Sports Educology focuses on acquiring, collecting, and assimilating knowledge about the educational process in the field of school sports, sports for all, amateur and professional sports, as well as sports for individuals with disabilities. The lifelong mission, function, and development of sport in society, along with education in and through sport, require continuous modernization of processes and the application of scientific approaches through the means and methods of sports educology. 
The study program responds to the need for the preparation of highly qualified university-educated professionals who, through the knowledge acquired and research experience gained, will be capable of managing education, addressing new tasks in the sports process, and methodologically guiding the implementation of new knowledge in physical education and sports practice.

The doctoral study program is three-year program in the full-time study form (180 ECTS) and four-year program in the part-time study form (180 ECTS)

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The learning objectives are achieved in the study program through measurable learning outcomes in individual courses of the study program and are transformed into the student's abilities at the time of completion of the study program. The graduate of the doctoral study program in Sports Educology is a university graduate, theoretically and practically prepared specialized professional with the possibility of practical application as a professional in the field of Sports Science. The graduate of this study program has extensive cross-cutting professional knowledge, skills, and competences in the field of Sports Science.

Knowledge acquired:

Graduate possesses a systematically coherent and comprehensive set of professional and methodological knowledge in multiple areas of the discipline or practice. Has a broad understanding of the theories, sophisticated methods of science, including methodology, at a level appropriate to international criteria. Is proficient in the current research paradigm in the relevant part of Sports Science - Sports Educology. Masters the basic and applied scientific methods from other sciences for research on sport education and the investigation of the procedural nature of the sport education process at different levels. The graduate has a thorough knowledge of the field of Sports Science with a priority focus on Sports Educology. The student can manage the sport and physical education process at the highest level.

Skills acquired:

Graduate can actively acquire new knowledge and information, critically analyze, compare, verify, evaluate, and use it in existing theory or in the creation of new theories and in practical applications for the development of the field of the study. Can apply own findings and creatively refine and develop theories and research, development, and innovation practices in Sports Science as well as create new ones. Can identify and assess scientific and innovative developments in sports science and related disciplines at international and national levels.

Competences acquired:

The graduate is competent to plan and initiate the solution of complex problems, projects, including the formulation of objectives, means and methods in the field of Sports Science. He/she assesses and modifies his/her own professional activity in a broader context in relation to the long-term impact in Sports Science and in terms of social, ethical, environmental, and other relevant criteria. Is prepared to formulate information on the outputs and conclusions of scientific, research and development work at an international level and to manage research tasks and teams. He/she can communicate in English or another foreign language, which helps him/her to acquire, analyze and interpret scientific knowledge from foreign scientific and professional journals, as well as to communicate professionally in international fora. The graduate can plan his/her own development and the development of society in the context of an educated society, scientific and technical progress. He/she is prepared to manage work teams in the field of Sports Science. Has critical independent analytical and synthetic thinking in unpredictable, changing conditions. Considers social, scientific, and ethical considerations in his/her social practice. Has acquired the ability to present the results of his/her own creative research to the sport science professional community.

Graduate of the doctoral degree in the study program Sport Educology has extensive cross-cutting knowledge, skills, and competencies in the Sport Sciences, with a priority focus on Sport Educology; and can be employed as a university teacher and researcher in the field of Sport Sciences, as an expert in the management of sport organizations and federations, and as an expert in public administration with the competence to solve problems of physical activity in relation to the promotion of the health of the population.

Entry requirements:

• documentary proof of payment of the material support fee for the admission procedure
• Curriculum vitae signed by the applicant (Europass)
• certified photocopies of evidence of second-level education (to be sent immediately after obtaining them)
• dissertation thesis project (in two printed copies; bound in binder or comb binding, respectively)
• Submission of a certificate of English language proficiency at a minimum level of B2

Admission procedure:

• pay the application fee of €50 (the confirmation of payment must be attached to the application)
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• Candidate is required to submit a paper (hard copy) application form with the necessary attachments listed below and the signature of the candidate by the closing date. In the case of not having evidence of second-level education by the deadline, he/she will deliver it without delay. The application must be submitted on the prescribed form (Application for Doctoral Studies - 3rd degree), legibly and carefully completed and signed and dated by the applicant. Address: University of Presov, Faculty of Sports, Department of Education Ul. 17. novembra č. 15 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia