Language
  • English
Format
  • Full time
  • Part time
Start date
  • September
Location
  • Maastricht
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Human Movement Sciences

Discover the science behind movement, health, and performance. In this master’s, you’ll explore how exercise and nutrition impact the body—from patients to athletes. Choose between two specialisations: Health & Rehabilitation or Sports & Nutrition.

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Your future

As a Human Movement Sciences graduate, you’ll have a holistic background in physical activity, ageing, health and sports. 

Career paths

Researcher
Many Human Movement Sciences graduates continue on to a PhD programme or find employment as a researcher working for companies and organisations in the medical sector.

Product developer
As product developers, Human Movement Science graduates help develop or optimise products that help people with reduced mobility, such as braces. 

Trainer
Graduates of the Human Movement Science programme have also found jobs as trainers at rehabilitation institutes or major sporting clubs, where they either focus on helping people regain their mobility, or help them maximise their physical performance.

Alumni at work

Graduates have found positions as:

  • human factors specialist at ErgoS Engineering and Ergonomics
  • senior scientist at Nestlé and DSM
  • lecturer at Fontys Sport Hogeschool
  • advisor NOC*NSF / TVM speed skating team
  • entrepreneur working with braces
  • embedded researcher at Sport Centre Papendal
  • applied scientist at rehabilitation centre
  • researcher at Service Medical
  • PhD student at Maastricht University as well as at other universities worldwide