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Mental Skills and Mental Health in Sports and Exercise - MSc Entry requirements

Advance your ambitions to become a sports performance director, professional coach or work in sports management.

Key information

EU fees per year €7,500
Non-EU fees per year €15,100
NFQ Level NFQ Level 9 Major
Duration One year
Attendance Full-time
Programme type Taught
Start date September
Award Masters (MSc)

Requirements

  • Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree (NFQ Level 8) with at least a second-class honours, grade 2 (2:2) in a relevant discipline. 
  • Preference will be given to graduates of sports science, psychology, sports coaching or sport management. 

Other entry considerations

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet the standard entry requirements, as long as you can show that you have the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for the programme. 

At UL, we value all kinds of learning and support different ways to qualify through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy. 

International students

 Checklist of documents

  • *Academic transcripts and certificates, translated if needed.
    • UL graduates only need to provide their student ID.
  • Copy of your birth certificate or passport
  • Copy of your CV
  • Copy of any membership of psychological societies and CPD workshop attendance
  • Supporting statement 

English language requirements

Guidelines on completing your application  

  • To make sure we can review your application quickly, please:
    • Upload all documents. Your application can’t be reviewed until we have all the documents on the checklist.
    • Title the documents you are uploading. For example, "Personal Statement", "Undergraduate Transcript", "Postgraduate Transcript", "English Language Certificate" etc.
  • *If you are waiting to graduate, submit your application with the documents you have to date, you don’t need to have finished final exams before applying. 
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