110 Full-time PhD programmes in Sport and Exercise Science

The Sport and Exercise Sciences programme offered by Manchester Metropolitan University enables researchers to deepen their expertise through advanced investigation of human movement, musculoskeletal health, and related research and practical skills.

The Sports Science programme offered by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona develops advanced research expertise in sport and physical activity as complex social, cultural, and performance-related phenomena.

Much of our Sport and Development, Exercise and Physical Activity research at Abertay University focuses on work involving populations with protected characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disability) and aims to contribute to the duty of care agenda, which has growing salience as an issue in contemporary sport.

The Sport, Physical Education, and Health programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University develops research expertise in sport, health, and physical activity across scientific, psychological, and social dimensions.

As Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence, we pride ourselves on game-changing research. Sport is in our DNA, and our Sports Studies research at the University of Stirling reflects our passion to make an impact on the global stage.

One of the core values held by the University of New York in Prague is excellence in research. Offered at their partner, New York College Athens, in coordination with the University of Bolton, students will be able to earn their Ph.D. in Sport, Performance, Recovery and Rehab.

Within the multidisciplinary School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, they offer research supervision in all areas of staff expertise in sports and exercise sciences and related areas. Learn more with the Sport and Exercise Psychology programme from University of Essex. 

The Orthopaedics, Trauma and Sports Medicine programme from University of Nottingham has a thematic, translational and applied research focus.

Within the multidisciplinary School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, they offer research supervision in all areas of staff expertise in sports and exercise sciences and related areas. Learn more with the Sport and Exercise Science programme from University of Essex. 

Research within the Division of Engineering and Food Science at Abertay University is at the forefront of new developments and knowledge transfer in food innovation and sustainability. The university offers this Human Nutrition, Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity Linked to Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan PhD.