Msc Sport And Exercise Medicine In Football

Solent University (Southampton)

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1 year

Course duration

8/31/2025

Start Date

US$22267

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Looking to get into or build on your existing knowledge and skills in the exciting area of football medicine? This course is designed for Sport and Exercise Therapy, Physiotherapy and Sports Rehabilitation graduates, either interested in moving into football medicine, or already working within football and wishing to complete this master's degree alongside their clinical practice. Focusing on advanced clinical practice in football, this course will provide you with the opportunity to study specialist Sport and Exercise Medicine modules designed to develop a specialist expertise in acute sports trauma, physical rehabilitation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of a wide range of injuries in football. You will have the opportunity to develop the practical skills needed to rehabilitate injured football athletes and enhance the fitness, and performance of non-injured players. You will gain an advanced understanding of the key theories and concepts related to the training, physical development, and rehabilitation of football athletes, as well as Sport and Exercise Science procedures used in evaluating and monitoring fitness and performance. A mentored professional placement at a football club will provide you the opportunity to put theory into practice. You will be expected to take responsibility for your own caseload, examining, assessing, treating, and managing football athletes. This will enable you to develop, apply and reflect on your own performance across the core areas of football medicine and to draw on, and review, the profession’s evidence base. The programme has excellent links with professional football clubs, and you will have the opportunity to undertake the FA level 4 Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF) as part of this course.

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An honours degree at 2:1 or higher in a related field (Sport and Exercise Therapy, Physiotherapy and Sports Rehabilitation). Applicants will be either interested in moving into football medicine, or already working within a professional football environment. Applicants may be admitted to the course who do not have a degree at 2:1 or above, provided they can demonstrate the necessary graduate-equivalent knowledge, abilities, and skills. Applicants will hold a professional registration and professional indemnity appropriate to the country in which the mentored practice will take place. Applicants who do not have English as their first language will be required to demonstrate an approved level of proficiency in the use of the English language. Applicants who do not have English as their first language will be required to demonstrate an approved level of proficiency in the use of the English language. The agreed minimum requirements for this course are: IELTS minimum 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each individual component. TOEFL IBT 92 with a minimum of 22 in writing and a minimum of 20 in reading, listening and speakinga minimum of 22 in writing and a minimum of 20 in reading, listening and speaking.

1 year - Full time

Fee

£17,065.00 (US$ 22,267) per yearThis is a fixed fee

Start Date

8/31/2025

Address

Southampton Solent University, East Park Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YN, England

About

Southampton Solent University, located at Southampton, Hampshire, became a university in July 2005, though it was established as early as 1984. Currently the student enrollment is around 16,000 of which about 1,000 are international students. Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre. It is a centre of applied research in design and advanced technology, maritime, fine art, history of collecting, film, media and cultural studies, political and international studies, law and a broad range of business disciplines.

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