Sports Ethics and Integrity, MA

The entry requirements for the Erasmus Mundus MA Sports Ethics and Integrity is a first (1st) or second class honours, upper division (2.1) degree in a relevant discipline.

We welcome applications by prospective students from around the world and look for evidence of previous study that is equivalent to the entry requirements stated above. The Postgraduate Admissions Office are happy to advise you on whether your qualifications are suitable for entry to the course you would like to study. Please email postgraduate.admissions@swansea.ac.uk for further information.

If English is not your first language you will need an acceptable pass in an approved English Language qualification to make sure you get the full benefit from studying at Swansea. We consider a wide range of qualifications, including the Swansea University English Test, the British Council IELTS test (with an overall score of at least 6.5 and 5.5 in each component). A full list of acceptable English Language tests can be found at:
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/englishlanguagerequirements/

If you are a Welsh speaker our dedicated academy, Academi Hywel Teifi, is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University. We offer you:

• An interview through the medium of Welsh when applying for a place.
• The option to receive your personal correspondence in Welsh - we will then communicate with you in your language of choice.
• The option to write and submit your coursework or exams through the medium of Welsh (even if you have chosen to study in English), and every effort will be made to mark your work in its original language.
• A Welsh-speaking personal tutor.
• One-to-one support to improve your academic Welsh language skills.

Since 2011, there has been a 40% increase in the number of students studying through the medium of Welsh at Swansea University and our *TEF data over the last two years shows that Welsh-medium students are high achievers in regards to employability (*Swansea University TEF return 2017 and 2018).

The academic staff include

Swansea University

Professor Mike McNamee

Dr John William Devine

Associate Professor Camilla Knight

Dr Andrew Bloodworth

Dr Andrew Harvey

Charles University, Prague

Associate Professor Irena Martinkova

Professor Jim Parry

Dr. Kamil Kotlik

Associate Professor Irena Slepickova

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Professor Holger Preuss

Professor Perikles Simon

KU Leuven - University of Leuven

Professor Yves C Vanlandewijck

Professor Jan Tolleneer

Professor Andreas De Block

University of the Peloponnese

Professor Konstantiones Georgiadis

Professor Athanassios Strigas

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Professor Jose Luise Perez Trivino

Professor Alberto Carrio Sampedro

Annual tuition fees for entry in the academic year 2020/21 are as follows:

Tuition fees for years of study after your first year are subject to an increase of 3%.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

If you're a UK or EU student starting a master’s degree at Swansea University, you may be eligible to apply for Government funding to help towards the cost of your studies. To find out more, please visit our postgraduate loans page.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but are not limited to):

• Parking and travel to and from campus
• Printing, photocopying, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
• Purchase of books or texts
• Printing and binding
• Gowns for graduation ceremonies

The mobility pattern of the 2 year programme is such that will be required to travel to at least three of the partners and therefore should factor in travel costs to Greece, Barcelona and Prague in the first instance and then for semester travel to any of the 6 partners as well as any visas that would be required for onward journey as per country of destination. 

Careers and Employability Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Our career support services include:

• Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
• Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
• Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
• Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
• Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.

We also provide help and advice for Swansea University Alumni up to two years after you graduate.

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal academic mentor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

• Academic writing
• Maths and statistics
• Critical thinking
• Time management
• Digital skills
• Presentation skills
• Note taking
• Revision, memory and exam techniques
• English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying at Swansea University.

The window for both scholarship and self funded applications for 2019 has now closed. 

If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact study@swansea.ac.uk

Participation costs for 2018/19 entry to the MAiSI course are as follows:

Students from “programme countries” of the EU – € 4,500 per year (total participation costs for Programme country students of the 2 year Masters programme is €9,000)

Students from “partner countries” of the EU – € 9,000 per year (total participation costs for Partner country students of the 2 year Masters programme is €18,000)

EU programme countries refers to all European Union countries plus Macedonia, Turkey, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein.  

EU partner countries are those that do not fall into the definition of “programme countries”. 

What’s included?

The participation costs are designed to be inclusive in relation to academic provision. The following services are therefore included: tuition and examination fees, access to library and electronic resources, computing facilities.  

This course is a product of an international collaboration of the following universities:

• Swansea University, founded in 1920, is a rapidly growing, UK top 30, research-intensive University with world-leading sports science research and productive international partnerships. Swansea has pioneered globally the ethics of sports as an area of applied research and consultancy in elite sport.
• Charles University in Prague, founded in 1348, is the oldest University in Central Europe, and is consistently ranked first among the Universities of Central and Eastern Europe.
• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, founded in 1477, is one of the top research universities in Germany of national and international recognition. It is a founding partner of the groundbreaking Executive Master in European Sports Governance.
• KU Leuven, founded in 1425, is one of the oldest Universities in the world, and ranks among the world’s top 100 Universities. It is a leading centre of international excellence in disability and Paralympic sport.
• The University of the Peloponnese is the most recently founded of Greek Universities, and draws on extensive links with the International Olympic Academy and the Olympic Movement. It hosts summer schools on Olympic Studies at its Ancient Olympia campus, adjacent to the archaeological site of the Ancient Olympic Games
• The University Pompeu Fabra is ranked as the 1st University in Spain, the 7th in Europe and 13th worldwide in the Times Higher Education (THE) top Universities under 50 years old. It is recognised as a “Campus of International Excellence”‌‌‌‌

The part-time option for this course will not be able to be studied alongside full-time employment.

If you want to discuss the required hours and timetabling of this course, please contact us by emailing engineering@swansea.ac.uk or phoning 01792 295514.