Overview

Stay at the forefront of sport analytics as you work with modern hardware, software, and authentic datasets linking directly to athlete monitoring, match analysis, and sports business decision-making.

Become part of the unique learning environment as you learn predictive modelling, decision support, and best-practice visualisation for professional and commercial settings.

Career opportunities

With the demand for highly skilled professionals in high performance sport growing, develop the skills to stand out in today’s competitive job market.

This MSc Sport Data Science and AI programme offered by University of Birmingham develops key skills that are highly attractive to employers within the sporting industry, namely project management, critical analysis and problem-solving skills.

Open doors to exciting career paths within sports organizations, professional teams, and national governing bodies. Potential positions include strength and conditioning coaches, fitness coaches and sports scientists in high-level sports organisations.

Programme Structure

Modules include:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Programming for Data Science

Sports Data Management & Visualisation

Applied Match Analytics and Predictive Modelling

Applied Sports Performance Analytics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 13 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-07-03 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Data Science & Big Data Sport and Exercise Science Artificial Intelligence View 395 other Masters in Artificial Intelligence in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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88

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67

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must normally have achieved a UK Upper Second-Class Honours degree (2:1) or international equivalent in one of the following disciplines: - Sport and Exercise Science - (Sport) Business and Marketing - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

If the above requirements are not met, significant experience in sport analytics, data science, or high-performance environments may be considered on a case-by-case basis, provided that you can demonstrate proficiency in research methods, quantitative reasoning, or programming.

Tuition Fees

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25006 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

10384 GBP / year

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Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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