PhD Sports Therapy at University of Essex

Research degree in sports therapy within the School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences at Essex, supervised across the areas of staff expertise and supported by laboratories including ergometers, force plates, isokinetic dynamometers, Vicon motion capture and EMG systems. Many staff work with local NHS trusts and health agencies. Students are allocated a supervisor, sometimes jointly, and meet a supervisory board twice a year.

Department: School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences  |  Duration: 3-4 years full-time (part-time also supported)  |  Intake: January 2027 (can also start October and April)  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Location: Colchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Independent research leading to a thesis of up to 80,000 words, with two formal supervisory board meetings each year. Students register initially for MPhil/PhD and transfer to PhD in the first half of the second year following satisfactory progress.

Career pathways

Graduates work in clinical and management positions in local trusts, hospitals and care organisations and in local and county councils; others work in biomedical laboratories and the biotechnology industry in research and development and in sales.

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