12 monthsProgramme duration
22,320 GBPTuition Fee/year
17 Jul, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Sports-Related Subjects
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Brunel Sport and Exercise Psychology MSc provides graduates the first stage of training towards becoming a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited sport and exercise psychologist.
You’ll examine the key psychological factors that affect both sports performance and exercise participation and learn how to assess client needs and formulate tailored programmes for them.
In your sport specialisation, you’ll learn techniques and strategies to help athletes of all levels, ages and genders develop the mental skills needed to tackle inhibitions and achieve peak performance, as well as to overcome the emotional consequences of serious injury or prolonged loss of form. These mental skills are equally applicable to coaches wanting to build positive team dynamics and referees dealing with the stresses of the job.
In your exercise specialisation, you’ll focus on applying psychology to increase exercise participation and motivational levels among the public, and to encourage people to adopt more active lifestyles.
On completion of the course, you can progress to Stage 2 training which leads to chartered psychologist status with the BPS and registered practitioner status with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Throughout your studies, you’ll be able to take advantage of our modern physiology and biomechanics laboratories and some of the best sports facilities in the UK.
You can choose to study full-time over one year or part-time over two years.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Sports-Related Subjects
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Brunel Sport and Exercise Psychology MSc provides graduates the first stage of training towards becoming a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited sport and exercise psychologist.
You’ll examine the key psychological factors that affect both sports performance and exercise participation and learn how to assess client needs and formulate tailored programmes for them.
In your sport specialisation, you’ll learn techniques and strategies to help athletes of all levels, ages and genders develop the mental skills needed to tackle inhibitions and achieve peak performance, as well as to overcome the emotional consequences of serious injury or prolonged loss of form. These mental skills are equally applicable to coaches wanting to build positive team dynamics and referees dealing with the stresses of the job.
In your exercise specialisation, you’ll focus on applying psychology to increase exercise participation and motivational levels among the public, and to encourage people to adopt more active lifestyles.
On completion of the course, you can progress to Stage 2 training which leads to chartered psychologist status with the BPS and registered practitioner status with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Throughout your studies, you’ll be able to take advantage of our modern physiology and biomechanics laboratories and some of the best sports facilities in the UK.
You can choose to study full-time over one year or part-time over two years.
Admission Requirements
2:2 or above (or international equivalent) in Psychology or Sport Science with modules in Sport Psychology.
Students who hold a 2:1 (or international equivalent) in an unrelated subject, who have successfully completed, or due to complete, a BPS accredited conversion course (e.g. Graduate Diploma in Psychology) are also eligible to apply.
In the UK, GBC is attained either by completing a BPS accredited undergraduate degree in Psychology (minimum lower 2nd class Honours) or by completing a BPS accredited conversion course. If you have completed a degree in Psychology outside of the UK the BPS will consider applications for GBC on an individual basis. The Society will consider whether you hold a degree from a recognised university or comparable institution and if it is of an equivalent standard to a British bachelor's degree at a minimum lower second class Honours level (in addition whether your degree includes at least 50 per cent psychology).
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
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