Master STAPS - Entraînement et Optimisation de la Performance Sportive (EOPS) at Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

The Master EOPS-STAPS is offered by the UFR STAPS of Font-Romeu at 1,850 m altitude, with a specific training focused on altitude training. It is undifferentiated between research and professional orientation and is backed by the LIPSEM laboratory; it trains students to design, steer and assess training programmes, optimise sporting performance and re-athletise in altitude, in individual (including mountain) and team sports.

Faculty: UFR STAPS (Font-Romeu)  |  Department: STAPS  |  Duration: 2 years (4 semesters, 120 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time; M2 work-study possible; taught in French (Font-Romeu)  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Perpignan, Occitanie, France

What you will study

526 tutorial hours (328 in M1, 198 in M2); placements of 200 hours in M1 and 400 hours in M2; 30 hours of English; supervised projects for work-study students; M2 work-study possible. Skills: communicating, managing and training a team, steering a sports project, evaluating and designing projects, analysing performance, fundamental and applied knowledge of altitude training.

Career pathways

Sports coach, physical, nutritional or mental trainer, personal coach, technical sports director, director of a private performance-assessment structure or sports hub, sports manager, consultant, sports-science research engineer, R&D executive; doctorate at LIPSEM (ED 544 or ED 305).

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