Moray House School of Education and Sport

Performance Psychology (MSc)

Examine how psychology can contribute to maintaining and enhancing high-level performance.

Drawing extensively from research and practice in sport psychology this programme examines how psychology can contribute to maintaining and enhancing high-level performance across a variety of domains such as sport, military, emergency services, forensics, medicine, business and performing arts.

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Programme structure: Performance Psychology

For this full-time degree, you will examine issues, such as anxiety and distraction, that affect individual, team or group performance. You will also study how to address those issues, as well as techniques to enhance performance.

Our Performance Psychology students

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Our MSc Performance Psychology community of students come from all over the world. Read what some of our graduates have said about this programme.

Careers in Performance Psychology

As public understanding grows towards the role of psychology in boosting performance, this programme paves the way for careers in a variety of fields including sport, occupational and business psychology, executive performance, emergency services, team building, outdoor management and adventurous training.

Fees and funding: Performance Psychology

Find details of tuition fees and opportunities for scholarships and financial support for our Performance Psychology programme.

Contact the Performance Psychology team

Questions about your application or how to apply to the Performance Psychology programme? Contact the Postgraduate Admissions team or the Programme Director who look forward to hearing from you.