minor on Sports science and technology 2025/2026
What is the subject or theme and overall goal of the Minor?
The minor is a cross-disciplinary minor about sports: the science of sport, (physics, biomechanics, physiology), sports data collection and analysis, and the interaction between sport, technology and the athlete, followed by a project with one of the connected sports partners of the UT (TalentNed, Movella, RP3, etc). The minor is developed as part of the wider initatives about sports and technology in the UT, making use of the new Sports Interaction Lab, Sports Data Valley, Sports Innovation Center, the UT sports centre as well as other facilities. It also closely connect with research projects on sports related topics that are performed UT wide (e.g., Sports Data Science master track).
Who can join the minor?
The minor is broadly accessible for students with a technical profile. Students entering the course should have a basic knowledge about physics, physiology, statistics, and programming and 105 EC in their bachelor.
Educational description of the Minor:
The minor sport science & technology is composed of a number of informative lectures, but its core is a 6-weeks project (15EC) in collaboration with one of our partner companies. In the first 3 to 4 weeks of the minor, we will teach you what you need to know to complete your project. You will learn about (1) physics of sports, (2) sensors and sensing, (3) how to deal with sports data, and (4) interactive systems for sports.
Here below you will find a summary of the lectures of each of the 4 blocks:
- Sports Physics
- Sensor technology
- Sports Data Processing
- Desing of Interactive Systems in Sports