MSc in Sports Engineering

Program Overview

The Loughborough University MSc in Sports Engineering program equips students with the technical and transferable skills needed in the sports equipment industry. Taught by industry experts, the program covers topics such as product design, data analytics, and sustainable design. Graduates are highly sought after for engineering roles in design, manufacturing, research, and development within the sports equipment industry.

Program Outline

Sports Engineering MSc

Degree Overview:

The Loughborough University MSc in Sports Engineering program has been designed with input from industry to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing global sports equipment market. The program teaches the technical and transferable skills highly sought after by the sports equipment industry and academic research. You will be taught by sports engineering academics and industrialists with extensive experience working in the sports equipment industry. This expertise is reflected in the teaching, ensuring the course content is focused on the most up-to-date industry trends and challenges.

Outline:

The program consists of three semesters:

• Semester 1:
• Compulsory modules:
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering
• Sports Industry
• Measurement and Data Analytics in Sports Engineering
• Research Methods
• MSc Individual Project
• Semester 2:
• Compulsory modules:
• Robotic Applications in Sport and Healthcare
• Product Design Engineering in Sport
• Product Design and Human Factors
• Sustainable Product Design
• MSc Individual Project
• Summer:
• Compulsory modules:
• MSc Individual Project

Assessment:

You will be assessed via a combination of technical reports, presentations, projects, and written examinations. The reports, presentations, and projects will include both individual and group components.

Teaching:

The program utilizes the unique laboratories in the Sports Technology Institute, which include a wide range of industry-standard and bespoke equipment relevant to the sports equipment industry. Lectures, seminars, tutorials, independent study, group work, workshops, laboratory work, and practical sessions are employed as teaching methods. The program's academics are actively involved in sports equipment research and collaborate with world-leading brands and governing bodies.

Careers:

Graduates of this program are expected to secure engineering roles within the sports equipment industry with a focus on design, manufacturing, research, or development of sports products. Graduates are expected to be attractive across the breadth of the sports equipment industry; from the major brands in sports equipment such as Adidas and Ping, through to service providers such as Hawkeye.

Other:

• The program is full-time and takes 1 year to complete.
• The program start date is October 2024.
• The program is run by the Department of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering.

UK fee: £13,000 Full-time degree per annum International fee: £28,750 Full-time degree per annum