Medical Fitness & Athletic Management, Bachelor of Science

Admission requirements

Admission to the Medical Fitness & Athletic Management degree programme is granted to those who meet one of the following requirements:

• General university entrance qualification (Abitur)
• Advanced technical college entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife)
• Passed master craftsman’s examination
• Intermediate school leaving certificate (at least Realschulabschluss) and a qualified certificate of a recognised vocational training of at least 3 years with an average/overall or final grade of 2.5 or better (if these grades are not indicated, the arithmetic mean of the individual subject grades applies),
• Or according to the regulation on access for professionally qualified persons to universities in the state of Hesse, i.e. either with completion of a professional advancement training of at least 400 hours, a technical school or a professional or administrative academy or a final examination in a state-recognised training occupation followed by at least 2 years of professional experience and passing a separate university entrance examination.

Your questions, further information on admission requirements as well as detailed advice on specific qualifications will be gladly provided by the advisors of the Study Service of DIPLOMA University upon request.

Details

Sport and exercise are becoming increasingly important in our modern society. With demographic change and changing lifestyles, maintaining health is more important than ever. As a result, health-promoting measures through sport and exercise are gaining significance at every stage of life. They target individual behaviour as well as the design of a health-promoting living environment. Due to the associated demand for care and support, there is simultaneously a need to qualify academically trained professionals for the growing prevention and health market as well as for competitive recreational and elite sports.

In the Bachelor’s degree programme “Medical Fitness & Athletic Management” (B.A.), you will learn, among other things, how to organise and implement individually tailored training and exercise programmes using various diagnostic methods. Through scientifically based expertise, you will also be able to analyse innovations and changes in the prevention and health market and develop target group-specific solutions. After graduation, you will be able to apply and reflect on the theories and methods of sports and training science in case-based contexts. In addition, the “Management” module will provide you with the qualification to analyse market developments in sports and healthcare, initiate new processes, and effectively manage the implementation of innovations.

During your studies, you can also choose your personal career-oriented specialisation to further deepen your skills.

The specialisations in the Bachelor’s degree programme Medical Fitness & Athletic Management are:
• Service management and business start-ups
• Stress regulation and relaxation
• Corporate health management

Course progression

At DIPLOMA Hochschule, you have the opportunity to study the Bachelor’s degree programme Medical Fitness & Athletic Management as an online course.

The online distance learning course at DIPLOMA Hochschule is designed according to the “blended learning” principle. This means you study the course content using study booklets and attend live online seminars. These usually take place on 12 to 14 Saturdays per semester – occasionally also on weekday evenings. You can take your exams online or at an examination centre of your choice.

Costs & registration

The (online) distance learning course at DIPLOMA Hochschule starts every year in the summer semester (April) and winter semester (October). After individual review, you can also start your studies at any other time.

You can choose from four financing models. For example, the installment model 3, with €167.00 per month and a duration of 72 months. Details on the installment models and all other information about the degree programme can be found on the Medical Fitness & Athletic Management course page.