Master in Sports Management
UPF Barcelona School of Management
Key Information
Campus location
Barcelona, Spain
Languages
Spanish
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
9 months
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 12,500
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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Introduction
The Master in Sports Management is ranked number 11 in the world Top 50 in Sports Management by the EdUniversal ranking. The master's degree will provide you with a transversal vision of the sports sector so that you can specialize in the most demanded areas within a constantly growing and changing market.
The Master in Sports Management is the training you need to make the leap and work on your true passion: sport. The quality of its content is adapted to current trends, which will allow you to manage any department in clubs, federations, local companies or multinational sports. With this face-to-face master's degree, you will be able to successfully direct and manage any entity, institution or sports company. You will be able to choose optional subjects that best suit your profile and adapt the training to your interests and the profession you want to dedicate yourself to.
With a program of visits to centers and institutions of reference in the sports sector, you will learn first-hand what the management of a sports company is like. It also offers you the opportunity to generate networking with a wide variety of students from diverse geographical and academic backgrounds, as well as all the professionals in the sports field that you will find in the classroom.
The professors of the master's degree, active professionals in the sports industry, know first-hand its peculiarities, they will help you develop your professional profile in sports organizations to manage sports companies and institutions and understand the sports sector market. The Master in Sports Management will train you to be autonomous in making decisions in an organization and to have a transversal vision of any sports multinational.
Considered by EDUNIVERSAL the best master's degree in sports management at a national level, its contents are highly adapted to the constant changes that sport experiences in our society and how companies face them. Therefore, you will be able to specialize, according to your professional aspirations, in sports marketing, sporting events, business management or technological innovations in sports.
The Master in Sports Management has the endorsement of Pompeu Fabra University , the 1st Spanish university and 15th best university in the world (of those with less than 50 years of history), according to the Times Higher Education ranking. In turn, the UPF Barcelona School of Management has the EQUIS accreditation , the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally.
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Why choose this program
01 Access a quality study plan
The face-to-face master's degree is an avant-garde program, but at the same time consolidated and of value to students, both academically and professionally, and has trained students from more than 20 countries in its 15 editions. For this reason, it is considered the best Master in Sports Management nationwide by the Eduniversal ranking.
02 Learn from specialist teachers
You will regularly have interventions in the classroom by prominent personalities from the world of sports management that will provide you with a current vision of trends in the sports industry.
03 From the general to the particular
You will start from general knowledge of sports management to more specific concepts (marketing, technology and business) according to your professional aspirations in the sports industry.
04 Practical cases
Through the analysis and resolution of practical cases you will face real situations that have occurred in the sports sector.
05 Do extracurricular practices
With the Master in Sports Management you will have the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired in the classroom in companies in the sports industry of any kind, as well as in sporting events, sports companies or sports law.
06 Visits to companies and sports facilities
Throughout the course you will make visits to companies and sports facilities to see in a practical and real way how many of the contents of the program are applied in the day-to-day life of a sports entity.
Ideal Students
Aimed at university graduates, professionals, and athletes who wish to direct their professional activity toward the area of sports management and related sectors.
Student profile
The classroom is made up of national and international students from different backgrounds and professions who want to enter the professional sports sector or who want to improve their professional profile. This diversity is what gives a differential value to the master in sports management since you will be able to improve yourself with the knowledge, vision, and experiences of your colleagues.
Curriculum
In the Master in Sports Management, you will have to take all the compulsory subjects, which cover the main areas belonging to the sports sector, as well as some specialized subjects related to marketing and communication in sports, management of sports entities, and innovation and digital transformation of sport. In addition, you will have the possibility to complement the curriculum with the choice of 4 elective subjects.
You will also have to complete a group Final Master's Project that will consist of developing a business plan, implementing of an improvement plan for an existing business, or a research study applied to the sports sector.
Compulsory Subjects
- Sport and Society: The Sports Industry
- Strategic environment of sports companies
- Sports law
- Governance and regulatory framework of the sports system
- Financial and fiscal analysis of sports entities
- Sports marketing
- Brand management: sports sponsorship
- Management of sports events
- Management and operation of sports facilities and venues
- Structure and models of sports competition management
- Generation of income in the sports business
- Technology applied to sport
- Entrepreneurship and sportstech
Optional Subjects
- Management and Communication Skills
- Communication in sport
- Athlete Representation
- Human Resources Management
- Business Simulation
- Business analytics and business intelligence in sports
- eSports
Master's final project
- Master's final project
Elective courses will be offered if a minimum number of students are enrolled. The final offer for each academic year may be adapted according to academic planning.
Complementary activities
The Master in Sports Management also includes the possibility of participating in practical activities and activities for personal and professional growth such as:
- UPF-BSM Inside: is a group of interdisciplinary subjects (applied data, communication, creativity, innovation and project management, sustainability, and leadership among others) that, if you take this program, you can access at no additional cost. They are 100% online and you can take them throughout the academic year at your own pace, as they have been designed as self-study subjects.
- International mobility: The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you the possibility of expanding your training and international vision through the International Mobility Programme. Extend your studies extracurricularly, during the academic year following the completion of your Master's, at a top-level institution. Limited places.
Career Opportunities
The Master in Sports Management enables you to develop a professional career in any sports organization, sports club, or company connected to this sector.
With experts from different companies in the classroom, you will establish lasting professional relationships and increase your network of contacts. In addition, the professional careers service of the UPF Barcelona School of Management will help you improve your soft skills to face any selection process and sharpen your personal skills with continuous workshops and coaching sessions, which will increase your professional opportunities.
- Sports consultant for public and private organizations.
- Manager of Federations, Clubs, Leagues, and Associations.
- Manager in both public and private Sports Centres.
- Product marketing in sports companies.
- The organizer of sporting events of any kind.
- Representative of Athletes.
- Data analyst and specialist in digital marketing in sports.
- Project manager and sports consultancy.
- Responsible for strategy, marketing, sales, sponsorship, HR, legal, and finance in sports equipment, products, and/or services companies.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education, or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.
Merit-Based Scholarship
Apply for our Merit-Based Scholarship, awarded to those who prove they have talent and motivation.
Alumni discounts
If you are a member of our alumni associations or of one of our partner universities, we offer you a series of applicable discounts on the amount of tuition for your program.
UPF Employee Discounts
If you are a member or family member or an employee of the UPF group or belonged to the collaborating institutions of the UPF Barcelona School of Management, you can enjoy a series of applicable discounts on the tuition fees for your program.
UPF Partner Latinoamerican Universities Discount
If you are an alumnus of one of our Partner Universities, you are entitled to a discount of 10% on the UPF Barcelona School of Management Masters and postgraduate program tuition fees (those programs with more than 15 credits).