Master of Science - Mental Skills and Mental Health in Sports and Exercise (MSMHSETFAD)

Program Description

QS Ranked Top 100 worldwide (Sport related programs)

This new MSc. program is dedicated to providing a thorough grounding in the knowledge and application of both mental skills to enhance sport and interventions to promote mental health and well-being. It seeks to equip candidates with a sound understanding of theory and research and develop core competencies and skills across a range of key domains including the following: motor cognition and skill acquisition; performance psychology; exercise and mental health; applied positive psychology; organisational behaviour and wellbeing; professional issues and ethics; and research design and methods. The core aims of the program are to create an outstanding and distinctive learning experience through innovations in teaching (e.g. problem-based learning), and to promote a sound evidence-based approach for those engaged in a broad range of roles in sport, exercise and health contexts.