Master STAPS - parcours Activités Physiques Adaptées et Santé (APAS) at Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale

Programme overview

Master training engineers who develop adapted physical activity programmes for people with specific needs or disabilities, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to maintain or improve quality of life and health. Graduates work in institutions (IME, CAT, EHPAD, associations, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, the private and mutual sector, local authorities) or create new structures. Taught at Calais (Site universitaire de la Mi-Voix).

Duration: 2 years (M1 and M2) | Study mode: full-time or co-op (French) | Location: Dunkerque, Hauts-de-France, France

What you will study

Rehabilitation, optimisation of university communication tools, APAS intervention strategies and tools, social inclusion and exclusion, analysis of professional environments, dependency and vulnerability. Compulsory placement in M1 and M2 with dissertation and defence; work-study in coordination with the FCU, with D2E and ETP diplomas.

Career pathways

Adapted physical activity professional; average time to first job 1.8 months.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Licence STAPS 'Activités Physiques Adaptées' required to apply. Year 1 applications are made on the national Mon Master platform (2026 window 17 February to 16 March); entry to year 2 is by validation of studies on ULCO-CANDIDAT; applicants from Campus France (CEF) countries apply through Campus France.

International applicants: EUR 3,950 a year (2026-2027). Differentiated tuition for non-EU/EEA/Swiss international students in national degrees (first cycle 2,902 EUR; second cycle 3,950 EUR); not applied to work-study (alternance) students; CVEC and administrative charges not included. Source

Duration: 2 years (M1 and M2)

Apply through the official page: https://www.univ-littoral.fr/formation/admission-inscription/candidatures-admissions/

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