Careers
Many of our graduates gain employment in the following roles:
- physical education teacher
- massage therapist
- management (sport/recreation)
- sporting coach.
Colleges
Our courses are provided by the:
Short courses 2 courses
TAFE certificates & diplomas 3 courses
Prepare for a career in the sport and recreation sector and develop essential sporting skills and industry knowledge.
Bachelor degrees (undergraduate) 13 courses
Prepare for your ideal career as a leader in fitness centres and community-exercise programs, with a Bachelor of Fitness from VU.
Take your knowledge of sport and exercise science into exciting new areas with the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (Honours).
This specialised program leads to a variety of career options in clinical exercise science, rehabilitation, sport science or human movement.
This double degree provides you with the capabilities and understandings of human movement, and the structure, practices and participant needs of the Australian sport, exercise and active recreation sector.
Postgraduate 8 courses
Work with football clubs to improve player performance, with a Graduate Certificate in Performance Analysis (Football) from VU. The performance-analysis skills – in particular video-analysis skills – you acquire in our football-analysis course will help you find a career that fits with your passion for football.
Our sport-strategy course allows experienced sport-management professionals and recent sport-management graduates to build upon their existing credentials with the latest knowledge and skills.
Postgraduate research 6 courses
Research postgraduate
Our Office for Research provides support to our current and future researchers, such as:
- identify a research topic
- find a supervisor
- apply for research supervision or grants.
Our PhD (Integrated) in Human Movement offers research training and first-rate labs, facilities and partnerships.
Our integrated program PhD in Sport and Recreation offers an alternative path to a doctoral degree, with research guidance before you begin your thesis.
Course guides
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VU has an outstanding reputation in the sports industry and I had heard about the industry connections and opportunities that are provided for students. Cementing my current position at Basketball ACT has given me the opportunity to work within the industry that I have a passion for and put the attributes I gained during my studies into practice.Shaun Hargreaves
