European Master of Science in Health and Physical Activity

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The European Master of Science in Health and Physical Activity is a 2-year postgraduate program (120 ECTS), coordinated by the University of Rome “Foro Italico” since 2002 and involving other leading European Universities in the Sport Science studies. The program is carried out in English and successful students will be awarded a joint European certificate plus single or double national second level degrees, equally valid in Italy as well as in the other European countries. It is an integrated program of study involving Faculty and students from Italy and other countries, aimed at upgrading the graduate in sport or movement sciences to a higher and broader professional profile, apt to deal, in a European perspective, with the complexities of the social demands increasingly expressed in the area of physical activity in health, fitness and wellness, reeducation and rehabilitation.

Master graduates in Health and Physical Activity shall be able to integrate at high level their knowledge of movement sciences into biomedical, psycho-pedagogical and sociological ones, particularly pertaining the use of movement science in the preventive and rehabilitative area in different age groups. The structure includes studying periods abroad and guarantees an education towards both high professional opportunities and research activities through regular curricular internships: there is one common path in the first year, with Teaching Modules taking place at the University of Rome “Foro Italico” and at partner Universities, and several alternative specialisations in the second year focusing on physical activity in disease prevention and rehabilitation, offered by partner universities in Odense, Vienna, Cologne, Oslo and Rome.