German Sport University Cologne campus

Health Sciences

BA Sports and Health in Prevention and Therapy at German Sport University Cologne

German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Programme overview

Bachelor of Arts (SGP) combining practical sports content with training science, medicine, psychology and health promotion, focused on using exercise to maintain, restore or improve health. 150 places per cohort.

Duration: 6 semesters (180 credit points)  |  Study mode: Full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Diagnostics and training management in health-related sport; planning and delivering preventive and therapeutic exercise programmes; health-related sport across life stages; three specialisation tracks chosen from nine, including digitalisation and workplace health promotion, cardiovascular diseases (cardiac rehabilitation instructor licence), orthopaedic conditions (back training instructor licence), friluftsliv and mental health conditions.

Career pathways

Health and preventive exercise, rehabilitation exercise and therapy, and workplace health promotion.

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Application information

Entry requirements

School leaving certificate or other higher education entrance qualification; physical aptitude test (Sporteignungsprüfung). Application deadlines: 15 July (winter semester), 15 January (summer semester).

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 6 semesters (180 credit points)

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