Course summary
Enhance your sports physiotherapy knowledge, skills and experience. This is a specially designed master's course for fully qualified physiotherapists. This highly flexible academic and clinical master's degree develops your physiotherapy skills in the specialist setting of sport. By working with Bath’s team of sports practitioners, you’ll deepen your knowledge of advanced sports physiotherapy techniques, athlete management and performance enhancement. You’ll also develop your:
- knowledge of sports physiotherapy practice and ethical considerations at local, national and international levels
- ability to work in multidisciplinary teams within sports environments
- capability to provide safe and effective pitch-side emergency care
- awareness of anti-doping legislation and procedures within sports physiotherapy
- Commonwealth Games
- FIFA World Cupin
- Olympic Games
- Paralympic World Cup
- Six Nations Championship
- Tour de France
- highly interactive, flexible distance learning and clinical teaching
- residential teaching weeks to support your practical and clinical examination training
- being part of an online network of sport and exercise medicine and sports physiotherapy clinicians
- access to experienced clinical specialists in the field to provide professional development support
- a problem-solving and reflective approach to sports physiotherapy
- The Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Professional clubs and teams
- UK Sports Institute
- Birmingham Royal Ballet
Assessment method
- Coursework
- Dissertation
- Essay
- Oral presentation
- Portfolio
- Practical work
- Reflective assessment
Entry requirements
You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above. To apply for this course, you should have an undergraduate degree in physiotherapy and have a minimum of two year’s post-licensure work experience in a physiotherapy role. UK based applicants should be registered or hold a licence to practice as a physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council and should hold Chartered Physiotherapist status. Non UK based applicants should provide details of their local professional physiotherapy registration, and details of how to check this online (if applicable). Please ensure that you submit a personal statement of 250-500 words that outlines your qualifications and experience, includes details of your access to patients with sporting injuries, your interest in the programme, and how you wish to use the degree after completion.
English language requirements
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY