Graduate Studies
Application deadline is JANUARY 15th
OVERVIEW AND COMMONLY USED WEBSITES:
Welcome to the Department of Exercise and Sport Science (ESS)
at the University of Utah. The Carnegie Foundation classifies
the University of Utah as one of 50 comprehensive Research I
universities from among 3,700 U.S. institutions. ESS is one
of 7 academic units within the College of Health, and offers doctoral
and master's degrees in 4 subdisciplines. The mission of the
Department of ESS is to enhance health and quality of life through
discovery, dissemination, and the application of knowledge regarding
human movement. This mission is accomplished through undergraduate and
graduate teaching, research, service, and clinical activities. The ESS
graduate program aims to recruit, train and graduate talented students
who intend to apply their graduate training toward professional goals,
which may include further research, study and/or employment in higher
education or in other avenues related to exercise science.
This materials on this website are meant to supplement those
already provided by The Graduate School, and in cases where regulations
are stipulated by individual departments, are specific to ESS. In addition
to using this website for understanding the regulations of graduate study in
ESS, faculty, staff and graduate students are recommended to utilize the
following resources:
Masters and Doctorate degrees are offered in four specialization areas:
