With Massey’s Bachelor of Sport and Exercise (BSpEx) you’ll be equipped with valuable skills to work in the world of health and physical activity.

Great jobs - plenty of choices - wide range of subjects

Get a broad, interdisciplinary understanding of key sport and exercise concepts and knowledge. Then dig deeper by choosing one of three specialist areas. As part of your major, you will gain valuable real world experience in our sport and exercise practicum. This will allow you to apply your skills and knowledge and prepare you for entry in to the workforce.

World-class, highly experienced staff

You will learn from the best, with many of our staff involved in sport as competitors, coaches, administrators and managers. Our research-active academic staff will teach you the most up to date information to help prepare you for the ever-changing and expanding world of sport and exercise.

Outstanding facilities

You will enjoy working in first-class facilities including our state-of-the-art human performance labs, Sport & Rugby Institute, athletic track and sports fields.

Real-world learning

Our hands-on internship programmes give you invaluable real-life work experience, which often leads directly to job offers.

The BSpEx will prepare you for a variety of careers in New Zealand’s large sport and exercise industry. This might include the growing areas of community sport, fitness, professional sport, sport administration and wellness. Potential careers and fields include:

• community sports and fitness centres
• medical centres, hospitals, clinics and aged care facilities
• national and regional sporting organisations
• school sport coordinator
• sport events and recreation programmes
• sport venues and facilities
• sport, health and physical activity promotion
• sports trainer or coach of athletes and teams
• teaching (further study required, such as the Massey Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching).