Welcome to the Department of Exercise Sciences
We bring together expertise in the Exercise Sciences through the disciplines of of biomechanics, movement neuroscience, exercise physiology, exercise metabolism and exercise psychology.
From Monday 16 April, Exercise Sciences undergraduate labs and postgraduate lectures will be delivered from their new purpose-built facilities in Newmarket. Find out more about this move.
MSc student Josh Foreman loved the opportunity of putting theory into practice and experiencing what it is like to be a Clinical Exercise Physiologist in a real setting, with real people who have real diseases.
According to the 2018 QS World University Rankings, sports-related subjects at the University of Auckland are ranked 28th in the world. Find out more.
Our department brings together a range of expertise and exercise related disciplines to understand the role of exercise in sustaining health, improving disease outcomes, and enhancing human performance through sport and physical activity.
In addition to outstanding undergraduate teaching the department hosts a pioneering taught postgraduate (PGDip and MSc) programme in the new allied health profession of clinical exercise physiology (CEP). This is the only internationally accredited postgraduate CEP programme in New Zealand.
Study with us to open up a host of exciting career opportunities.
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It’s a wrap! Highlights from a busy year
20 December 2017Associate Professor Greg Anson, Head of Department says Exercise Sciences has emerged triumphant from what has been an exceptionally busy year. -
Beat by the heat? Science has the solution
09 December 2017Feeling beat by the heat? Associate Professor Nick Gant, an expert on thermoregulation, said the change likely would have caught our biochemistry off-guard. -
Exercise Sciences Research and Teachers Days
01 December 2017The Department of Exercise Sciences has had a bumper four weeks, hosting both their annual Research Day and the inaugural Teachers Day in late October and mid-November.
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Register now | Three-Minute Thesis Competition 2018
19 April 2018Could you explain an 80,000 word thesis in just 180 seconds? This year's 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges postgraduate students to communicate their research to a general audience in just 3 minutes with a single presentation slide. The Faculty of Science heats will be held on 21 May. Register now.
