Sports engineering program in Islamic Azad University branch of Science and Research

Abstract

Nowadays there is no doubt about the effectiveness of using powerful engineering tools and inductive and analytical abilities of an engineer in almost all scientific fields. One of these fields is the sports science. The main purpose of this paper is to explain the place of sports engineering and to investigate its history in Iran. Also the main reasons of progress of this field along with its potentials for turning from an academic field into a well-established industrial source of income are covered. To begin, the place of sports engineering in the world and Iran is introduced. In the next step, table of bachelor courses of Islamic Azad University branch of science and research in Tehran as the first Asian university covering the sports engineering is analyzed. Finally, the place of this field in the sports industry is evaluated.