Postgraduate doctoral university study Kinesiology

Obrisani Korisnik — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:36:20 GMT

The Faculty of Kinesiology has been implementing scientific postgraduate study programmes since the academic year 1971/1972. The postgraduate doctoral university study of kinesiology was introduced in the academic year 2006/2007, while in 2015 the Faculty introduced a new postgraduate doctoral university study programme. After completion of the study students acquire 180 ECTS credits and the academic title of Doctor of Social Sciences – field Kinesiology.
Studying at the postgraduate doctoral study includes direct classes for students in the total of 278 elective hours (236 hours and 42 hours of workshops) and between 9 to 11 mandatory and elective courses (the final number of exams depends on the elective module), with an overall workload of 5 246 hours and a total of 180 ECTS credits.

GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDY

Name of the doctoral study

Kinesiology

Name of the provider of the proposed doctoral study and the cooperating institution(s) participating in its setting up and implementing

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Horvaćanski zavoj 15

Name of the institution conducting the proposed study

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Horvaćanski zavoj 15

Scientific or artistic area, field and branch in which the study is intended to be performed (or respectively, areas and/or fields and/or branches, in case of an interdisciplinary programme)

Area: Humanities and Social Sciences

Field: Kinesiology

Duration of the doctoral study in accordance with the regulations (in years)

The doctoral study of kinesiology takes 3 years or 6 terms.

Number of required courses/modules

The programme of doctoral study in kinesiology comprises 3 required courses and two elective modules. The elective modules are selected from A and B list (four offered research modules in each list), as explaned latter.

Number of elective courses/modules

In addition to elective courses that the student chooses within the modules of the programme, the study programme also offers ten elective courses.

Academic title earned upon completion of the doctoral study

Upon completion of the doctoral study of kinesiology, the doctoral student is awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Social Sciences (PhD) in the field of Kinesiology.

https://www.kif.unizg.hr/_download/repository/DOCTORAL_STUDY-KINESIOLOGY_EN.pdf

CONTACT:

Head of the Postgraduate Office

Đurđica Kamenarić
Email: doktorski.studij(at)kif.unizg.hr

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Postgraduate doctoral university study Kinesiology