside, and collaborate with, other healthcare professionals. Study advanced anatomy in our dedicated anatomy suite, which uses high-fidelity models alongside state-of-the-art digital simulations of life-size human bodies.

Careers

As a Sport and Exercise Medicine MSc graduate, you'll be prepared for a wide range of jobs, whether enhancing the performance of elite athletes, promoting healthy living in the wider community, or contributing to public health initiatives.

Once you graduate, you could start a career as a:

  • Public health advisor

  • Corporate wellness manager

  • Clinical sport and exercise medicine practitioner within national governing bodies

  • Sport and exercise medicine specialist

  • Rehabilitation and injury prevention specialist

  • Clinical and exercise physiologist
  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1224 Leisure and sports managers and proprietors
    3219 Health associate professionals
    2222 Occupational therapists
    3213 Medical and dental technicians
    2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists
    2211 Generalist medical practitioners

    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Worcester
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Sport and exercise science, Physiotherapy, physiology, and pathology