Physical Education and Sport Sciences - Specialization in Sports Coaching

​Course Coordination

Ana Catarina Miranda de Sousa

coord.mtd@umaia.pt

The master’s de​gree has been replaced by the Master's in Sports Training, starting in the 2025/2026 academic year. 

Description

This course is based on a new model for training coaches that aims to meet the need to base professional practice on technical and scientific knowledge and skills. Since this is a Master’s course focused on sports coaching, the goal is to obtain skills based on science and practice that include multidisciplinary knowledge of leading, evaluating and guiding teams and individuals. The course offers students the opportunity to carry out a work placement at a sports institution that is part of the Portuguese sports system or a foreign sports system. Achieving the coaching qualification, taking into account each student’s individual training profile, will allow students to coach sports teams or become specialist members of technical teams for high performance sport.

Those ​​who complete this course will be qualified to carry out duties as sports coaches, observers (coach analysts), fitness coaches, physical trainers, performance analysts, technical coordinators at sports clubs and ​trainers for coaches.

Recognition of gener​al trai​​​​ning

Level 3. Handball, basketball, fo​​otball, swimming, competitive swimming, water polo, rugby and volleyball.

Recognition ​​of specific training and work placement

• Level 3. Handball
• Level 2. Football, basketball and volleyball.
  Note: Recognition by the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth for the remaining sports is pending.
  

​Registry​

Publication in the Official Gazette

Accreditation of the Study Program