Program Overview

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Doctorate Program in Sport Sciences

The Doctorate Program in Sport Sciences is a third-cycle program developed in the context of advanced training, applying research skills in professional and unfamiliar situations. The program aims to create training competencies, skills, and multidisciplinary research methods in objects of study that integrate physical education, physical activity, and sports training in its multiple social and professional expressions.

General Objectives of the Course

The general objectives of the course are to develop advanced research skills, using multi-method and interdisciplinary research processes, maintaining a balance between fundamental research, applied research, and action research. The researchers trained in this program will be able to use research resources in analysis and resolution of critical issues, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas, and dissemination of original research among their peers and the community at large.

Admission Requirements

The course is targeted at all graduates and masters who, having obtained an initial training of 120 ECTS in the areas of Sport and Health Sciences, want to complete their academic education. The admission requirements include:

• Holders of a master's degree or legal equivalent
• Assistants who have passed the aptitude test for pedagogical and scientific capacity
• Holders of a degree, holders of an academic or scientific material that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the Faculty
• Holders of an academic, scientific, or professional who is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the Faculty

Professional Goals

The professional goals of the program include R&D (Research and Development) and an academic career.

Mode of Study

The mode of study is a daytime schedule.

Teaching/Evaluation Language(s)

The teaching and evaluation languages are Portuguese and English.

Examination Regulations, Assessment, and Grading

The assessment is a pedagogical activity inseparable from the teaching process, aiming to establish the students' competencies and knowledge, their critical sense, ability to recognize and resolve problems, as well as their written and oral presentation skills. The assessment items include:

• Oral or written exams
• Written or practical work
• Individual and group projects that may require an oral defense
• Class participation The grading is based on a scale of 0 to 20, and a grade of 10 is required to pass.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

The program aims to create training competencies, skills, and multidisciplinary research methods in objects of study that integrate physical education, physical activity, and sports training in its multiple social and professional expressions. The intended skills include:

• Mobilize research data and use of quantitative and qualitative methods of deep research
• Mobilize research models required to the validation and conception of projects and the research of social context on which they integrate
• Participate and critically cooperate on the definition of policy and community projects with relevance in local development
• Ability to analyze and summarize
• Skills of manipulation of information
• Effective use of information and communication technologies
• Ability to communicate orally and in written in foreign language(s)

Course Coordinator(s)

The course coordinator is Ana Maria Miranda Botelho Teixeira.

ECTS Departmental Coordinator(s)

The ECTS departmental coordinator is Hugo Miguel Borges Sarmento.

Recognition of Prior Learning

The recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The legal framework for the qualification is established on the University of Coimbra PhD framework regulation nº78/2007.

Graduation Requirements

The graduation requirements include a defense with an external jury.

Access to Further Studies

This program aims at capacity building, skills, and methods of multidisciplinary research in case studies that integrate physical education, physical activity, and sports training in its various social and professional terms.

Study Programme

The study programme includes four branches:

• Physical Activity and Health
• Physical Education
• Special Educational Needs - Adapted Physical Activity
• Sport Training

Academic Year

The academic year is divided into two semesters.

Course Type

The course type is 3rd Cycle Studies.

DGES Code

The DGES code is 5394.

Qualification Awarded

The qualification awarded is a Doctorate in Sport Sciences.

Duration

The duration of the program is 3 years.

ECTS Credits

The ECTS credits are 180.

Annual Fee

The annual fee is 2500.

Accreditations

The program is accredited by the Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior.