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Sport Studies (in Kaunas)

Bachelor's studies (university) @ Vytautas Magnus University
1 May Application deadline
25 Aug Start date
4 years Study duration full-time
5204€ Tuition fee for Eu citizens

Programme overview

Do you have a passion for sports and aspire to become a modern, exceptional, competent, and leading coach in your chosen sport? If so, choose Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) Sports Studies and start your journey at VDU!

Sports Studies at VDU is a unique program in Lithuania, based on the principles of the American Sport Education Program and characterized by broad-based coach training. This study program is the only one in the country that prepares coaches for all sports.

By studying Sports Studies at VDU, you will learn innovative training methods and technologies, apply the possibilities of artificial intelligence in sports, and gain international experience by completing coaching internships in Lithuania and abroad. And if the green and white colors hold a special place in your heart, the Kaunas Žalgiris in-depth coach training studies await you. During your studies, you will have the opportunity to choose alternative study subjects that deepen your coaching qualifications, and upon completion, you will receive an International Certificate in:

• Sports Psychology
• Athletic Training
• Personal Trainer Mastery
• Coaching Leadership in the Kaunas Žalgiris Team
• Sports Performance Analysis

After these studies, you will become a coach in your chosen sport or an athletic trainer, a personal trainer. You will be able to be a lecturer, and work in sports administration and management. Whichever sports field you choose, you will gain the broadest university education in the VDU Sports Studies program.

Career opportunities
The right to work as a sports specialist with a wide range of competencies, a coach (Achievement Sports) and according to the areas of professional activity in which graduates have successfully completed the Study Program in Sports Studies could work are the following:
1. Sports coach (sports coach)
2. Athletic training coach
3. Personal trainer
4. Paralympic / Disability Sports Coach
5. Judge in sports competitions
6. Lecturer of seminars / trainings related to sports
7. Administrative work in the private or public sector of sport
8. Sports manager

Programme structure

Curriculum

Admission Requirements

High school / secondary education (or higher)

Minimum 60% CGPA

Admission score counting is based on:

Sport achievements / Motivation interview * 0,4 + Grade point average (of school graduation certificate) * 0,4 + English * 0,2

Minimum admission score to qualify: 5,4

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