High Performance Sport

The High Performance Sport course from University of Technology Sydney (UTS)is designed for students from diverse backgrounds and delivered using flexible learning methods suitable for working professionals, domestic students and international students.

The High Performance Sport course from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) offers a unique blend of theory and practice, taught by world-leading academics and industry experts. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of high-performance sports topics, preparing you for practitioner roles that demand expertise in enhancing athlete health, wellbeing, and performance.

Key Facts

You will learn through a custom-designed online delivery experience that emphasises real-world application, enabling you to apply your knowledge directly to the sport industry. Engagement with fellow students and industry experts fosters professional growth and networking opportunities.

Our staff are globally recognised for their research and collaboration in the high-performance sport industry, focusing on athlete health, wellbeing, and performance. Co-developed and delivered with current industry practitioners, our course offers flexibility, expert-led content, and alignment with industry needs, making it truly distinctive.

The course's flexibility allows you to study from anywhere, with online subjects tailored to local and global industry needs. Domestic students also benefit from access to cutting-edge facilities at the UTS Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation building in Moore Park.

Graduates emerge ready to navigate the high performance sport sector, with the skills to drive success for athletes and teams in a global context.

Staff are highly respected globally in the field of sport and exercise science, health and human performance with extensive links to industry both locally and internationally. Their work focuses on collaborating with coaches to enhance athlete welfare and highlights the relationships between physical exercise and optimal performance, health and wellbeing in a range of diverse populations. Unique characteristics of the Graduate Certificate in High Performance Sport include its flexible curriculum, ability to commence in either Autumn or Spring session, exposure to world-leaders in high performance sport and content suited to student-specific learning goals that meet the extensive requirements of industry.

Courses include:

• High Performance Science

• High Performance Coaching

• Conditioning the High Performance Athlete

• Internship

• Performance and Culture in High Performance Sport