THE Philippine Normal University in Manila now offers a Doctor in Physical Education and Sports (DPEdS) program, PNU President Bert Tuga announced.

The DPEdS program, considered the first of its kind in the Philippines, aims to prepare the takers — practitioners and educators — for leadership challenges in the evolving landscape of the physical education and sports industry.

Accordingly, the PNU 42-unit DPEdS program adheres to the prescribed guidelines for doctoral degrees under the professional track stipulated in the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Memorandum Order 15 series of 2019.

The program has been granted a CHEd Certificate of Program Compliance (COPC) in 2023.

Currently, it has 13 takers coming from both public and private higher education institutions (HEIs), where the graduate students are already exposed to national and international study visits and workshops.

The DPEdS program is managed by the PNU Institute of Creative Expressions and Human Movement Education (ICEHME), headed by director Joel Tubera.

Email icehme@pnu.edu.ph for admission requirements and other information.