Department of Exercise and Health Science: Your Gateway to a Thriving Career in Sports, Exercise, and Health

Located in the heart of Taipei, the Department of Exercise and Health Science at National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences (NTUNHS) prepares future professionals to turn exercise science into real world health solutions. With NTUNHS’s strong foundation in health care education, our program blends scientific training with hands on practice, helping students build the skills to work across fitness, health promotion, rehabilitation support, and the fast growing smart health sector.

A clear pathway from foundations to advanced professional training

The department has steadily expanded its programs to serve diverse learning goals:

1. Undergraduate Program (established 2002)
2. In service Master’s Program (established 2007)
3. Master’s Program (established 2015)
4. International Master’s Program (established 2022)

This structure allows students to progress from essential scientific foundations to advanced, career aligned specialization, while also benefiting from NTUNHS’s health focused academic environment.

What makes the department distinctive

Our development is guided by five core directions that shape learning both inside and outside the classroom:

1. Professionalization
   We strengthen professional competence through practice oriented training and research, ensuring students can apply knowledge confidently in real settings.
2. Localization
   We develop exercise and health promotion approaches that fit Taiwan’s social and cultural context, so students learn to design interventions that work for people and communities.
3. Internationalization
   We connect students with global trends in sport and health, expand opportunities for overseas learning and professional exposure, and support international dual degree experiences.
4. Certification focused training
   We actively support students in earning professional certifications related to exercise instruction and health or therapeutic services, strengthening employability and career readiness.
5. Social engagement
   We emphasize university social responsibility by linking professional training with community needs, helping students practice meaningful impact through service and collaboration.

Smart sport and health technology integration

To prepare students for the next generation of health industries, the department integrates smart sport and health technology applications, including health promotion solutions, performance enhancement, sport data use, and smart equipment related learning. This focus helps graduates stay competitive in the rapidly evolving smart health ecosystem.

Global exposure, overseas learning, and dual degree opportunities

The department actively promotes international engagement through visiting scholars, international academic events, and exchange learning. Students may also access overseas internships to experience professional practice in sport, health promotion, and related empowerment fields through direct interaction with international experts. Dual degree learning opportunities further broaden academic options and strengthen career competitiveness.

Career and internship pathways

With strong collaboration across institutions and industry, students can explore diverse internship settings that support a smooth transition to employment, including:

• Fitness centers and training institutions: fitness assessment, group class leadership, exercise instruction, and facility management.
• Early childhood physical development institutions: children’s fitness training, activity and game design, developmental motor learning.
• Health promotion and therapeutic service institutions: sports massage, rehabilitation related services, health promotion, exercise rehabilitation practice.
• Senior health promotion institutions: safe exercise programming, preventive health concepts, older adult coaching.
• Smart sport technology and industry application organizations: smart equipment operation, sport data analysis, health management technology applications.

About the Department

Department of Exercise and Health Science: Your Gateway to a Thriving Career in Sports, Exercise, and Health

Located in the heart of Taipei, the Department of Exercise and Health Science at National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences (NTUNHS) prepares future professionals to turn exercise science into real world health solutions. With NTUNHS’s strong foundation in health care education, our program blends scientific training with hands on practice, helping students build the skills to work across fitness, health promotion, rehabilitation support, and the fast growing smart health sector.

A clear pathway from foundations to advanced professional training

The department has steadily expanded its programs to serve diverse learning goals:

1. Undergraduate Program (established 2002)
2. In service Master’s Program (established 2007)
3. Master’s Program (established 2015)
4. International Master’s Program (established 2022)

This structure allows students to progress from essential scientific foundations to advanced, career aligned specialization, while also benefiting from NTUNHS’s health focused academic environment.

What makes the department distinctive

Our development is guided by five core directions that shape learning both inside and outside the classroom:

1. Professionalization
   We strengthen professional competence through practice oriented training and research, ensuring students can apply knowledge confidently in real settings.
2. Localization
   We develop exercise and health promotion approaches that fit Taiwan’s social and cultural context, so students learn to design interventions that work for people and communities.
3. Internationalization
   We connect students with global trends in sport and health, expand opportunities for overseas learning and professional exposure, and support international dual degree experiences.
4. Certification focused training
   We actively support students in earning professional certifications related to exercise instruction and health or therapeutic services, strengthening employability and career readiness.
5. Social engagement
   We emphasize university social responsibility by linking professional training with community needs, helping students practice meaningful impact through service and collaboration.

Smart sport and health technology integration

To prepare students for the next generation of health industries, the department integrates smart sport and health technology applications, including health promotion solutions, performance enhancement, sport data use, and smart equipment related learning. This focus helps graduates stay competitive in the rapidly evolving smart health ecosystem.

Global exposure, overseas learning, and dual degree opportunities

The department actively promotes international engagement through visiting scholars, international academic events, and exchange learning. Students may also access overseas internships to experience professional practice in sport, health promotion, and related empowerment fields through direct interaction with international experts. Dual degree learning opportunities further broaden academic options and strengthen career competitiveness.

Career and internship pathways

With strong collaboration across institutions and industry, students can explore diverse internship settings that support a smooth transition to employment, including:

• Fitness centers and training institutions: fitness assessment, group class leadership, exercise instruction, and facility management.
• Early childhood physical development institutions: children’s fitness training, activity and game design, developmental motor learning.
• Health promotion and therapeutic service institutions: sports massage, rehabilitation related services, health promotion, exercise rehabilitation practice.
• Senior health promotion institutions: safe exercise programming, preventive health concepts, older adult coaching.
• Smart sport technology and industry application organizations: smart equipment operation, sport data analysis, health management technology applications.