High-Performance Sport

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University Saarland University
Degree Master of Science

Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
Application Deadline for Beginning Students Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/master/bewerben.html
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time; international course; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Saarbrücken
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Sport Science gehört zum Studienbereiche Sport der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Sport.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Sport Science
Areas of Concentration Advanced research design and research methods, Biomechanics of Strength and Conditioning, Coaching and training the elite athlete, Competitive Sports, Medicine and physiology in high-performance sport, Recovery management and sports nutrition, Science and medicine in football, Socio-economics of elite sport (e.g. economic and social conditions of sporting success, doping prevention), Sport Psychology, Talent identification and development

Field of study
- Main instruction language English
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution The programme provides students with the knowledge and skills to work with elite athletes, coaches and sporting organizations. It combines basic research and practice in elite sports with a strong international perspective. Graduates are qualified to undertake advanced academic research (e. g. doctoral research for a PhD degree).
  Erasmus collaborations exist with Liverpool John Moores University (United Kingdom) and the University of Groningen (Netherlands). The University of Technology Sydney (Australia) and Saarland University are in the process of finalising a joint Masters programme, that will lead to a double degree.
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
- Admission semester summer and winter semester
- Bachelor or equivalent degree in sports science or a comparable subject as well as proof of special qualification (final grade 2.5 or better)
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
- Required language skills
- Required minimum language skills that must be proven by passing one or more of the following language tests:
  - Cambridge (English): FCE
  - IELTS (English): 5.5
  - TOEFL IBT (English): 72
  - Other English language certificates: Abiturnote gut in Englisch ( mind. 10 von 15 Punkten) (Niveau: E-Kurs / Leistungskurs)
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2026
- - Lecture period
  - 07.04.2026 — 17.07.2026
  - Application Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/studium/bewerbung/master.html
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/studium/bewerbung/master.html
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer und dem Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum siehe: www.uni-saarland.de/studieren/international.html Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/studium/bewerbung/master.html
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/studium/bewerbung/master.html
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 13.10.2025 — 06.02.2026
  - Application Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/master/bewerben.html
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/studium/bewerbung/master.html
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/studium/bewerbung/master.html
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer Bitte beachten Sie, dass für Masterstudiengänge abweichende Fristen gelten können siehe : www.uni-saarland.de/studium/bewerbung/master.html
Internationality
- International double diploma possible Ja
- Institution, country, degree University of Technology in Sydney
  Australia
  M.Sc.
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- Service-Zentrum Internationales (SZI)
- Street address Campus A4 4, 66123 Saarbrücken
- Postal/mail address 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken
- Phone 0681 302-71100
- Fax 0681 302-71101
- international(at)io.uni-saarland.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Studienfachberatung
- Contact person Dr. Sabrina Skorski
- Street address Institut für Sport- und Präventivmedizin, Campus B8 2, 66123 Saarbrücken
- Phone 0681 / 302 70411
- s.skorski(at)mx.uni-saarland.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung
- Street address Campus, 66123 Saarbrücken
- Postal/mail adress Post Office Box, POB 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken
- Phone 0681 302-3513
- Fax 0681 302-4526
- studienberatung(at)uni-saarland.de
- Internetpage of the institution

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