Academic Centre
Sports science
The Master's study programme “Sports science” – it is unique in Latvia because several groups of science sectors – medical and life sciences, social sciences and legal sciences, as well as groups of science sectors – are involved in the implementation of the programme.
Two years (four semesters) should be studied in this programme. Students have the opportunity to study, analyse and develop beneficial aspects of sport and physical activity – physical, mental, emotional and social, which improve health and quality of life for all individuals, from children and young people to seniors, from patients with serious pathologies to professional high-achievement athletes, promoting research-based transfer of interdisciplinary knowledge to societal topics of sports science.
The program offers three possible areas of specialization to choose from: biomechanics and neuroscience, sports burden Physiology and biochemistry, sports psychology and public health.
Contact information:
liga.plakane@lu.lv