Sports physiotherapy today is a highly competitive profession which demands experienced practitioners with specialist skills and competencies. The MSc Sport Physiotherapy and Exercise Medicine at Middlesex has been created specifically for Chartered Physiotherapists who wish to follow a sports career path, giving you the qualifications and experience necessary to apply for accreditation with the Association of Sports Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) and International Federation of Sports Physiotherapists (IFSPT). Middlesex is widely regarded as one of the best universities in the UK to study sport. The London Sports Institute at Middlesex University is based at Saracens RFC's Allianz Park, where we regularly treat elite athletes in our high-tech biomechanics and physiology labs and new rehabilitation suite. This gives you the opportunity to carry out a research project on a subject of your choice alongside professional physiologists, biomechanists and clinicians. Our masters degree is one of a few in the UK to build clinical placements into the course. Students spend 150 hours over the duration of the course working on clinical placement in a sports environment. Some of these hours can be at your place of work if appropriate, however we can offer hours in our own London Sport Institute Sport Injuries Clinic supervised by clinicians who work with athletes at national and international levels. We also have links with professional sports teams where clinical hours can be carried out, such as Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, Arsenal, Saracens, Wasps, Harrow School and England Rugby. This means you complete your masters degreewith significant experience in professional sport, often within an MDT setting. In addition to this, you will obtain the requisite qualifications for ACPSEM and IFSPT accreditation – putting you in a great position to begin a career in sport.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist you will already have a number of career paths open to you, but completing this masters degree will put you on the road to a successful career in sport. The majority of professional sports physiotherapy roles today require ACPSEM or IFSP accreditation, and this course provides you with everything you need to apply for accreditation upon completion. With experience working for an elite sports team gained during the course, it is expected that you will be in a very strong position when applying for jobs. This could include roles at professional football and rugby clubs, for national and international sports organisations such as the English Institute of Sport or England Rugby, or for international sports teams.