Master of Sports Coaching 24 months Postgraduate Program By The University of Queensland |Top Universities
Subject Ranking

# 2QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

24 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

41,120 AUDTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

30 Jun, 2024Application Deadline

Program overview

Main Subject

Sports-Related Subjects

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Online

Develop the knowledge and leadership skills expected in the world of high performance sports coaching. Advance your career and master your craft as an innovative, well-informed sports coach.

Benefit from a unique program, designed by elite coaches, expert academics and world-leading researchers, that offers the most innovative theory and practice in sports coaching.

This 32-unit coursework program is designed for coaches who are accredited through the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme. Depending on your coaching experience, you may also need a degree.

During the program, you'll broaden your understanding of coaching and the coaching environment, reflect on your own coaching experience and develop your awareness of what coaching is. You'll also develop expertise and knowledge in examining and enhancing both athletic and coaching performance across biophysical (e.g. recovery, program management, rate limiters) and sociocultural (e.g. quality coaching practices, emotional regulation, cultures of excellence) domains.

In the final stages of your program, you'll dedicate part of your studies to writing a thesis on an original research topic related to sports coaching. You'll have the freedom to investigate areas of specific significance to your coaching practice.

Program overview

Main Subject

Sports-Related Subjects

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Online

Develop the knowledge and leadership skills expected in the world of high performance sports coaching. Advance your career and master your craft as an innovative, well-informed sports coach.

Benefit from a unique program, designed by elite coaches, expert academics and world-leading researchers, that offers the most innovative theory and practice in sports coaching.

This 32-unit coursework program is designed for coaches who are accredited through the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme. Depending on your coaching experience, you may also need a degree.

During the program, you'll broaden your understanding of coaching and the coaching environment, reflect on your own coaching experience and develop your awareness of what coaching is. You'll also develop expertise and knowledge in examining and enhancing both athletic and coaching performance across biophysical (e.g. recovery, program management, rate limiters) and sociocultural (e.g. quality coaching practices, emotional regulation, cultures of excellence) domains.

In the final stages of your program, you'll dedicate part of your studies to writing a thesis on an original research topic related to sports coaching. You'll have the freedom to investigate areas of specific significance to your coaching practice.

Admission Requirements

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To be eligible to complete the degree in 2 years full-time (only available as full-time study), you'll need:

a bachelor's degree in any discipline plus current coaching qualifications endorsed by a recognised sporting body (e.g. a national sporting organisation) or equivalent plus one year's coaching experience. You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification, or

a current coaching qualification endorsed by a recognised sporting body (e.g. a national sporting organisation) or equivalent, plus five years coaching/high performance sporting experience (see below), comprising -

  • 150 contact hours per year; and
  • 450 hours per year in planning, preparation, self-reflection and learning, and continuing professional development.

30 Jun 2024
2 Years
Feb
Jul

Tuition fees

Domestic
25,280 AUD
International
41,120 AUD

Scholarships

Scholarships for Sponsors COLFUTURO / ANID / BECAL / PRONABEC

Scholarships for Sponsors COLFUTURO / ANID / BECAL / PRONABEC
Master Open

Value

20% tuition fee waiver

Deadline

15 Jul 2025

Application requirements

QS Event attendance is required

Entry requirements

You must be admitted to this school to be awarded

Latin America High Achievers Scholarship UQ

Latin America High Achievers Scholarship UQ
Master Bachelors Open

Value

20% tuition fee waiver

Deadline

31 Jul 2025

Application requirements

QS Event attendance is required

Entry requirements

You must be admitted to this school to be awarded

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