Sport Analytics MSc

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Overview

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MSc

  1. MSc Sport Analytics

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • 10320 Per academic year
  2. MSc Sport Analytics

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time, 2 years
    • 1720 Per 30 credit module
  3. MSc Sport Analytics

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 1 year
    • 15960 Per academic year

Course modules

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The Theory of Sport Analytics

Visual Analytics

Tableau; Storytelling for Sport

Team-based Project

Applying Research Skills

Sport and Exercise Work-Based Learning (Mental Wealth)

Sport Research Project (60 credits)

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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Your future career

Your future career

A career in sport analytics can lead to multiple roles in a wide range of exciting settings with amazing opportunities for career progression. You might be employed directly by a professional sports club to work with their coaching or scouting staff or work for one of the many businesses that elite teams and individual athletes approach for consultancy. Job titles may include Performance Analyst, Sport Analyst, Sport Scientist or Data Analyst.

You will develop your skills and knowledge in a directly applied context, further supported by industry experience through the placement module. This will ensure that you are 'employment ready' in your knowledge, skills and experience. The strong industry experience and contacts of our staff team also mean that you will be well-connected to potential jobs as they arise.

The visualisation, analytic and statistical skills acquired during this programme can be applied to different sets of data across different industries, which provide a unique opportunity for graduates to have a wide range of destinations both within and outside of the sport industry (additional qualifications may be needed). 

In addition you will be encouraged to make full use of the range of employability resources available through the Careers Centre and LinkedIn Learning.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

Our Sports Analytics Masters degree has been specifically designed to equip you with all the necessary practical skills and industry experience that are required to enter this developing field.

Dr Alireza Monajati

Course Leader, MSc Sport Analytics

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

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We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

What you'll learn

Our MSc Sport Analytics course has been developed to provide coaches and athletes with objective information, providing statistical and visual evidence to make data-driven decisions.

In this course, you will be taught how to collect, analyse, and interpret large and complex sports data sets. You will learn how this data can be utilised to enhance athletic performance and inform key decisions to gain a competitive advantage.

While the application of sport analytics is its own field, the skills such as data wrangling, statistical analysis, coding, and data visualisation are utilised widely across many different industries. By developing these lucrative skills, students are enhancing their chances of future employability across the industries.

How you'll learn

Our MSc Sport Analytics course has been developed to provide coaches and athletes with objective information, providing statistical and visual evidence to make data-driven decisions. In this course, you will be taught how to collect, analyse, and interpret large and complex sports data sets. You will learn how this data can be utilised to enhance athletic performance and inform key decisions to gain a competitive advantage. 

While the application of sport analytics is its own field, the skills such as data wrangling, statistical analysis, coding, and data visualisation are utilised widely across many different industries. By developing these lucrative skills, students are enhancing their chances of future employability across the industries. There are elements of the course focused on Data Visualisation, such as our specific Tableau; Data Storytelling module where you will learn how to use exciting and lucrative software.

How you will be assessed

Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides.

Feedback is provided within 15 working days in line with UEL's assessment and feedback policy.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by the School of Health, Sport and Bioscience.

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.