We are recognised globally as a leader in a range of subject specialisations including sports science for which we are ranked in the top 50th in the world. (Shanghai Ranking, Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools of Departments 2025).
We offer a range of postgraduate programs in clinical exercise physiology, exercise rehabilitation for sports injuries and high-performance sport including two specialisations in coaching and sports analytics at the masters level. In addition, we offer two programs for graduate physiotherapists who wish to become sport and exercise physiotherapists or work in high performance sports.
You may also be interested in our other programs in physiotherapy.
With two research centres focusing on better health outcomes, student-led exercise lifestyle clinics delivering high-quality exercise physiology services to the community and a ranking of first or equal first in research in the area of human movement and sports science, you will be immersed in an innovative culture of enquiry if you choose to study sport and exercise science with us.
Our institutes, centres and faculties boast internationally renowned scholars and produce world-leading research.
In the latest Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment, ACU ranked first or equal first for ten fields of research in Australia including in:
We offer a range of postgraduate programs in clinical exercise physiology and high performance sport including performance analysis and coaching, and in rehabilitation for sports injuries. In 2022 we began offering programs for graduate physiotherapists who wish to become sport and exercise physiotherapists or work in high performance sports.
The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research (MMIHR) works towards better health outcomes in Australia and around the world. The institute comprises four key research areas: the Health Brain and Mind Research Centre (HBMRC), the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT), the Centre for Human Metabolism and Performance and Behaviour, Environment and Health Research Program. In the most recent Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rankings, we achieved well above world standard for our research in the areas of cardiorespiratory medicine and haematology, clinical sciences, human movement and sports science, and nutrition and dietetics.
In sport and exercise and sport in particular, the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre aims to advance knowledge in the areas of performance, recovery and injury in the sporting domain, using established and developing laboratory and applied research techniques. SPRINT research focuses on the interactions between athlete performance, fatigue, sleep and recovery interventions and the prevention, risk identification and rehabilitation of injury with a strong emphasis on findings that directly translate into practice.
The Centre for Human Metabolism and Performance investigates the roles of exercise and diet in the prevention of chronic lifestyle-related diseases.
For more information on our course offerings, view our on demand webinars postgraduate programs in sport.
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