What next after the Bachelor of Science in Sports at SFISM? Possible career opportunities
The Bachelor's degree programme in Magglingen prepares graduates for a wide variety of careers in the field of sports.
An exciting array of professional fields and career opportunities are open to Bachelor's graduates, with potential employers including communes, cantons (especially sports offices), sports clubs and associations, non-profit organisations, youth organisations, and organisations for exercise and sport for people with disabilities. Private sector employers include operators of sports and leisure facilities, event organisers and the sporting goods industry.
The BSc SFISM degree is also an ideal stepping stone to further qualifications for careers such as school sports teacher, professional coach or adult educator. The professional prospects offered by the Bachelor's degree programme in Magglingen generally fall within the fields of organising sport, researching sport, promoting health, teaching sport and coaching sport. Special attention is therefore given to follow-on options in Magglingen.
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Possible professional fields
Promoting health
Occupations concerned with promoting health focus on the positive impact that movement can have on health. Healthcare professionals often work in interdisciplinary teams with doctors, physiotherapists and nutritionists to develop and implement holistic health strategies that also include sport and exercise. These services aim to promote people’s physical activity, improve their general quality of life and prevent or treat injuries and illnesses.
Researching sport
The growing awareness of health, exercise and fitness as well as the importance of sport in society means that well-qualified sport researchers are in demand. This field encompasses a diverse range of activities and target groups in amateur and elite sport, and includes professions at universities and research institutes, in sports halls, on sports fields and at other training venues. Depending on the context, professionals work closely with athletes, patients, sponsors and associations.
Organising sport
Professions around organising sport cover a wide range of activities in planning and running events as well as marketing, sponsorship and sales in the sports industry. Professionals apply their business management and sports economics skills in their work for sports associations, sports clubs, fitness studios or other organisations related to sport, fitness or wellness, in sports tourism or in sports administration.
Coaching sport
Coaches and movement instructors are expert sport coaches who support athletes in improving their sporting skills and performance. They use their expertise to help athletes realise their potential and achieve sustainable sporting success.
Teaching sport
Physical education (PE) teachers mainly work in public schools, where labour market prospects vary across school levels and regions. Depending on school level and education, PE teachers may teach only sport or they may also teach other subjects for which they have a teaching diploma.
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- Sport sector (de, fr, it), berufsberatung.ch
- Studying sport in Switzerland (de, fr, it)
- The employment and expert platform for Swiss sport (de)
- Professional opportunities in sport and exercise sciences, sport, health sciences (de, fr, it)
- Career examples: sport and exercise sciences, sport (de, fr)
- studyprogrammes.ch
- Universities of Bern Counselling Centre
- Sports jobs (de, fr), Swiss Olympic
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