Sports Management (Online)

Overview

A booming business sector, the sports industry is constantly developing, with a particular uptick in eSports, creating more jobs for digitally skilled professionals. Armed with both digital and business acumen, GBSB Global’s graduates will qualify as high in-demand professionals perfect for a multifaceted sports niche, suitable not only for skilled athletes but also offering plenty of opportunities for business-minded talent from marketing and operations to sales, coaching, and beyond.

The focus of the Sports Management (Online) degree with GBSB Global Business School is on developing critical thinking, effective leadership strategies and agile methodologies, enabling students to solve real-life sports administration problems. GBSB Global’s Online Master with Sports Management is structured towards teaching students how to identify, monitor, manage, and influence the business dynamics and functions that normally drive sports organizations.

Sports business management professionals handle the behind-the-scenes activities, such as finance, marketing, leadership, facility operations, and event organization. GBSB Global Online Master with Sports Management graduates can anticipate working as team managers, athletic directors, sports agents and recruiters, marketing, and PR professionals, and more. With campuses in Madrid and Barcelona, well-renowned sports hubs, GBSB Global will open the door to a new network of high-profile professionals and organizations that work with some of the greatest names in sports. Being one of the leaders in the world of e-Sports, Malta also boasts noteworthy opportunities as the country hosts the annual International Gaming Conference providing students with another gateway to explore.

Career

GBSB Global’s Online Master with Sports Management concentrates on core business theory in addition to specialized sports industry themes, including events organization, PR and marketing, contracting, budgeting, and sales management. The intention is to provide students with the expertise to navigate diverse sports-related matters and beyond, as an all-round business professional with a comprehensive theoretical and practical acumen.

Sports management can be pursued on a local, regional, national, and international scale and can include various institutions - municipal recreation, private organizations, collective associations, nationally sponsored sports functions, amateur sports, college-level athletics, or professional events and athletes. Online Master with Sports Management graduates will be prepared to dive into this dynamic business environment with everything that it covers.

Accreditation

• Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

• The only higher education institution in Spain accredited by Microsoft as a leader in digital education