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University of Birmingham: Exercise and Sport Sciences
| Institution | University of Birmingham View institution profile |
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| Department | School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences |
| Web | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk |
| pg@contacts.bham.ac.uk | |
| Study type | Taught |
Master of Research - MRes
Summary
Become an expert researcher at the forefront of your field. Through combining taught and research elements, you will be equipped with the scientific understanding and practical skills to address key challenges in sport, exercise and rehabilitation.
Gain research-oriented training in exercise and sport sciences, enhancing your practical, theoretical, and applied skills. This research degree prepares you for diverse career opportunities in academic or industrial settings within exercise, health, or sports sciences.
Follow your interests through choosing optional modules in core exercise and sports sciences disciplines to tailor your degree. Learn in a highly interactive teaching and research environment from world-leading active researchers.
Take the unique opportunity to undertake a six-month research project in your chosen field and active research areas like exercise metabolism, cardiovascular physiology, and behavioural medicine. Our blend of theoretical and practical training prepares you for diverse career opportunities in both academic and industrial settings.
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Theoretical and practical training including a six-month research project
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Internationally renowned School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Study at the largest custom-built Sport and Exercise facility in the UK
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Tailor your degree to follow your interests
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | 2:1 or equivalent in a relevant science subject (E.g. Sport and Exercise Sciences, BMedSci, Biochemistry, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Biology, Biological Sciences). |
| Location | Edgbaston Campus Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TU |
Summary
Our Exercise and Sport Sciences MRes combines taught and research elements to equip you with the scientific understanding and practical skills to address current societal issues in sport, exercise and rehabilitation.
This combined research and taught masters programme provides students with a research orientated training in the practical, theoretical and applied elements of Exercise and Sport Sciences.
Optional modules make up the taught component of the course, and offer teaching, learning and experience in core disciplines of exercise and health as well as in sport. Research experience is offered in academic or industrial settings within exercise, health or sports sciences.
The MRes in Exercise and Sport Sciences is a one-year full-time masters course programme that provides students with a research-orientated training in a lively, highly interactive teaching and research environment.
This programme takes students who have a research focus, from a variety of backgrounds at entry and gives them new skills to enable them to move into further research and/or employment in a number of disciplines.
It is offered by the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, in collaboration with the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, and Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy in the University of Birmingham Medical School.
The purpose of the MRes Exercise and Sport Sciences is to provide a strong foundation for research in exercise and sport sciences in health and disease
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | At least a 2.1 or equivalent in a relevant science subject (e.g. sport and exercise sciences, BMedSci, biochemistry, health sciences, natural sciences, biology, or biological sciences). |
| Location | Edgbaston Campus Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TU |
Birmingham offers over 600 taught postgraduate programmes to help students widen their skills base, further their knowledge and boost their career prospects. Its wealth of research opportunities involve the completion of original academic research, or a piece of scholarship, which students will conduct under expert supervision from a Birmingham academic.
The value of the postgraduate study is both inherent and transferable, helping students to develop as a person, boost their professional prospects or even change direction in their career.
Beyond the transferable skills that students will take into the workplace, a postgraduate qualification from Birmingham will give …
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