Entry Requirements and Fees
2020/21 UK fee: £7,800
2020/21 International fee: £14,300
For further details about fees, please see our Tuition Fee page.
An honours degree at 2:1 or higher in a related discipline
You will also be required to attend an interview
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Course content
The MSc in Sport Performance Analysis will help towards accreditation from International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS). The course is aligned to some of the key benchmarks for accreditation, and fulfils the initial requirements if the graduate would like to apply for accreditation.
You can request a postgraduate prospectus here.
Our facilities
Campus Location: Chichester
We offer you some of the best sporting facilities available to study for a degree. All of our facilities are designed for academic teaching, research, British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions and for your social/recreational use throughout the week and weekends.
The world-class Tudor Hale Centre for Sport is the focus of sporting activities both academic and recreational at the University. It incorporates a suite of state of the art sport science laboratories, a sports injury clinic, a strength and conditioning room and a fitness centre. In addition there is a sports hall. Located beside the Tudor Hale Centre for Sport you will find our Sports Dome, lano sand dressed astro turf and a grass rugby pitch.
Facilities:
Sports Dome
Four tennis courts which can be used for a variety of sports.
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Sports hall
Used for basketball, netball, trampolining, badminton, volleyball, cricket, soccer, table tennis, hockey and ultimate frisbee.
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Fitness suite
Various membership levels available. Weights, resistance and cardio machines.
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Indoor and outdoor climbing walls and climbing boulder
Available for any student to use after an induction and when Tudor Hale Centre for Sport is open.
Grass football and rugby pitches
Floodlit lano sand-dressed astro turf (to be completed by September 2019)
Image below is for illustrative purposes only for colours. (not actual astro at Chichetster) Line markings and surrounding layout will be different.
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110m synthetic athletics track
Strength and conditioning room
Two multi-purpose gymnasiums
Outdoor netball and tennis court
Two seminar rooms
Cricket nets
Sport Science Laboratories:
Four dedicated psychology labs including a Virtual Reality Reader, Brain Imaging Unit and Observation Suite.
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Two dedicated biomechanics labs
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Five dedicated physiology labs
Used for testing on treadmills, bikes and various other pieces of equipment.
An environmental chamber
Used to simulate heat, altitude, etc.
A sports injury clinic and adjoining rehabilitation space
Sports Therapy students use these spaces for practical sessions and run a clinic. It is open for students, staff and external visitors who require treatment also either from Sports Therapy students or staff.
Where this can take you
We understand the importance of ensuring that you have the knowledge, skills and experience to compete successfully in today’s challenging jobs market.
We provide performance support for elite athletes and competitive teams. We consistently perform well against the elite of university sport. A high number of our performance teams compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) programme at the elite level. Some of our graduates have gone on to secure jobs with England Netball, Southampton FC, AFC Bournemouth, Brighton FC, Bristol City FC, London Scottish RFC, Surrey County Cricket Club, amongst others.
Several teams are supported with high-level coaching, training facility support and sports science analysis. Numerous local and national sports clubs’ links with our student sports teams provide additional high-level playing opportunities.
Work placements
The course includes an extensive work placement module involving work related learning and the development of skills specific to the world of commercial sports performance analysis. You will be involved within an elite, semi-professional or professional sports setting through organisations connected with the University, or even one of your choice providing an agreement is arranged. Through the departments' consultancy work, there is opportunity to work with a variety of clubs from various sports. This placement has ranged from a variety of sports over the years including football, rugby, cricket, basketball and netball.
Previous students have worked with the following clubs and franchises:
- AFC Bournemouth
- Surrey Cricket
- Surrey United Basketball
- Southampton FC
- Brighton and Hove
- Harlequins
- London Scottish
- and many more...
The work placement module provides a platform for students to get involved in performance analysis in a real world situation, working closely with coaches, players, strength and conditioning coaches, physios and management support team. Students are expected to utilise this opportunity to practise skills learned in the university and use innovative ideas to provide the teams with advanced analysis services.
Indicative modules
All students are required to complete modules in their chosen pathway plus the two modules in research methods and statistics and a research dissertation.
Modules currently available are:
- Advances in Performance Analysis in Sport - You will gain a comprehensive and critical insight into the principles, processes and applications of performance analysis.
- Work Placement - This double module offers invaluable industry experience, providing an acute insight into the use of performance analysis within sport, and developing key personal and professional skills.
- Applied Performance Analysis - You will gain an understanding of the collection, analysis and delivery of performance data, developing the personal and professional skills that make an effective practitioner.
- Researching the Sport Disciplines - This is an introduction to basic quantitative and qualitative methodology for performance analysis using practical and real-world examples to illustrate how we make sense of data.
- Advanced Research Skills for Sport - You will learn and apply innovative and cutting-edge methods of analysis evident in performance analysis literature.
- Dissertation - You will conduct and communicate independent research in an area of interest.
International English Studies
Teaching and assessment
To gain a Postgraduate Certificate in Sports Performance Analysis, students need to complete three modules. Each module is assessed by a 4,000-word assignment.
To gain a Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Performance Analysis, students need to complete six modules. Each module is assessed by a 4,000-word assignment.
To gain an MSc in Sports Performance Analysis, students need to complete six modules, and either a 12,000 word thesis or a 6,000 word journal article and an oral presentation.
We use a broad range of assessments, which are also novel and vocational to help enhance key employability skills i.e. job application, job interview, CPD portfolio, scout reports, and oral presentations, as well as scientific reports and independent research projects.
