Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health

Turn your passion for sport into a rewarding career and create positive change with the Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health.

You’ll explore the role sport, exercise and healthy living play in addressing global challenges, and will be able to create sustainable solutions to improve the wellbeing of people and communities. Our courses honour mātauranga Māori and Te Tiriti O Waitangi, and will help you develop a sound understanding of sport, movement and exercise science.

With access to world-class sport facilities, high achieving academic staff and valuable workplace experience with one of our industry partners, you’ll be ready to start your career running. Because this is a highly flexible degree, you can even complement sport with other subjects you’re passionate about, from event management to journalism.

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Minimum entry requirements

If you have New Zealand qualifications

If you have qualifications from another country

See entry requirements for students from other countries. Select your country from the dropdown menu.

Useful New Zealand school subjects

Art History, Classical Studies, Drama, English, Geography, Health Education, History, Media Studies, Social Studies and either Physical Education or a subject from Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Physics, Science or Calculus, Mathematics, Statistics

English language requirements

  • IELTS (Academic) 6.0 overall with all bands 5.5 or higher; or equivalent

English language requirements

Don’t meet the entry requirements?

Consider starting with our Certificate in Sport and Recreation.

Certificate in Sport and Recreation

Develop the skills to turn your interest in sport, recreation and fitness into a rewarding career for yourself.

Your major is the subject area you want to specialise in. It makes up one third of your degree, and usually consists of eight courses related to your chosen subject.

Choose one of these majors as part of your degree

Add a second major to your Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health

If you want to include a second major, you can choose another subject from the list above or view more options from different AUT degrees

A minor is smaller than a major. It usually consists of four courses.

Sport minors you could choose

If you decide to include one or two minors in your degree, you could choose from:

Add a minor from outside of sport

You can also choose your minor(s) from subjects outside of sport to complement your Bachelor of Sport, Exercise and Health.

View more options from different AUT degrees

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Quick facts
Programme code:
AK3521
Level:
7
Points:
360
Duration:
3 years full-time / part-time available
Campus:
North Campus
South Campus
Starts:
3 Mar 2025
21 Jul 2025

Key semester dates
Fees
Domestic
$8,379 - $11,452 (for 120 points)
($7,187 - $10,260 tuition fees + $1,192 student services levy)
International
$41,692 (for 120 points)
($40,500 tuition fees + $1,192 student services levy)
  • Fees shown are based on a full-time workload for the points indicated next to the fee. The exact fee charged will depend on which courses you select at the time of enrolment.
  • Fees are subject to change year to year. If you are planning for study beyond the current year, fees may vary from those stated.
  • There may also be other fees and charges you need to pay.
  • International students' tuition fees reflect the full cost of tuition. Domestic students' tuition fees are less due to a proportion of the tuition fees being funded by the New Zealand Government.
  • Fees-free study may be available for domestic students

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