Sports Management BA (Hons)

A career in sports management is both challenging and exciting. Students will learn many operational, financial, marketing, and legal skills required for many management roles at the same time as developing specific and detailed knowledge of complex and contemporary developments in national and global sport.<br/><br/>Your first year will provide a strong foundation in sports business practice, with particular attention to understanding the sports industry, key sports marketing principles and fan and consumer behaviour. From here the programme will advance your knowledge and skills development by focusing on sports-specific organisation management, legal issues in sports governance, entrepreneurship, before the final year teaches you how to engage with contemporary issues in sports management and build specific strategic management competencies.<br/><br/>This degree programme explores the world of sports business, including finance, marketing and law, as well as best practice in people management and the planning of major sporting events, such as Olympic Games and World Cups. BA (Hons) Sports Management will explore the vast global sports industry and use modern and historical examples of good and bad practice from the industry to add context and further understanding to your studies. <br/>As with many of UCFB’s degree programmes, the course will be underpinned by seminars, lectures, guest speaker sessions and work experience opportunities with a raft of leading industry partners, from national governing bodies to clubs and brands.

Score your dream job at UCFB. <br/><br/>UCFB is proud to be the first higher education institution in the world dedicated to the delivery of university degrees in the football and sports industries. Think specialist study in Multimedia Sports Journalism, Sport Psychology, Sports Business and Broadcasting, Football Coaching and more. <br/><br/>And the stats talk for themselves! An outstanding 93% of UCFB undergraduates find full-time employment within 6-9 months of graduating. 63% of those graduates are working within Football and Sport, and have held positions at all 20 Premier League Clubs and at 49 of the 72 clubs in the English Football League. <br/><br/>UCFB has two campus locations in Wembley and Manchester. Picture expert lectures from industry experts, meeting new people equally as passionate about sport as you, and life at the centre of Britain's football and sporting leagues... thats what you can expect from UCFB.<br/><br/>So what are you waiting for? Register your interest today to unlock the experience of a lifetime.