奥克兰理工大学

Study at New Zealand's top sport and recreation university. Take your interest in sport, recreation and fitness, and create a rewarding career for yourself.

There's demand for skilled sport, recreation and fitness professionals in New Zealand and overseas. Join us and we help you develop the skills to play a key role in this exciting industry.

At AUT you have access to world-class facilities, high-achieving academics and researchers, and our outstanding workplace experience programme. Industry experience is an important part of your study, and you can choose from a vast number of host organisations.

AUT's coaching degree prepares you for a coaching career in sport, recreation, health and physical education, and the growing area of coach development.

Coaching is an exciting and rewarding area of sport in New Zealand. Coaches work with athletes of all skill levels, from beginners to high-performance athletes, and there’s a large number of coaching positions available in the areas of performance analysis and performance sports.

Develop the skills to become a top coach. You gain a sound understanding of the coaching process, and work with athletes of different skill levels through your workplace experience. There’s strong input from our industry partners, including Aktive Auckland Sport and Recreation, national and regional sport organisations and clubs; primary, intermediate and secondary schools, and regional sports trusts.

Key features:

• Modern athlete-centred coaching practice
• Workplace experience with national and regional sporting bodies or schools
• Wide-ranging coaching skills, from beginners to high-performance athletes

Career opportunities:

• Coach development manager
• Coach for regional or national sports organisations, or youth and development teams
• Kiwisport co-ordinator
• Health and physical education teacher (After completing the one-year Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching)
• Recreation programme co-ordinator
• School sports co-ordinator

Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching