- Degree
- Master of Science
- Course location
- Paderborn
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English (100%).
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The study programme is a full-time study programme that can't be studied online or from abroad.
With the beginning of the first semester, all enrolled students have to be present in Paderborn until 15 November the latest to be able to actively start the study programme.
- Application deadline
- 31 May for international applicants for intake in October of the same year
(21 September for applications from Germany/EU)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The international MSc in Applied Neurosciences in Sports & Exercise focuses on neuroscientific aspects of physical activity in sports and health care settings. Academic knowledge and research skills are conveyed within the two major scopes "Sports and Exercise in Neurological and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Injuries" and "Training and Performance Development from a Neuroscientific Perspective". Graduates will explicitly be enabled to pursue careers in related research fields. Moreover, working in applied clinical occupational fields will also be possible. However, we don't set a focus on acquiring manual skills (even though it is important for physiotherapists to enhance their manual skills for clinical practice).
"Sports and Exercise in Neurological and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Injuries" focuses on imparting specific knowledge of the symptoms and syndromes of diseases and injuries within the nervous system (i.e. different types of dementia and epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, concussion). Furthermore, the impact of physical activity in prevention and rehabilitation will be centred in different learning arrangements (literature based, experimental, applied).
"Training and Performance Development from a Neuroscientific Perspective" focuses on imparting specific knowledge of the central nervous activity during training and competition (i.e. mechanisms leading to fatigue, injury, over-training). Furthermore, the impact of appropriately managing exposure and recovery will be centred in different learning arrangements (literature based, experimental, applied).
Gaining methodological competences represents another key area of education.
The programme complies with the increasing demands of professional expertise and scientific work to accomplish the following:
• improve evidence based prevention and rehabilitation of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases and injuries by a differentiated application of the drug "physical activity"
• improve evidence based exposure and recovery management in sports and exercise from a neuroscientific perspective to increase performance and reduce the risk of injuries