60 PhD programmes in Sport and Exercise Science in United Kingdom

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 Physical Activity programme from University of Essex.

The Philosophy discipline at The Open University UK welcomes applications for graduate work in the Philosophy of Sport and Games.

Sport and Exercise Science - Sports Studies programme at University of Lincoln offers a wide range of research degree opportunities across various disciplines within sport and exercise science and sports studies, drawing on the specialist research interests of members of our staff.

Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences at Kent provides an excellent environment in which to conduct postgraduate research. The breadth of staff research interests enables us to provide research degree supervision in a range of areas in the sport and exercise sciences and in sports therapy.

Tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal condition that patients present to physiotherapy with. We offer this Autoregulation of Resistance Exercise Therapy in the Management of Tendinopathy degree at the Robert Gordon University. 

The Sport course within the Cardiff Metropolitan University School of Sport and Health Sciences is a research degree programme whereby students function independently at the same level as a traditional PhD (Level 8).

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. The university offers this PhD in Duty of Care in Sport.

The Sport and Exercise Sciences programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University enables researchers to investigate performance, health, exercise, and coaching through advanced research in physiology, psychology, biomechanics, and sport pedagogy.

This PhD in Impact of Contaminants on Metabolic Health by Abertay University's Sport and Exercise Sciences Division 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 Sports and Exercise Psychology course from Glasgow Caledonian University is the only programme of its kind in Scotland, with a strong focus on developing outstanding therapeutic skills, inter-disciplinary learning, teaching and research.

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 and Exercise Science programme offered by Swansea University focuses on research in elite sports performance, exercise medicine and health, and sports ethics, integrity and governance. It explores the factors that influence athletic performance, physical activity, health, exercise behaviour, and ethical issues in sport.

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. 

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 Sport and Exercise Science programme offered by Canterbury Christ Church University develops expertise in physical performance, active lifestyles, and movement sciences.

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.

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 and Exercise Psychology (Part-time) course from Liverpool John Moores University is designed to meet BPS Stage 2 accreditation requirements in Sport and Exercise Psychology and eligibility for HCPC registration as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist.

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.