Sport Business Management

Understand the core concepts of management in the context of sport
Our three-year, Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)-endorsed BA (Hons) Sport Business Management degree develops your knowledge and the understanding of some of the principal aspects of business and management in sport.

Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) education partner

Explore business and management within sport
By designing strategies, leading projects and creating awareness, you will help to solve the most pressing challenges facing the sport industry and become unmissable to employers.

You will learn the core principles of business and management through a sport lens and apply this knowledge when experiencing real-world environments. A work placement, regular visits to employers and guest lectures by those working in industry complement the expertise of our staff. Graduates of the programme have successfully advanced within sport and mainstream business pathways, demonstrating the transferable skills of the degree.

Learn from people that breathe sport
Our passion is to positively change sport. Our staff have decades of industry experience, undertake globally-recognised research and engage with some of the most important sport organisations nationally and internationally. We breathe sport and have a genuine enthusiasm for sharing this understanding in discussion with our students.

Work with industry practitioners on real projects
As part of the course, you will undertake a work placement module of approximately six weeks. This typically takes place in a sport/leisure organisation, a sports management company, or a sport/community development organisation.

Professional body endorsement
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) endorses our sport business management degree, which means you will receive student membership of CIMSPA and have confidence that this degree is what employers are looking for.