“Selecting an appropriate location for sports sciences faculties, as a strategic university function, plays a key role in enhancing education quality, equitable academic opportunities, and regional balance.”. This study aimed to identify and prioritize indicators influencing the site selection of sport sciences faculties in Iran. The research employed an exploratory mixed-methods design combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study population consisted of sport man-agement professors, deans of physical education and sport sciences faculties, university engi-neers, and academics in architecture, civil engineering, geography, and urban planning. Partici-pants were selected purposively and later through a snowball sampling method. Theoretical satu-ration was reached after conducting 12 semi-structured in-depth interviews. Content analysis of the interviews led to the identification of six main categories of site selection indicators: man-agement and development, geographical, physical and regulatory, environmental, socio-cultural, and economic. These indicators were subsequently evaluated through a pairwise comparison questionnaire distributed among 20 experts familiar with the research topic. The Analytic Hierar-chy Process (AHP) using Expert Choice software was employed to determine the relative im-portance of each indicator. The results showed that the management and development indicator had the highest relative weight (0.308), followed by geographical (0.231), physical and regulato-ry (0.201), environmental (0.147), socio-cultural (0.072), and economic (0.040) factors. It was concluded that management and development considerations play the most significant role in locating sport sciences faculties in Iran. The identified indicators can serve as a practical frame-work for selecting appropriate sites for such faculties, considering the country’s unique cultural, geographical, and environmental conditions.