Sport Business Management | WITTENBORG UNIVERSITY

In your first year, you will be introduced to the components of sport business management and the impacts of sports policy, finance and economics on effective sport management.

In your second year, you will develop project management skills and analyze the role of management for the successful organization of sport.

In the final year, you will investigate the roles of marketing and strategy in sport business management and undertake an extended piece of research.

In year 1 you will be responsible for organizing the promotion and running of a sports event. This will develop your commercial awareness and business skills.

Specific Sport Business Management Modules Phase 1: • Introduction to Sport Business Management • Who Runs Sport? • Finance for Sport Management • Sport Customer • The Global Sports Industry and Media • Introduction to Graduate Skills and Research Methods

Your second year of study is split into two halves. The first half is about learning the role of sport business management and preparing for your work placement, while in the second you will do an internship in a sport business company/organization.

Specific Sport Business Management Modules Phase 2 • Understanding and Managing People in Sport Business • Politics and Policy in Sport • Reflective Practice in Sport Business Management • Work Placement: Personal and Professional Development in Sport Business Management • Work Placement: Management in Sport Business Organizations

Your placements will give you hands-on experience to acquire the skills that will help you stand out to potential employers and give you a competitive edge in the jobs market.

Your final year of study is based around the strategic implications of sport business management, including the investigation of marketing and strategy. You will have the opportunity to conduct research on a topic of your choice, based on the experience gained during your placement.

Specific Sport Business Management Modules in Phase 3 • Marketing for Sport Business • Strategic Change in Sport Business Management • The Law and Regulation of Sport

• Dissertation; options include: • Event Design • Critical Issues in Sport and Leisure • Community Sport Development: Policy and Practice • Business Morality: People and Management • Sport Tourism • Sport, Values and Ideology: A Case Study of the Olympics

The programme can be followed in either 3-year ‘fast-track’ (intensive) or slower 4-year modus.

All courses and examinations will be in English, so you need a good command of spoken and written English.

As an international applicant, you will also be required to demonstrate sufficient results of one of these tests:

Cambridge Lower (FCE) Grade B (173-175)

Cambridge Lower (FCE) Grade C (169-172)

IELTS test minimum overall band score of 6.0

TOEFL test (minimum score of 80 internet-based, and minimum subscore of 290 for speaking & Writing)

Greek high school diploma (Apolytirio Genikou Lykeio), with a general grade of at least 10, preferably with economics/mathematics.  

Starting dates: August 27, 2018 – October 15, 2018 – December 3, 2018, February 11, 2019 – April 1, 2019 – May 20, 2019. 

You can apply until 2-4 weeks before the entry date of choice. In case you do not apply before the deadline, your application will be automatically changed into application for enrollment for the next block, unless you desire otherwise.

As a EU student, you encouraged to find their own accommodation, you can however opt for Wittenborg’s own accommodation, if available.

Wittenborg offers accommodation in a number of different places, all close to the university: A. Shared apartments: 3-5 students share an apartment or house. B. Campus accommodation: students have their own room within a campus complex, and share kitchen and bathroom facilities.

Currently, students may stay a maximum of one calendar year at any of the accommodation(s) provided by Wittenborg, to assure rooms are made available for newly arriving students. Wittenborg is working hard to increase its own campus accommodation!

Sport is a sector experiencing economic growth globally. Sport business management students will gain in-depth knowledge of business principles and how they are applied in this thriving industry, opening up a wide variety of career paths with a bright employment outlook.

Optional modules enable you to tailor your degree to suit your interests and personal career goals, whether they exist in marketing, sales, planning, sports events management, facility management, or sport administration.

Careers exist with various organizations including professional sport clubs, national and international sport governing bodies such as FIFA and the IOC, health and leisure clubs, sport public agencies, sport community recreation departments, sporting goods companies, sport marketing agencies, sport events organizers and athletic service organizations.

The IBA programme is accredited by NVAO & by FIBAA. These degrees give direct entry into the Master of Science programmes.