Human Movement Sciences: Sport, Exercise and Health (Research)

Are you fascinated by human movement and do you want to contribute to unravel its secrets? Do you want to advance your skills to provide answers to timely and urgent research questions? Are you interested in a career in research and development? Then the Research Master’s in Human Movement Sciences is the ideal programme for you!

The Research Master’s Human Movement Sciences is a two-year full-time programme that aims at integrating fundamental scientific research with relevant questions from clinical and sports practice. Grounded in the core themes of the Amsterdam Movement Sciences, the programme includes courses on sports, musculoskeletal health, tissue function and regeneration, ageing and vitality, and rehabilitation and development. Topics covered range from molecular biology to neuroscience and neuro-muscular-skeletal systems, and from biomechanics to motor behaviour. Apart from becoming well versed in these research domains, you will be trained in state-of-the-art research methods and advanced statistics.

Your first year is dedicated to preparing you to conduct scientific research and is made up of a variety of compulsory and elective courses. These electives allow you to tailor the programme to your own areas of interest. You’ll follow courses focused on health-related topics, physical performance, neuroscience, biomechanics and research methodologies. Your second year is devoted to conducting a research project of your choice in which you gain hands-on experience in all aspects of scientific research.