Overview

The Human Movement Sciences programme from Maastricht University is versatile, providing a large offering of courses on themes as diverse as nutrition and exercise, muscle and brain function, motion analysis of movement disorders and metabolic profiling. Within the set courses, you will also have plenty of opportunity to concentrate on specific areas of interest.

Before the start of the programme, students must choose one of two specialisations within the master’s in Human Movement Sciences:

•  Health and Rehabilitation
•  Sports and Nutrition

So whether you would like to become a sports counsellor, work as an exercise scientist or even plan to start your own company in exercise promotions after you graduate, the programme ensures that you can obtain all the academic knowledge and skills you need to get your career off to a great start.

Career opportunities:

• Many Human Movement Sciences graduates continue on to a PhD programme or find employment as a researcher working for companies and organisations in the medical sector.

• As product developers, Human Movement Science graduates help develop or optimise products that help people with reduced mobility, such as braces. 

• Graduates of the Human Movement Science programme have also found jobs as trainers at rehabilitation institutes or major sporting clubs, where they either focus on helping people regain their mobility, or help them maximise their physical performance.

• Sports nutritionists