Professional Doctorate in Applied Practice in Sport and Health DProf, PGDip

Develop your expertise and drive meaningful change in sport and health

Unlike a traditional PhD, the Professional Doctorate in Applied Practice in Sport and Health is designed for experienced practitioners who want to generate knowledge that directly transforms their field. 

Led by practitioners, for practitioners

Led by experts in sports science, performance, health, and physiology, this course is designed for practitioners ready to deepen their expertise and advance their professional practice. The distance-learning format lets you combine doctoral-level study with your current role, putting theory into practice in real time.

Research that drives real-world impact

This professional doctorate offers a rigorous, frontline research education with a direct focus on applied sport and health practice. You'll take an independent and original approach to your research, inspired by the wider research activity happening across the University and Faculty.

Become the expert in the room

Specialising in your own topic area, you'll build deep, critical knowledge across the key disciplines of applied sport and health, learning not just what the evidence says, but where it's incomplete and where you can make a contribution.

Build skills that go beyond the field

You'll graduate as a reflective, ethical, and innovative practitioner, with advanced skills in research communication, data analysis, and digital technologies that transfer across sport, health, and wider society.