Key information
Duration
- Full-time: 36 months
- Part-time: 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting October 2026 — Application deadline not specified.
- Starting February 2027 — Application deadline not specified.
- Starting April 2027 — Application deadline not specified.
- Starting July 2027 — Application deadline not specified.
Language
English
- Duolingo English Test: 120
- TOEFL® iBT: 88
- PTE Academic: 65
- IELTS: 6.5
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Sports Management
Overview
If you have a passion for the business of sport, the Sport Business programme from Loughborough University could be for you. The Institute especially welcomes interest sport consumer engagement, sport enterprises and social innovation in sport.
Career
As well as providing a route into academia, studying a PhD will give you the expertise and skills required to advance your career in a wide range of professions, vocations and businesses.
Programme Structure
Research topics include:
- Sport Consumer Engagement:
- Sport Enterprise Performance
- Sport Social Innovation
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
- GPA — Upper Second Class
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 120
- TOEFL® iBT: 88
- PTE Academic: 65
- IELTS: 6.5
General requirements
- A 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent international qualification).
We will need copies of:
- an academic transcript of your undergraduate degree showing the modules studied and marks achieved
- a copy of your degree certificate, if you have already graduated
- a personal statement - this should explain your motivation for studying the programme, any relevant skills and experience you have (through studying or work), and your future career aspirations and how this programme will support you in achieving this. Remember to let your passion for the subject shine through!
- your research proposal. This is only needed if you have developed your own research project or the advertised project asks you to include one in your application. Guidance on what to include in your proposal can be found here.
Tuition Fees
- International (Non-residents): 55,697 AUD / year (≈ 29,500 GBP / year)
- Domestic (Citizens or residents): 9,889 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)
Living costs
London, United Kingdom — 2,147–4,072 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships Information
Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Sport Business.
Available Scholarships
You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.
- Student Experience Access and Participation Support Fund — Grant 2000 GBP — Deadline: Not specified (Loughborough University)
- Loughborough Sports Scholarship — Grant 5000 GBP — Deadline: Not specified (Loughborough University)
- Excellence Scholarships — Grant 6000 GBP — Deadline: Anytime (Loughborough University)
- Hardship support — Grant 2500 GBP — Need-based — Deadline: Not specified (Loughborough University)
- Performance Programme Bursary — Grant 1000 GBP — Deadline: Anytime (Loughborough University)
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program — Grant Various benefits — Deadline: 07 Oct 2026 (U.S. government)
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility — Grant Various benefits — Merit-based — Deadline: Not specified (OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation)
- ServiceScape Scholarship — Grant 1000 USD — Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 (ServiceScape)
- ACES Scholarships — Grant 3500 USD — Deadline: 15 Nov 2026 (ACES Education Fund)
- Scholarships for PhD Students — Grant 19000 GBP — Merit-based — Deadline: Not specified (Junhua Li)
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship — Grant Various benefits — Merit-based — Deadline: 28 Feb 2027 (Boustany Foundation)
- Amberscholar Scholarship — Grant 6000 USD — Merit-based — Deadline: 31 Jan 2027 (Amber Scholar)
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship — Grant 1000 USD — Merit-based — Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 (IvyPanda)
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship — Grant 1000 USD — Deadline: 01 Mar 2027 (Voice Talent Online)
- Dream Chaser Scholarship — Grant 1000 USD — Merit-based — Deadline: 13 Jan 2027 (Salvado Law)
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids — Grant 22500 GBP — Deadline: Not specified (UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO))
- Scholarship for students with disabilities — Grant 3000 USD — Need-based — Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 (Anonymous Hope Fund)
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship — Grant 1500 USD — Deadline: Not specified (IELTS from 6 to 9)
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme — Grant 12000 USD — Deadline: 11 Jan 2027 (The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme)
