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Course overview
Study at a leading reserach department with multidisplinary expertise. With research areas from exercise science to sport coaching, follow your interests and shape the future of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences research.
Join us and gain world-leading research skills, enhance your career prospects, and thrive in a stimulating, multidisciplinary environment. Our flexible study options and strong industry connections will help you achieve your professional aspirations. You’ll be part of a vibrant research community, playing an active role in seminars featuring renowned speakers.
I chose UoB for my PhD because of its excellent reputation for research in anti-doping and clean sport, and the abundance of world-leading research staff in my topic based in Birmingham. My course is great because I have a lot of flexibility in terms of how, when, and where I conduct my research, and I’m surrounded by fellow PhD students, postdocs and research staff with a wide range of interests, which often gives me a great perspective on my work and helps situate my research in an inter-disciplinary context.
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Course Overview
Our PhD programmes are available as full-time or part-time study. The full-time route is 36 months and part-time 72 months, with study normally commencing in October. Both modes of study have an optional additional 12 months, commonly used to write up the final thesis. The first year of PhD studies is probationary. Your supervisor will identify your training needs and invite you to attend relevant training as appropriate. To successfully progress onto the next year of study students must pass an annual review.
The focus of the introductory year is to prepare you for the completion of your independent research projects. Other activities are focussed on you developing insights in the skills required to effectively understand and critique key information sources including the scientific literature and how this can be used to develop your own practice.