Montpellier University Department of Sports Science
Skills for sports, education, and health

Career opportunities

Graduates from STAPS departments are among those with the highest rates of professional integration. More than 95% of former STAPS Master's students found work within 30 months of graduating.

When it was first created, the STAPS program was primarily intended to train physical education teachers. In the 2000s, the number of teaching positions was reduced by 70%. STAPS departments then had to diversify their career opportunities by creating new specializations. Today, only a small minority of students enrolled in STAPS departments take the competitive exams to become teachers.

Graduates of the UFR STAPS are prepared for all professions related to sports, physical activity, and movement.

Career opportunities after a bachelor's degree in sports science

Specialty: Adapted Physical Activity-Health

  • Teacher of adapted physical activity in the areas of disability, maladjustment, and loss of independence
  • Coordinator of intervention, prevention, and integration programs through adapted physical activity
  • Adapted physical and sports activities coach

Specialty: Education and Motor Skills

Access to the professions for which the Bachelor's degree in Education and Motor Skills prepares students often requires passing recruitment exams.

  • Teaching staff of the Ministry of National Education: physical education teachers (CAPEPS), school teachers, certified physical education teachers, teachers employed by the City of Paris
  • Staff of the Ministry of Youth and Sports: sports teachers (for the position of sports activities advisor)
  • Local government employees: APSA advisors and facilitators
  • Jobs in the fields of national education (principal education advisor, etc.), sports coaching, and teaching physical and sports activities for educational purposes, etc.

Specialty: Sports Training

  • Coach at a club or training center
  • Physical trainer in a club, training center, or sports service company)
  • Sports manager, sports technical manager, sports technician, etc.
  • It is also possible to take various competitive examinations for positions in the APS territorial sector (APS Territorial Operator, APS Territorial Educator, APS Territorial Advisor), as well as the competitive examination for sports teaching positions issued by the Youth and Sports Ministry.

Specialization in Sports Management

  • Community Development Officer
  • Project Manager
  • Head of Development
  • Service Director, Product Director
  • Sponsorship Manager
  • Merchandising Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Area Manager
  • Communications officer, etc.

Career opportunities after a professional bachelor's degree

Professional Degree in Animation, Management, and Organization of Physical and Sports Activities: Aquatic Activities

  • Management or Assistant to the General Manager, technical or commercial, of aquatic leisure, sports, health, and fitness facilities
  • Local civil service executive (with specific preparation for competitive examinations)
  • Trainer and trainer of trainers (BEESAN – BEES Swimming Level 2)
  • Technical sales expert working with local authorities or companies that sell or manufacture equipment or structures for water sports

Career opportunities after a Master's degree in Sports Science

Master's degree in Sports Science and Adapted Physical Activity for Health (STAPS-APAS)

Adapted Physical Activity Rehabilitation Program (RAPA)

At the end of this program, graduates generally hold management positions in organizations involved in prevention, integration, rehabilitation, re-education, reintegration, or auditing and consulting.

Prevention, Health Education, Physical Activity Program (PESAP)

At the end of this program, graduates generally hold management positions in the field of prevention and promotion of health and physical activity in local authorities, youth or adult integration organizations, health networks, schools and extracurricular activities, etc.

Health Management through Physical Activity for Older Adults (GESAPPA) Course

Master's degree holders are destined for management positions in APA within the fields of gerontology and geriatrics. As trained teachers, they focus on designing and coordinating intervention projects, planning and teaching physical activities, and evaluating and determining the effects of motor skills and health education practices.

Science, Technology, and Movement (STM) Program

  • Employment in higher education, research organizations, and research laboratories
  • Manager in the research and development departments of private sector companies

Master's degree in Sports Science and Sports Performance Optimization (STAPS-EOPS)

Science and Technology of Physical Training (STEP) course

  • Physical trainer for professional sports clubs, fitness centers, and companies
  • Designer and coordinator of physical preparation projects for training or retraining in the private sector
  • Technical staff of (inter)national federations
  • Head of sports services for local and regional authorities

Science and Technology Course in Psychological Preparation and Coaching (PsyCoach)

This program trains future specialists in mental preparation and coaching for athletes, teams, coaches, and sports institutions. Graduates may work in sports institutions (clubs, federations), private practice, associations, local authorities, etc.

Science, Technology, and Movement (STM) Program

  • Employment in higher education, research organizations, and research laboratories
  • Manager in the research and development departments of private sector companies

Master's Degree in Sports Science and Management (Sports Management)

MTS (Sports Tourism Management) program

  • Project manager or development manager in regional or semi-regional organizations (CDT, CRT, SEM, host countries, joint associations, "countries," etc.) or private organizations (tour operators, integrated organizations, etc.)
  • Tourism Development Officer
  • Entrepreneur in the field of sports tourism
  • Manager or department head in tourism and sports recreation companies

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