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Sport Management
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MASTERS

Sport Management

University of Stirling
StirlingScotland
On campus
Full-time
€24,408.49/year
 2437 Points
Duration
1 Year
Language
English
Apply date
Aug 2024

Program Description

Kick-start your sports career with a Masters from the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide Sports University of the Year 2020. Our Masters includes a sports internship, allowing you to gain valuable professional experience.

Attracting students from all over the world, this unique course is designed to meet the sport sector’s need for well-qualified managers who can combine management and financial skills with a specialist knowledge of sport and its unique institutional nature. You’ll learn how to apply your insights to the inherent challenges of sport management – from conducting research into event planning, to advising organisations on the impact of policy changes.

The course is taught by leading experts in the subject, whose research helps to ensure you’re being taught about the most up-to-date industry trends. You’ll also have invaluable opportunities to undertake an internship with a sporting organisation, either virtually or in person, and organise a sports event with our industry partners. By the time you graduate, you’ll be well equipped to turn your passion for sport into your profession.

We're Sports University of the Year 2020.

3rd in the UK and top 25 in the World (Sports Business Postgraduate Rankings 2019)


There may be additional costs by this University.

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Course Objectives

The objective of our MSc Sport Management is to help you acquire the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills you to need become an effective manager in a range of sport settings. After graduating you’ll be able to:

  • identify and evaluate recent changes in sport participation and policies, and their implications for sport management practices
  • apply management theory to the context of managing sport organisations
  • conduct research into sport issues relevant to managing and developing sport organisations and events
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Curriculum

Compulsory Modules

Principles of Management in Sport

Sport Finance

Sport Event Management

Research Methods for Sport

Professional Practice

Sport Management Challenges

Sport Marketing

Research Project

Careers

This Masters will prepare you for a career in sport management with a local authority, commercial organisation or voluntary sports organisation like a governing body of sport.

The University has strong partnerships with a number of national and local sports organisations, including:

  • The Scottish Professional Football League
  • Scottish Sport Federations
  • Active Stirling
  • local professional sport organisations
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