Sport at master’s level is a two-year, full-time programme with a practical profile, taught in English at the Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport (AWFiS). It is aimed at people who want to keep combining a sports career with deeper knowledge of how sport functions, and who see themselves on a coaching staff or in the management of sports clubs.
The master’s programme builds on the experience of people who already know sport from the inside. Theoretical and practical classes are taught by researchers and by specialists in the areas relevant to the programme, as well as by coaches of Olympic and national teams and by accomplished athletes. The emphasis moves from learning to train towards planning and leading the whole training process and taking responsibility within an organisation – so that after two years you are ready to work as a member of a coaching or specialist staff or to manage sports clubs and organisations.
At master’s level you choose between depth and breadth. You take one coaching specialisation in an Olympic sport, or – instead of it – two instructor specialisations, or an instructor specialisation combined with another one, for example in sport analytics, wellness, sport management or the organisation of sport events.
On the campus in the Oliwa district of Gdańsk you work with:
What you graduate with
Graduates are prepared to programme, organise and implement the sports training process as members of a coaching or specialist staff – the team of people who work together around athletes and teams, rather than as a lone instructor.
The second direction is management: the programme prepares you to run sports clubs and sports organisations, which makes the master’s degree a good fit for former athletes and coaches who want to take on responsibility for a club as a whole.
As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme page at awf.gda.pl.
