Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Study Details: 1 year full-time
This is a masters degree like no other. Taught and designed in collaboration with Manchester City Football Club, this course gives you an advanced, real-world understanding of how sport coaching impacts health, wellbeing and performance across elite and community settings.
You’ll benefit from:
Structured placements with Manchester City
Masterclasses delivered by leading coaching, performance, and community practitioners at Manchester City
A professional development bursary to support coach education qualifications
Applied insight into professional environments at the top of global sport
Throughout the course, you’ll explore sport coaching as a force for performance, inclusion and social change. You’ll build the skills to navigate the emotional, political and relational dynamics of professional sport, while examining how sport policy shapes communities and lives.
You’ll also learn to apply sport science to enhance athlete and team performance. Using industry-standard tools, you’ll analyse match and training data, interpret trends, and communicate insights that drive results.
Your learning will take place across a range of world-class facilities, including our Institute of Sport building, Platt Lane Sports Complex, and Manchester City’s Etihad Campus. You’ll have access to:
Indoor and outdoor sports pitches
Strength and conditioning suites
Performance analysis laboratories
3D motion analysis suites
Advanced imaging technologies
An environmental chamber
A key highlight of the course is the work-based learning module, combining practical experience in both performance and community settings through structured placements with Manchester City. Alongside this, you’ll complete a research project, enabling you to investigate real-world challenges and contribute to the future of coaching and performance practice.
Together, these experiences set you up for a high-impact career in sport, preparing you to lead with confidence in both interdisciplinary support teams and high-performance environments.
You’ll need at least a 2:2 undergraduate degree or equivalent in a related area, including, but not limited to, Sport Coaching, Sport Development, Sport and Exercise Sciences, Data Analytics, or Health Sciences; or in an area of study accompanied by professional or personal experience. We may consider your application for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Accredited Prior Experience (APE) entrance if you have relevant, extensive professional experience in this field, even if you don’t have the required qualifications.
IELTS requirements for international students are set at 6.5 with no element below 5.5. Further information for international students is available for applicants with non-UK qualifications is available at mmu.ac.uk/international
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This masters degree prepares you to lead, inspire, and make a real impact in the global sports industry. You’ll graduate with extensive real-world experience, industry-recognised coaching education, and the latest sector insights – giving you a competitive edge. You'll also build highly transferable skills in leadership, communication, critical thinking, and applied research, positioning you for success in both employment and further study, such as doctoral research (PhD).
You’ll be ready to pursue roles across professional football, coaching, sport development, and applied performance in the UK or overseas. You’ll also be equipped to champion diversity, equality and inclusion, with the skills to coach, consult, and support individuals from a wide range of backgrounds – a key priority in today’s sporting landscape.
Potential job roles include:
Elite sport coach
Applied sport scientist
Performance analyst
Private sport coach
Community sport worker
Sport development officer
Player care officer
Scouting and talent identification
Researcher
Core modules
Research Project
Manchester City Work-Based Learning
Championing Change in Sport
Sport Coaching in the Real World
Applied Sport Performance Analysis and Insights
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Optimising Athletic Performance
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