This postgraduate degree, the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere, provides you with the skills to undertake leading roles in the international sports industry and in sports organisations. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of scientific and engineering disciplines related to the holistic context of modern sports technology, encompassing: performance enhancement with smart solutions design customisation injury prevention sustainable design and manufacturing. The engineering and scientific disciplines involve mechanical, materials, manufacturing, aerospace, electrical, chemical, biomedical and construction engineering, sports science, business, textile technology, media studies and mathematics. The global sports industry is an expanding industry worth about US$800 billion. Steady growth of the sports equipment sector is 2.5 times faster than the growth of general consumer spending, and the global sports industry is growing faster than the overall GDP.

Considering the size of the rapidly growing global sports market, graduates will be able to work as leading sports technology specialists in multi- and trans-disciplinary teams in the global sports industry and in sports organisations. The flexible approach to sports technology will cater for specialisation in: sports industry: leading and senior positions in research and development departments or in product development and management sports organisations: high-performance managers, head coaches or senior biomechanists (capable of innovative product and method design and development).