Master's Program Overview

The aim of our two-year, full-time (120 ECTS), English-speaking Master program is to offer master’s level education in the area of exercise and Sport Psychology and to educate students to a professional level. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge and competencies that will enable them to understand human behavior in exercise and sport contexts and to eectively apply their knowledge to improve physical activity, health, well-being, and high performance in public health and sports. Sport and exercise psychology seeks to understand the psychological factors that occur in sports, physical activity, and exercise. The focus is on behavior, emotions and cognitions of persons involved in sport and exercise settings, e.g. exercise participants, athletes, coaches, teachers, therapists, parents, spectators, ocials, etc. The psychology of sports and exercise draws upon the scientic elds of psychology, sport, education, and health sciences.
Sport and exercise psychology seeks to understand the psychological factors that occur in sports, physical activity, and exercise. The focus is on behavior, emotions and cognitions of persons involved in sport and exercise settings, e.g. exercise participants, athletes, coaches, teachers, therapists, parents, spectators, ocials, etc. The psychology of sports and exercise draws upon the scientic elds of psychology, sport, education, and health sciences.​Our master’s program provides a double degree with the University of Leipzig (Germany) and, from 2023, a double degree with the University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy). Students from these universities take courses from both (or all) universities (students registered with a home university take a minimum of 30 ECTS from a host university). Professors are internationally acknowledged researchers, elected MC members of International & European Associations of Sport Psychology (ISSP, FEPSAC), Editors or Editorial board members of international journals (e.g., International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology), books, etc., have experience in consulting in sport, exercise, health education.