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Masters Programme in Sports Sciences — 2 Years

You Already Know the Body. This Programme Teaches You How to Push It Further Than Anyone Else Can.

Most physiotherapists, coaches and sports medicine doctors spend their careers applying what they learned in their undergraduate training. A small number go deeper — into performance science, high-altitude physiology, advanced biomechanics and elite coaching methodology. The MPSS is built for that second group.

2-Year Masters For Science Graduates UGC Approved — TMV ISPA Accredited — USA Research + Applied Track

✓Advanced sports physiology, biomechanics and performance science beyond undergraduate level
✓Designed for physiotherapists, sports medicine doctors, coaches and serious athletes
✓Research dissertation conducted in partnership with elite sports organisations and SAI centres
✓Direct access to high-performance centres, Olympic development squads and national coaching staff

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Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth — UGC Approved Masters

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2008 Founded — India's First

12,000+ Alumni in Sport

180+ Partner Organisations

SAI Research Partner Access

UGC Approved Masters

ISPA Accredited — Chicago, USA

The Gap Nobody Talks About

Indian Sport Has Plenty of Practitioners. It Has Very Few Masters.

A physiotherapist who treats a national athlete and a performance scientist who designs their entire training-recovery architecture are not doing the same job. One applies known techniques. The other uses research, data and advanced physiology to find the margins that separate good athletes from great ones.

"The difference between a good sports scientist and an exceptional one is not talent. It is depth of knowledge applied with precision — and that depth is what the MPSS builds."

India is producing more professional athletes than at any point in its history. The IPL, the ISL, the Pro Kabaddi League and a growing constellation of individual sports programmes are creating genuine demand for sports science professionals who can operate at the highest level. Demand that cannot be met by generalists.

The Masters Programme in Sports Sciences at ISST was designed for professionals who are already working in sport and want to go further. Physiotherapists who want to move into performance science roles. Coaches who want to understand the physiology behind what they observe on the field. Sports medicine doctors who want to apply evidence-based methods to elite athlete management. Athletes who want to turn their competitive understanding into a research-grounded second career.

This is not a conversion programme. It is an advanced qualification for people who have already laid the foundation and are ready to build something significant on top of it.

2 Yrs Advanced Masters Programme

SAI National Programme Access

PhD Pathway Available

18 Yrs Sports Science Leadership

Who This Programme Is Built For

Six Professional Profiles That Belong in This Programme

The MPSS is an advanced qualification. It is not an introduction to sports science — it is the degree that takes practitioners who are already serious about the field to the level where they can work with elite athletes and lead high-performance programmes.

01. Physiotherapists

Sports Physiotherapists

You are already working with athletes. The MPSS gives you the advanced physiology, performance science and research methodology to move beyond treatment into high-performance programme design and elite team roles.

02. Sports Doctors

MBBS and Sports Medicine Doctors

Clinical training gives you the medical foundation. The MPSS adds the sports-specific performance science depth that allows you to work as a chief medical officer or performance director for professional teams and national squads.

03. Elite Coaches

National and State Level Coaches

You understand what peak performance looks like from the outside. The MPSS teaches you the physiological, biomechanical and psychological science that explains why it happens — and how to systematically reproduce it.

04. Athletes

Current and Retired Competitive Athletes

Decades of training and competing at a high level have given you an intuitive understanding of performance. The MPSS turns that intuition into rigorous science — and opens the door to a research or coaching career at the elite level.

05. BSc Graduates

Sports Sciences Degree Holders

If you graduated with a BSc in Sports Sciences or Exercise Physiology and want to go deeper into research, specialisation and high-performance application, the MPSS is the natural and most rigorous progression.

06. Researchers

Aspiring Sports Science Researchers

The MPSS dissertation is a genuine research project conducted in partnership with sports organisations. For those considering a PhD or academic career in performance science, this provides the practical research foundation postgraduate programmes require.

The Two-Year Journey

How the MPSS Is Structured

The programme moves from advanced theoretical foundations in Semester 1 through to applied fieldwork and original research by Year 2 — building genuine expertise at each stage rather than surveying topics at surface level.

Advanced Theoretical Foundations

Advanced exercise physiology, biomechanics and sports psychology — the depth that clinical and coaching backgrounds rarely reach.

Performance Science Application

Strength and conditioning methodology, sports nutrition science, performance testing and monitoring — applied with real athletes in supervised settings.

Embedded Field Placement

Six months inside a professional sports organisation — national academy, IPL franchise, SAI centre. Real roles, real responsibilities and real accountability.

Original Research Dissertation

A full independent research project conducted in partnership with a sports organisation — original data, original findings, original contribution to the field.

The Curriculum

What You Study Across Two Years

Every module in the MPSS is taught at postgraduate depth. If you have covered it at undergraduate level, you will be covering it at a level you have not encountered before.

Year 1 — Advanced Science

Physiology

Advanced Exercise Physiology

Cardiovascular and respiratory adaptations to elite training, thermoregulation, altitude physiology and the physiological limits of human performance.

Biomechanics

Advanced Sports Biomechanics

3D motion analysis, force plate interpretation, injury mechanism analysis and the biomechanical optimisation of elite athletic technique.

Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning Science

Periodisation theory, neuromuscular adaptation, training load monitoring and the evidence base behind elite S&C programme design.

Nutrition

Advanced Sports Nutrition

Nutritional biochemistry, ergogenic aids, weight category management and performance nutrition for elite multi-day and multi-event competition.

Psychology

Applied Sport Psychology

Mental performance under elite pressure, psychological periodisation, team cohesion science and evidence-based practitioner intervention methods.

Methods

Research Design and Statistics

Postgraduate research methodology, statistical analysis, scientific writing and ethics in sports science research — preparation for the Year 2 dissertation.

Year 2 — Specialisation, Placement and Research

Specialisation

Elite Performance Management

Managing the full performance ecosystem of a professional athlete or team — physical, technical, tactical, psychological and recovery dimensions integrated.

Specialisation

Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Science

Evidence-based injury prevention programme design, return-to-performance protocols and the science of athletic resilience at elite level.

Applied

Field Placement — Elite Sports Environment

Six months embedded in a high-performance setting. You work as a sports science practitioner inside a real programme with real accountability to the organisation.

Research

Masters Dissertation

An original research investigation in a chosen area of sports science, conducted in partnership with a sports organisation and published in the ISST research record.

Why Study Here

Six Things That Make the MPSS Different From Every Other Advanced Programme

There are postgraduate sports science programmes in India. There is only one that has been embedded inside the country's sports performance ecosystem for nearly four decades.

Access to India's Elite Sports Infrastructure

ISST's relationships with SAI, national sports federations, IPL franchises and Olympic development programmes give MPSS students access to the infrastructure, athletes and data that academic sports science simply cannot replicate.

Faculty Who Are Practitioners First

Your advanced physiology is taught by someone who has run physiological testing on national athletes. Your biomechanics lecturer has used motion capture with professional teams. This is not theory imported from textbooks — it is expertise brought from the field.

Research That Is Actually Used

MPSS dissertations are not filed away. They are conducted in partnership with organisations that have practical use cases for the findings. Your research contributes to real decisions being made inside real sports programmes.

The Network That Matters at This Level

12,000+ ISST alumni are in positions across Indian sport. At the Masters level, many are in senior performance roles — chief physiologists, national S&C coaches, heads of performance at professional franchises. That community is yours from day one.

International Recognition

The MPSS is a UGC-approved Masters from Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth and carries ISPA international accreditation. If your ambitions include working or studying internationally, this degree has the credentials to travel with you.

A PhD Pathway, If That Is Where You Are Going

For those who want to pursue doctoral research, the MPSS dissertation and research training provides the foundation that PhD programmes — at ISST and at other institutions — require. Several MPSS graduates have continued into full research careers.

After the Masters

Where MPSS Graduates Lead

A Masters in Sports Sciences positions you for the senior and specialist roles that the Indian sports performance ecosystem is actively struggling to fill. The demand for professionals at this level is not projected — it is already here.

Head of Performance — National Squad

Rs. 12L – 30L

Senior Sports Physiologist

Rs. 8L – 20L

Chief S&C Coach — Franchise

Rs. 10L – 28L

Sports Science Researcher

Rs. 7L – 16L

Chief Medical Officer — Sports Org

Rs. 14L – 35L

National Sports Academy Director

Rs. 12L – 25L

Elite Performance Consultant

Rs. 10L – 30L+

PhD Research / Sports Science Faculty

Academic Track

Heard from Graduates

What the Masters Has Built for People Who Did It

"I came in as a physiotherapist with eight years of clinical experience. The MPSS did not just teach me more physiology — it completely reframed how I think about performance. I moved from treating injuries to preventing them by understanding the full training load picture."

Dr. Deepak N.

Head of Performance Medicine, National Hockey Programme

"My dissertation was conducted with a state athletics programme. By the time I submitted, I had published findings the programme was already using to redesign their periodisation model. That kind of impact is not something you get in a purely academic setting."

Meera S.

Sports Scientist, SAI Regional Centre of Excellence

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Elite Sport Needs Professionals Who Know More Than Everyone Else in the Room

The MPSS is for people who are serious about reaching the top level of sports science and performance. If that describes you, this is where you go next.

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The MPSS intake is small by design. Once the cohort is confirmed, applications close for that academic year.