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Sports education
Highlights
11,599students enrolled in tertiary education in the sports fields of education and training
2,598graduates, 31.8% in Sport
Text from Sport in Numbers 2025. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.
In the 2024/2025 school year, there were 11,599 students enrolled in tertiary education in the education and training fields considered as sports (2.2% more than in the previous school year). The study areas with the higher number of enrolled students were “sport” (34.5% of the total), “science of sport” (28.1%), and “physical education and sport” (17.9%).
The number of graduates in the field of sports, in 2023/2024 was 2,598, having increased 6.8%, when compared to the previous school year. The share of graduated students in “sport” (31.8% of the total), “science of sport” (25.6%) and “physical education and sport” (21.2%) was almost 4/5 of the total.
Text from Sport in Numbers 2025. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.
D06
Measure D06: Students enrolled in tertiary education in the sports fields of education and training — number
Latest value:
11,599
2024 / 2025
Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education)
Periods: 2021 / 2022 – 2024 / 2025
Unit: Number (No.)
Data as of: 3 November 2026
Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education), 2021 / 2022 – 2024 / 2025. Unit: Number (No.)
Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics: Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education), source last updated 28 January 2026. View in the Statistics Portugal database (0011455)
Suggested citation
Statistics Portugal. Sport in Numbers: “Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education)”. http://localhost:4321/en/desporto-em-numeros/ensino#x-D06-areas. Data as of 3 November 2026; accessed 3 November 2026.
Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics: Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education), source last updated 28 January 2026. View in the Statistics Portugal database (0011455)
Suggested citation
Statistics Portugal. Sport in Numbers: “Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education)”. http://localhost:4321/en/desporto-em-numeros/ensino#x-D06-ultimo. Data as of 3 November 2026; accessed 3 November 2026.
Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics: Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education), source last updated 28 January 2026. View in the Statistics Portugal database (0011455)
Suggested citation
Statistics Portugal. Sport in Numbers: “Students enrolled in tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education)”. http://localhost:4321/en/desporto-em-numeros/ensino#x-D06-total. Data as of 3 November 2026; accessed 3 November 2026.
Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics: Graduates of tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education), source last updated 18 August 2026. View in the Statistics Portugal database (0011456)
Suggested citation
Statistics Portugal. Sport in Numbers: “Graduates of tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education)”. http://localhost:4321/en/desporto-em-numeros/ensino#x-D07-areas. Data as of 3 November 2026; accessed 3 November 2026.
Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics: Graduates of tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education), source last updated 18 August 2026. View in the Statistics Portugal database (0011456)
Suggested citation
Statistics Portugal. Sport in Numbers: “Graduates of tertiary education (No.) by Area of education and training (sports education)”. http://localhost:4321/en/desporto-em-numeros/ensino#x-D07-total. Data as of 3 November 2026; accessed 3 November 2026.