Develop expertise in sport management, marketing, facilities and events management, sponsorship, sport development, high-performance sports leadership, law, and finance at AUT.

Management skills are needed across the sport and recreation industries. The sports field isn’t like a traditional business and neither are the management skills needed to succeed in this area. 

With a large number of professional athletes, sports organizations, facilities, and events in New Zealand, people with specialist business and management skills are in high demand.

You learn from staff with international and national experience and have the opportunity to work with local and national sporting bodies and events.

Workplace experience

In your third year, you complete 350 to 400 hours in an organization, which includes working on a project related to your major through the Cooperative Education courses. This takes approximately two days per week.

Recent placements included: 

Athletics New Zealand, Counties Manukau Sport, Halberg Disability Sport Foundation, Harbour Sport, Hockey New Zealand, New Zealand Breakers, New Zealand Cricket, New Zealand Rugby League, New Zealand Rugby Union, 

And Nike NZ, Northern Arena, School sports departments, Touch North Harbour, Total Sport (event management), Triathlon New Zealand, The GEMBA Group.

• Certified copy of your birth certificate or passport
• Certified copy of marriage certificate (If required)
• Official academic transcripts
• English Language Proficiency (If Available)
• CV/Work experience (If required)
• A copy of the document(s) in the original language/and official English translation

1- All applicants need to meet AUT’s minimum entry requirements qualification equivalent to New Zealand year 13 or University Entrance.

High school qualifications from different countries:

India: 

• 12 years of schooling with an overall average of 75% in four academic subjects, including a min 60% in English from the All-India Senior Certificate (AISSC).
• All other Higher Secondary State Board Examinations require an overall average of 80% in four academic subjects with a min 65% in English.

China:

• Senior High School graduation plus one year of successful study at bachelor's level; or
• Senior High School graduation plus completion of a two-year diploma, with good grades, at a recognized university.
• A Tier 1 score in the National University Entrance Examination (Gaokao) at a recognized institution

2- Applicants must be capable of meeting the Children's Act 2014 requirements, including police clearance

Don’t meet the entry requirements?

Consider starting with AUT's Certificate in Sport and Recreation.

• Certificate in Sport and Recreation

Foundation programmes

If you don’t have the academic qualifications needed for direct entry into an AUT programme, you can enroll in a foundation programme.

If you successfully complete the foundation programme and get the required grades, you are guaranteed entry into an appropriate AUT programme.