Instructor and Other Specialisations
(field of studies: Sport)

• Programme: an alternative to the coaching route
• Specialisation: the options at master’s level
• Labs: where classes take place
• Qualifications: instructor diploma and master’s title
• After graduation: specialist staff and sport organisations

Instructor and Other Specialisations are a specialisation within the Sport programme (master’s) at the Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport (AWFiS), a two-year, full-time course with a practical profile, taught in English. They are for master’s students who prefer a broader profile – two instructor qualifications, or an instructor qualification paired with skills in fitness, media, analytics or sport business – over a single coaching specialisation.

Programme: an alternative to the coaching route

On the master’s Sport programme at AWFiS you can take one coaching specialisation – or, instead of it, two specialisations from this group. You may combine two instructor specialisations in different sports, or one instructor specialisation with one of the other specialisations. The choice is designed with the labour market in mind: two areas of competence give you more options than one, and you decide yourself which pair suits your plans.

Specialisation: the options at master’s level

Specialisations available in this group include:

• instructor specialisations in gymnastics, judo, basketball, bodybuilding, athletics, football, handball, volleyball, swimming, sport and dynamic shooting, tennis, sailing and board sailing (windsurfing and kiteboarding)
• boxing, motor preparation and motor preparation in martial arts
• fitness – weight exercises, fitness – modern forms of gymnastics, and personal trainer
• sport analytics, sport devices, and sport communication and journalism
• wellness, business models, sport management and the organisation of sport events

Labs: where classes take place

Practical classes use the AWFiS sports campus in Gdańsk Oliwa: 13 gyms, 2 sports halls, 5 outdoor sports fields and a swimming pool. The university also has purpose-built teaching and research laboratories for sport and exercise physiology, biomechanics, health and performance psychology and qualitative research.

Qualifications: instructor diploma and master’s title

Graduates hold the professional title of magister (Master of Arts) in sport together with a sports instructor diploma in the discipline that results from their specialisation.

After graduation: specialist staff and sport organisations

The master’s programme prepares graduates to programme, organise and implement the sports training process as part of a coaching or specialist staff. An instructor qualification in two disciplines, or one combined with motor preparation or personal training, fits well into such a team.

Graduates are also prepared to manage sports clubs and organisations. Here specialisations such as sport management, business models, the organisation of sport events or sport communication and journalism add the practical background for that kind of role.

As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme page at awf.gda.pl.