The Master of Science in Sports with a specialisation in high-performance sports is a practice-orientated, interdisciplinary, scientifically grounded course that is unique in Switzerland.

The course of study imparts the fundamentals of sports science methodologies, differentiated insights into the broad area of training sciences, as well as management competencies specific to top-level sport. Students learn how to integrate their awareness of sport and training science into their practice in a competent and goal-orientated manner, thus learning how to link theory and practice. The Master thesis, an independent scientific research project, is written either in the field of training science or sports management.

The course of study is concluded with the «Master of Science IFISM in Sports with a Specialisation in High-Performance Sports».

Areas of Practice:

• Training Researcher
• National or Head Coach
• Person responsible for competitive sports at sports associations or large sporting clubs
• Highly qualified, professional position in the top-level sports system
• Position in other areas related to top-sports (e.g. management position in commercially run large sporting clubs or in organisations of large sporting events; media professional, etc.)