Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc

This course is in clearing

Overview

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MSc

Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time
  • Pound 10800 per year

Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time, 2 years
  • Pound 1800 per 30 credit module

Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time
  • Pound 16740 per year

What makes this course different

Specialist facilities

Gain experience of clinical testing including 12-lead ECG and cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Employer partnerships

Benefit from enhanced employment prospects with the NHS and private healthcare providers

Fast-track professional body registration

Fast track your eligibility for RCCP registration and CIMSPA Chartered status.

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

What we're researching

The Applied Sport & Exercise Sciences Research Group (ASESRG) works collaboratively across the school and university to investigate performance enhancement across the life cycle.

Key researchers include:

  • Dr Stewart Bruce Low (recovery and injury occurrence within professional football and chronic low back pain);
  • Dr Andy Galbraith (endurance performance and recovery);
  • Dr Richard Buscombe (stereotype threat and its effect on performance and mental health and wellbeing);
  • Mr James Beale (green exercise and its effects on health outcomes);
  • Dr Nick Bourne (healthy ageing and falls prevention);
  • Dr Gary Doyle (biomechanics and strength and conditioning).

Your future career

The real-world content and professional competencies delivered on this course will ensure successful graduates have the transferable skills to secure employment in a variety of exciting and diverse roles.

Job roles

Roles you could go into could include registered clinical physiologist, chartered scientist, health adviser, clinical exercise specialist, health and wellbeing physiologist, exercise referral coordinator, NHS trainee clinical scientist, PhD researcher or chartered activity and health practitioner.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

We are investing in key areas beyond your studies including our career services, library and well-being, to be available both face-to-face on campus and online with many of these available 24/7. We have new, modern library facilities on both campuses offering inspirational environments for study and research. Libraries contain resources in print and digital formats, a range of study spaces and a dedicated librarian who can assist with your learning.

Our Student Support hubs in Docklands and Stratford feature centralised helpdesks to cater for your every need. UEL also provides support and advice for disabled students and those with specific learning difficulties (SPDs).

Guided independent study

When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, and specialist facilities, such as game labs, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.

Academic support

If you need a bit of extra help with certain skills such as academic writing, English, maths or statistics, our academic tutors offer workshops, drop-in sessions and one-to-one appointments to help our students achieve their potential. You can receive advice and guidance on all aspects of the IT systems provided by the university from our IT Service Desks located on all three campuses.

Dedicated personal tutor

When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of staff who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at UEL and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer.

Workload

Your overall workload consists of class and online tutor-led sessions, individual learning, practical activities and real-world professional placements. The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module and activity. This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work. You will receive your personalised timetable at the beginning of the academic year depending on your course.

How you'll be assessed

Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include group work, exams and individual work including essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities depending on the nature of the course. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides.

Feedback is provided within 15 working days in line with UEL's assessment and feedback policy.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by the School of Health, Sport and Bioscience.

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.