MSc (Research) Sport, Health and Exercise Science

University of Hull

Research in Sport, Health and Exercise Science aims to enhance understanding of practices and processes that support the active lifestyles, health, well-being, sporting performance and coaching practices of individuals and groups. Our world-class staff collaborate with world-leading clinical and scientific researchers in two research groups - Exercise, Health and Human Performance, and Sport, Pedagogy and Practice. The Exercise, Health and Human Performance group have medicine as an underlying theme and seek to understand the role and implementation of exercise testing for disease risk the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions involving physical activity and responses and adaptations to exercise and sport. Sport, Pedagogy and Practice seek to develop innovative research that explores the complex and multi-layered nature of applied coaching practice, as well as the challenging nature of personal experiences within sport and exercise. There are postgraduate research options in Sport, Health and Exercise Science at PhD and MSc by Thesis levels. During a four-year PhD (seven years part-time), you will research and write a dissertation of 70,000 to 100,000 words on a topic chosen in conjunction with your supervisor.

Sport, Health and Exercise Science