FISU Healthy Campus Programme

Building a healthier campus, together.

The University of Waikato is working towards a Healthy Campus accreditation, an international certification from FISU, the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire.

This accreditation recognises universities that support the health, wellbeing, and sustainability of their whole campus community. FISU provides 100 criteria informed by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) categorised in these areas: 

  1. Healthy Campus Management (33 criteria) 

  1. Physical Activity and Sport (33 criteria) 

  1. Nutrition (8 criteria) 

  1. Disease Prevention (8 criteria) 

  1. Risk Behaviour (5 criteria) 

  1. Environment, Sustainability, and Social Responsibility (6 criteria) 

Each area encourages collaboration across teaching, research, student services, and community engagement within the university. 

Student Health Services

A healthy University of Waikato campus

We are the second university in New Zealand to register for the Healthy Campus Programme. This provides an opportunity to formalise initiatives to support staff and student wellbeing, and advance the aspirations of our strategy, Kia Haere Whakamua.

Benefits for students

These initiatives help our students connect with others, learn new skills, stay active, and build healthy habits for study and everyday life. Some include:

We will continue to develop new ways to support wellbeing across our campuses as part of the FISU Healthy Campus Programme.

How staff can contribute

We're working with staff across the university to gather evidence of initiatives that support the FISU Healthy Campus Programme. If your role touches on one or more Healthy Campus criteria, we want to hear from you. 

You can support this programme by: 

  • running initiatives or events linked to a Healthy Campus criteria, such as wellbeing workshops, sustainability initiatives, or prevention programmes. 

  • sharing research linked to a Healthy Campus criteria to help inform policy development. 

  • telling us you're interested and giving feedback. 

Find out more about the FISU Healthy Campus Programme. 

Our Healthy Campus team

Staff member

Title

Project role

Responsibilities
Grace Johnstone  Student Wellbeing Manager Operational Lead Coordinating the implementation and delivery of the Healthy Campus Programme including fostering cross-collaboration both across campus and with external stakeholders.
Tina Pentecost Associate Director - Sport and Wellbeing Project Supervisor Providing strategic oversight and operational support for the Healthy Campus Programme.

Contact us

For all enquiries related to the Healthy Campus Programme at the University of Waikato, please email us.

Healthy Campus Programme