Program Overview
The Performance Coaching at University of Stirling is a MSc programme in Humanities over 24 months, delivered Online. This programme equips graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills for professional and academic careers in the field.
Students gain a rigorous grounding in both the theoretical foundations and applied dimensions of humanities. The programme combines coursework, research components, and practical projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and specialist expertise relevant to industry and research needs.
Graduates of the Performance Coaching programme are well-prepared for careers in academia, industry, government, and the private sector across United Kingdom and internationally. The programme provides an internationally recognised qualification within the Bologna higher education framework.
Key Program Features
- Duration: 24 months
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: Online
- English requirement: IELTS 6.5
- Tuition: GBP 4,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Performance Coaching programme are prepared for diverse careers in humanities:
- Researcher / Academic
- Cultural Programme Manager
- Editor / Writer
- Translator / Interpreter
- Museum Curator
- Communications Specialist
Program Curriculum
Course Structure
- The Coaching Process: Providing an opportunity to examine conceptual models of the coaching process, and examining the cognitive expertise required to affect the process
- Coaching Concepts: Examining key conceptual topics in your coaching practice and asking you to reflect on how you have developed your expertise
- Coaching as Learning: Coaches discover how to apply integrated approaches to learning in generating, managing, and directing coaching practice. While encouraging coaches to become self-reflective practitioners
- Pedagogy & Practice: reflecting on the educational role coaches play and how best to create and sustain a learning environment with your athletes/players
- Planning the Coaching Process: It equips coaches with a greater understanding of the principles involved in effective planning and practice within the complexity of the coaching process
- Coaching Ethics: Considers the moral and ethical frameworks used by coaches and others in sport
- Independent Study: Allowing coaches to identify an area of personalised, context-specific study, they develop an agreed learning programme accordingly
- Performance Analysis: Coaches are provided with an opportunity to develop their capacity to use and critically appraise the application of technology in analysing sports performance
- Applied Coaching Project: This module will enhance coaches\x92 capacity for autonomous, professional judgement and practice. It should contribute to the development of the student as a coach who is capable of sustaining enquiry into aspects of his/her professional context
- reflect continuously and challenge personal assumptions and beliefs to improve future performance.
- critically reflect on decisions in complex and unpredictable situations.
- recognise and resolve problematic coaching issues through the generation of innovative strategies and solutions.
- design and implement an optimal learning environment to impact on athletes\x92 performance needs.
- design and implement a planned and strategic approach to performance improvement.
- develop and manage appropriate support structures to facilitate improved performance.
- Pedagogy and Practice (SPSP26)
- Performance Analysis (SPSP32)
- Coaching Ethics (SPSP33)
- Planning the Coaching Process (SPSP36)
- Applied Coaching Project (SPSP37)
- Coaching Concepts (SPSP50)
- The Coaching Process (SPSP52)
- Coaching as Learning (SPSP54)
- Independent Study (SPSP56)
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
You need the following GPA score:
Applicants for graduate programs must have the equivalent of a bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree with a minimum GPA equivalent to Upper Second Class on the UK Honour scale. Admitted applicants typically have an undergraduate GPA of or better on the UK Honour scale. No exam grade should be lower than 4.5 (European grade scale) or D (American grade scale).
Your GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated using the grades that you received in each course, and is determined by the points assigned to each grade (e.g. for the US grading scale from A-F).
Entrance requirements
- A minimum of a second class Honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.
English Proficiency: IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
GBP 4,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Tuition fees: GBP 4,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
IELTS requirement: 6.5
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact University of Stirling directly for scholarship, grant, and financial aid information for this programme. Many European universities offer merit-based and need-based funding for international and domestic students.
About University of Stirling
University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
University of Stirling is a distinguished institution of higher education committed to academic excellence, innovative research, and preparing students for leadership in their chosen fields. The...
University Profile- Start Date September 2026
- Language English
- Duration 24 months