5 Sport and Exercise MSc Degree Programs

DCU's MSc in Elite Sports Performance is a two-year, distance-learning course designed to enhance your expertise in sports performance. You'll gain skills in research methodologies, reflective practice, and critical analysis while exploring decision-making, motivation, and the cognitive and behavioural processes behind elite performance.

Strength and Conditioning (S&C) are the principles and applications of Sports Science that evaluate the physical condition of athletes and champions of all sports and aim to optimize their performance. Coaches specialise in Strength & Conditioning design and implement specialized training programmes focused on the requirements of each sport and improving the physical and motor characteristics of athletes, including speed, agility, endurance, strength, power, stability and flexibility, achieving a reduction in the frequency and severity of injuries, improvement of technique and maximization of performance.

If you have a passion for exercise and fitness or sport and athletic performance, the Master of Science in Exercise Science degree program may be for you. This degree program can prepare you for a wide diversity of careers depending on your interests and background.

The program is designed for those who would like to obtain extensive knowledge of coaching techniques and technology and wish to elaborate successful coaching strategies and expand their professional network with athletes, support teams, and other coaches who are interested in analyzing and evaluating training programs and results and would like to pursue daily professional training in an authentic environment, with experienced and highly successful coaches.

Our master’s program is the oldest and most established in Connecticut. It is one of the oldest business school-based programs in the world, with a track record of turning out industry leaders for over 30 years.