Exercise and Sport Sciences

The interuniversity doctoral research programme in Exercise and Sport Sciences is activated at the University of Milan and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in collaboration with the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports, Youth & Tourism, for academic year 2021/2022 (37th cycle). The PhD program aims to develop a solid research training in the field of Exercise, Sport and Health Sciences, through the development of knowledge and methodologies in the following areas: sport as a complex social phenomenon, élite sport (sport performance), sport for all / health. The PhD program, within a transdisciplinary and international perspective, also intends to promote collaborations and synergies on current projects with national and international research groups and organizations that operate through innovative methodologies in the field of physical exercise, sport and health. The international vocation of the PhD is expressed in the involvement of foreign universities and the development of an international training network at a doctoral level providing opportunities for students' exchange and mobility.
Our aim is to increase knowledge, skills and experience in sport, exercise and health sciences through internationally excellent research in the themes of performance, adapted physical activity, sports and exercise psychology and pedagogy.
The main education goal consists in providing students with the essential knowledge and skills to reach high quality research activities required in the academic and private-public research context.
Students will be trained at planning and accomplishing original projects inspired by the principles of the hypothesis-driven and evidence-based research, grounding teaching, and of the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.