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The Master in Sports Nutrition Online will provide you with the necessary knowledge to understand and integrate nutrition in an interdisciplinary way with the development of physical exercise, enhancing performance, recovery and stimulating changes in body composition when necessary, taking into account the characteristics particular to the different population groups.
With this online master you will be trained in nutrition from all its perspectives, including the evaluation of the diagnosis, the setting of objectives and the nutritional work, with an integral focus on the athlete.
If you’re looking for flexibility, our online methodology offers you what you need. The online classes are taught live and recorded through the virtual campus. You can access them whenever is most convenient for you or watch them again to review concepts.
Live your Real Madrid experience and enjoy unique face-to-face experiences in Madrid or Italy. This will provide you with a global vision of the new management models or trends in sports health from international professionals.
View other related program in Spanish: Máster Universitario en Entrenamiento y Nutrición Deportiva
Start: 27 oct. 2025 | 9 months | |
| Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid Universidad Europea | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sport | Title issued by Universidad Europea de Madrid |
You will learn to interpret and apply the different nutritional aspects that affect the practice of a sport, from the health viewpoint and sport performance, as well as its close relationship with the physiological, training and body composition aspects .
You will apply the principles of sports nutrition to plan the diet of an athlete with the aim of optimising their health, their sports performance, and their body composition.
You will understand and analyse the characteristics of the physical preparation and training of athletes, to be able to work in a coordinated way with nutritional planning, body composition, and relevant health aspects.
You will learn to use tools for assessing body composition in athletes to carry out nutritional planning.
You will learn to plan the hydration practices for different athletes.
You will be trained to develop nutritional work to prevent or recover from sports injuries.
You will understand the mechanisms of acute and chronic inflammation and their integration with sports development, as well as proper management from nutritional work.
You will understand the concept of chronobiology, chrononutrition and its relationship with sleep and recovery of the athlete, being able to integrate it into nutritional work.
You will know the physiology of the digestive system, the intestinal microbiota, and the most common pathologies in athletes to treat them from a nutritional point of view.
You will take into account the differences in the diagnosis and nutritional work with populations with special characteristics, such as sportswomen, pregnant athletes, children and adolescent athletes and athletes with type 1 diabetes.
Shanghai Ranking 2024
Our Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences is ranked among the top 25 in the world, according to the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities by the Shanghai Ranking 2024.
National Sports Award Copa Stadium
The 2018 National Sports Award Copa Stadium was granted to the Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid Universidad Europea for promoting education, research, and professionalization at both national and international levels in all aspects related to sports.
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We train excellent professionals who develop their careers in the sports sector, with 94% of our students being employed.
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Enjoy a multifunctional environment with more than 80 nationalities, allowing you to develop your international professional network.
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The academic rigor provided by the school over these 17 years, along with more than 15,000 graduates, most of whom work professionally in the industry, has significantly contributed to the professionalization of the industry on a global level.
The School has been educating professionals in all areas of sports for more than 15 years, leading the training and digital transformation in sport. More than 15,000 graduates today carry out their professional activity in the sports industry.
This programme offers constant and direct contact with the sports industry, Networking with an international teaching staff, lecturers and experts, and fellow candidates coming from all around the globe, all designed to enhance your professional development.
Faculty made up of pioneering professionals in the research and advancement of this science. Active international professionals in sports nutrition and physical activity who develop their work activities with athletes and clubs.
Enjoy unique international experiences in which you will discover the sports industry from within. You will share this experience with professionals from the sector, professors, and fellow students from more than 50 nationalities. All of this provides you with a global vision of the sector and allows you to boost your network.
During this trip you will get to know new management models and trends in the sports and health field visiting a leading research university, Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Foro Italico’, research centers or medical centers. You will have the opportunity to do networking with professionals from institutions, such as Rome Olympic Stadium, Foro Itálico Tenis, Swimming Olympic Center or Nicola Pietrangeli Stadium. Discover the rest of the trips that you can take part in.
Madrid: revolutionizing the sports industry
This experience allows you to discover the most important aspects of club operations. You’ll have the opportunity to visit Valdebebas Sports City, the iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and other key sporting facilities in Madrid, including La Zarzuela racecourse, Civitas Metropolitano – home to Atletico de Madrid – and the National Sports Council.
White Week
Enjoy a unique sporting event that takes place over the course of a week. You will attend online sessions given by elite athletes, current and former Real Madrid footballers, and experts from the global sports sector, all offering their experiences, knowledge and advice on trends within the industry.
Daira Deicmane
Nutrition Educator
Alumni Private Master’s Degree in Sports Nutrition Online 2023/2024 Edition
Denise Marek
Sports Nutritionist
Alumni Private Master’s Degree in Sports Nutrition Online 2023/2024 Edition
The 100% online Master in Sports Nutrition comprises 10 modules, each with 6 ECTS. At the end of the programme, the student will receive the Private Master`s Degree in Sports Nutrition Online, granted by Universidad Europea de Madrid.
This master's degree is 100% online. You will be able to take the exams and the TFM virtually.
Flexibility
Live virtual classes that will be recorded in case you cannot attend or want to see them again.
Support
You will have the support of our expert professors who will facilitate your learning, as well as an accompanying tutor who will guide you and help you achieve your goals.
Experiential Learning
Receive comprehensive training based on real-life cases combined with theoretical and practical learning.
At Universidad Europea, we are committed to an education that prepares you for the needs of the professional world. Thanks to our methodology, you will be able to gain the knowledge, skills, abilities and competences that provide maximum employability in a global world.
Experiential Learning
The student learns by doing; there is no learning without action.
Meaningful learning
The teacher relates the knowledge, skills and previous experiences to the interests, expectations and cognitive characteristics of the students.
Collaborative learning
The students "learn together", so they are motivated not just by their own learning but to increase the achievements of others, forming a social and academic learning experience.
Professional learning
The teacher acts as an advisor and as a guide of the learning towards a professional application.
Constructive and discovery learning
Students investigate and explore concepts. This allows you to build cognitive structures by comparing, relating and reorganising new concepts with those you have already dealt with.
Autonomous learning
The teacher encourages the students to learn for themselves, developing self-learning. The student is understood as an active and cooperative agent, protagonist of their own education.
Individualised learning
The teacher is sensitive to the diversity and different learning styles of the students, adjusting the training activities to suit their needs.
Creative learning
The development of creativity and initiative allows knowledge to be perceived as open, unfinished, something which can always be redefined and understood from other points of view.
The Masters is aimed at students coming from different areas of physical activity, nutrition or health who wish to specialise and train in sports nutrition to promote interdisciplinary work.
For access to the Accredited Private Master`s Degree Master in Sports Nutrition online it is necessary to fulfill one of the following REQUIREMENTS:
In all cases, the University may limit access to certain degrees if a specific university degree has not been previously completed.
The admission process to pursue an online undergraduate or postgraduate certificate at Universidad Europea can be carried out throughout the year, although enrolment on any of our programmes is subject to availability. In order to complete the process, follow these simple steps:
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You will need to send the specific documentation to your personal advisor
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Once your documentation has been reviewed, your personal advisor will contact you.
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Formalising the reservation of a place through our different methods of payment
Candidates shall not be charged, and their place shall not be guaranteed, until the reservation has been formalised. Get in touch with us!
Krizia Radesca Fabiano
Area and programme director. Professor at Universidad Europea.
Guillermo Muñoz Andradas
Programme director. Professor and researcher at Universidad Europea.
Alejandro Rubio
Associate director. Professor and researcher at Universidad Europea.
Carolina Perea
Master Co-director. Sports Nutritionist Sanitas (Real Madrid C. F.)
IIn 2020, the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences was certified after the successful implementation of the System of Internal Guarantee of Quality under the SISCAL model, and was also awarded with institutional accreditation. .
Universidad Europea is renowned for its academic excellence and has been recognised worldwide with awards as prestigious as the European Seal of Excellence 500+, QualiCert certification, and the Madrid Excellence award.
In the international accreditation rating, QS Stars, Universidad Europea has obtained a total of four stars out of five. This external accreditation system determines the level of excellence achieved by universities in several areas. Universidad Europea has achieved the maximum score of five stars in employability, teaching, facilities and social responsibility.