{"id":547,"date":"2025-05-07T08:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unisport.wpenginepowered.com\/university\/ltu\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:21:10","slug":"la-trobe-university","status":"publish","type":"unis_university","link":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/university\/la-trobe-university\/","title":{"rendered":"La Trobe University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>La Trobe University\u2019s focus on health and wellbeing shapes a unique perspective on sport, setting it apart from other universities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Trobe\u2019s research in the areas of <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.latrobe.edu.au%2f__data%2fassets%2fpdf_file%2f0008%2f1671074%2fDC41713-2026-Sport-Guide-FINAL-WEB.pdf&amp;c=E,1,FcmI0UJalHOm9yZnmpls8kegL3KRjELXIi_TbEUUBSwtPePb_33ly7RxffU4TUcm8lJPrQA4g8szd1Q_riYNDyFMFBDSISe778Qv3DzulrOcydgDHDs,&amp;typo=1\">nutrition and dietetics, and human movement and sports science is rated \u2018well above world standard\u2019<\/a>, which helps La Trobe create long term improvements to health and wellbeing worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.latrobe.edu.au%2fsport%2findustry-engagement%2fsport-partnerships&amp;c=E,1,nq7zs7UCqbTMSZTMPQhStuy7JVKxAV-lrDPOc6fY7S9ZJpoEaDnas1nNQafipRG4oBxwXep5s1rHlAsY4-VTr3LDXJo4ukTPRv2NVnuS&amp;typo=1\">La Trobe\u2019s major sport partnerships with the likes of the Carlton Football Club, Football Victoria and Bendigo Spirit<\/a> mean it can offer its students exclusive opportunities in the world of sport. Whether that\u2019s work experience, applied research, mentorship or a game day experiences, La Trobe students can access it all through the University\u2019s sport industry connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.latrobe.edu.au%2fsport%2ffacilities%2fbundoora-sports-facilities%2fla-trobe-sports-park&amp;c=E,1,JrnwNpkvB8enMwv1Y0o1cMnBEJTgS2yDiCWpRQ4JVcaadHhT6pa3WQ6fGKdVt0WrJ6PnVl32oJARI9hL0fKAuEcTwKsVBrUSRIaRLoTDWrhTQow,&amp;typo=1\">The La Trobe Sports Park on the University\u2019s Melbourne Campus<\/a> houses a state-of-the-art sports stadium, <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.latrobe.edu.au%2fsport%2ffacilities%2fbundoora-sports-facilities%2fsport-performance-hub&amp;c=E,1,pp3ABsJSTbcd2ZgMCkeaxOZMTsQZelGuevEMUCzh1jndwDAh1bh06VtXcvekIFvICaffqTf8miUD_x4UvggtQXBk1ynYDvQ28gBDHY3K0qzx17CB&amp;typo=1\">an elite Sport Performance Hub facility for teaching and research<\/a>, and a wide range of world-class sporting surfaces. The La Trobe Sports Park is also the location of the largest football-specific infrastructure project in Australia\u2019s history, <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.latrobe.edu.au%2fcmp%2fimpact-is-real%2fhome-of-the-matildas&amp;c=E,1,TmZvXqcyEPxWcT319Sl_lYBcldqLz8VOvcdGZTmr9yUSgh3SsYH46HKY8GesI0zpquKMoswXGtYv8VeWEHNyqoyh7Q9uGQ_5bg6fg-Udr1p-K65f&amp;typo=1\">\u2018The Home of the Matildas\u2019<\/a>, which acts as the Australian Women\u2019s Football Team\u2019s high-performance training base in the lead up to their matches in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5777,"template":"","unis_uni_region":[158],"class_list":["post-547","unis_university","type-unis_university","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unis_university\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unis_university"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/unis_university"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unis_university\/547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"unis_uni_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisport.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unis_uni_region?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}