Our Professional Doctorates are specialist qualifications that integrate professional expertise and academic rigour. It is appropriate if you are in, or are aspiring to, a senior professional appointment in practice, education or management in a sport or rehabilitation related discipline. It demonstrates your ability to perform at the level of 'expert' within your area of specialist practice.
Our portfolio of Professional Doctorates fall under four areas:
- Physiotherapy
- Sports Therapy
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Sport Performance and Coaching
Our carefully crafted programme consists of three elements:
Taught modules
Having a good grounding in research methods is key to success in this course, so throughout the programme we've woven in opportunities to develop your existing knowledge. In doing so, you will have the opportunity to complete modules across departments.
Work based learning
At the end of both your first and second year, you will be required to submit a portfolio of learning. These two portfolios will record the development of expert practice, and are constructed from the specialist application of generic outcomes in areas such as risk and diagnostic reasoning.
Original research through doctoral level dissertation
You will undertake a dissertation on a subject relevant to your specialist area of practice