Film and Media and Sports Studies

Scotland’s university for sporting excellence is the perfect place for you to kick-start your career in sport with our sports studies course.

Job opportunities include working as a sports coach; teacher; consultant; or a manager or administrator for employers such as a local authority, commercial and voluntary sport organisation or governing bodies of sport. careers in the sport sector account for around three percent of all jobs in scotland, according to a recent study by cambridge econometrics. a number of exciting opportunities for well-qualified students have arisen from the legacy of the glasgow commonwealth games and the ryder cup. this is set to continue as scotland hosts a number of future sporting events. many of our graduates have gone on to work as: sport development officers, working with sporting governing bodies to develop sport – both here in scotland and abroad managers of sport facilities in sport and leisure trusts across the uk administrators for national governing bodies and sport policy agencies, such as sportscotland sport officers working with charities in developing nations to use sport to build communities personal trainers in health and fitness organisations coaches working with development teams in a number of sports, such as football and rugby this course is designed to enhance knowledge and understanding of sport across a range of academic disciplines, and prepares students for a variety of careers in sport.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Scotland have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Stirling has partnerships with the following companies: