Abstract: The key of the cultivation and construction of the core competence of Chinese sports universities in the internationalization process of higher education lies in "innovation". Based on the theoretic system of "core competence", the paper, by using the methods of literature and logical analysis, discusses the measures for sports universities to cultivate and construct their core competence so as to offer some advice to the development of Chinese sports universities in the internationalization process of higher education.

Key words: internationalization, core competitiveness, sports universities