67 Part-time PhD programmes in Sport and Exercise Science

The Professional Doctorate in Strength and Conditioning at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London provides a high-level, vocationally-focused pathway to a doctorate qualification.

Research in Sport, Health and Exercise Science at University of Hull aims to enhance understanding of practices and processes that support the active lifestyles, health, well-being, sporting performance and coaching practices of individuals and groups. 

The Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work at Oxford Brookes University offers a number of flexible part-time and full-time research degree opportunities including a PhD in Sport and Coaching Sciences.

The Open University UK Sports and Fitness Research Group includes an interdisciplinary team of researchers designing, managing and completing research projects which are ultimately aimed at understanding and improving the lives and working practices of athletes and sports coaches.

This Sport and Health Sciences MPhil/PhD/MSc by Res programme from The University of Exeter has a long-standing and international reputation for leading research in the field. Our world-renowned academics are recognised for their groundbreaking and innovative work within the academic community, and are also highly sought after by leading sports professionals and teams. 

The University of Brighton took a pioneering role in the development of Sport and Leisure Cultures research and it has been a key discipline at the university.

With around 30 current PhD Sport students at University of Chichester, we have a vibrant and diverse postgraduate community conducting research in a wide range of sport disciplines.

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

The graduate of the Sports Sciences research degree from Comenius University Bratislava will have a systematically structured and comprehensive set of professional and methodological knowledge across multiple areas of the field or practice. 

Research in the Physical Activity for Health programme from the University of Strathclyde is focused on the development and testing of interventions that encourage people to participate in more physical activity and less sedentary behaviour throughout life.

The Sport Coaching programme offered by Cardiff Metropolitan University aims to equip practitioners and related scholars with an appreciation of the symbiotic and synergetic relationship between theory and practice.

Through a combination of individually tutored modules and your own research, you develop your academic and professional knowledge and acquire a range of advanced research skills. The professional doctorate programme culminates with the submission of your doctoral thesis or portfolio on a topic that advances your area of professional knowledge or practice.

A Professional Doctorate in Sport Performance and Coaching from University of Essex is a specialist qualification that is appropriate if you are in, or are aspiring to, a senior professional appointment in practice, education or management in sports therapy. It demonstrates your ability to perform at the level of 'expert' within your area of specialism.

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 Sociology and Policy.

Responding to the needs of individuals looking to advance their careers, the University of Pittsburgh School of Education offers a Doctor of Education (EdD) program in Health and Physical Activity that serves professionals from various fields through interdisciplinary and practical experiences.

The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University is a new department that has already established itself as an outstanding place for excellence in research, teaching and employability of our students.

Abertay University’s Sport and Exercise Sciences Division has expertise in women’s sport equity; sedentary lifestyle risk factors; exercise and health training interventions; high-intensity exercise; elite sports performance; and healthy ageing. It offers this High Intensity Exercise and Performance Measures PhD programme.

Abertay University research programmes such as this eSports course will prepare you for a rewarding career as an academic and researcher, as well as opening up opportunities for a diverse range of careers outside of academia

The University of Brighton offers a Sport and Exercise Science is the perfect place for your PhD in fields allied to sports science and exercise science.

Plymouth Marjon University welcomes applications for postgraduate Doctor of Philosophy students (PhD) across four key research areas: Education; Sport and Exercise Science; Health and Wellbeing; Business and Social Science.