Sport Management MSc

Birkbeck, University of London

This MSc Sport Management is designed for ambitious graduates who wish to advance their understanding of sport and develop their careers in the rapidly evolving sport industry. Why choose this course? Through a unique blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, this course offers you a critical analysis of contemporary sport management practices and gives you access to leading research, ensuring your sport industry knowledge is up to date and relevant. It benefits from the input of engaged, experienced academics and has excellent links with top sport organisations and expert industry speakers, including high-level Birkbeck alumni. This well-established and respected sport management course has been running for more than 25 years and gives you the opportunity to learn alongside students from a range of personal and professional backgrounds in a fun, constructive and intellectually stimulating environment. What you will learn This MSc is unique in combining academic expertise from internationally renowned academics with expert insight into current sport management practices from the range of industry guest speakers we host. You will study key aspects of sport management, including: economics competition design governance marketing and strategy the wider social, political and cultural aspects of sport. How you will learn You will learn through a dynamic mixture of lectures, interactive seminars, guest speaker sessions and independent study. You will find this combination of learning opportunities rewarding in itself, but it will also give you the analytical skills and networking opportunities to develop your career in the sport industry. This course is available to study full- or part-time and it follows an evening timetable.