Sports Management Degrees, Courses and Programs

Sports management prepares students to administer clubs, leagues, federations, venues, events and sports-related businesses. Programs cover organisational management, finance and budgeting, sports law and governance, facility and event operations, communications and leadership.

The label is used for degrees from associate level to doctorate, and for MBAs with a sports specialization. Entry is usually academic and many programs include internships or placements, which may be arranged locally or, for online programs, by the student.

Sports management overlaps with sports business, which tends to emphasise commercial and financial aspects, and with recreation management, which concentrates on community and facility programming. The directory keeps those subjects separate and cross-references them.

Typical topics: Organisational management, Sports finance, Governance and law, Event and facility operations, Leadership, Internships and placements.

Also called: Sport management, Sports administration, Sportmanagement, Gestion du sport, Gestión deportiva. These names lead to this one page.

Sports management is an academic subject without a protected professional title. Employers value experience and networks alongside the degree; many programs publish internship arrangements, which we record when stated.

• Masterstudium Sport-Management-Medien (MSc) (Universität Salzburg - Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft): Bachelor Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft (180 ECTS, at least 135 compatible with the Salzburg curriculum); general business, economics, management or media bachelors not accepted.
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sports Management and Coaching (Technological University Dublin): Leaving Certificate 6 subjects at Higher level including 2 H5; Maths O6/H7/F2 or higher; English or Irish O6/H7; CAO TU935; 2026 points range 290-476; Garda vetting required.
• BA (Hons) Sport Business Management (University of Stirling): Highers AABB; A-levels BBB; IB 28; BTEC DDM
• Sportmanagement (B.A.) im Fernstudium (IU Internationale Hochschule): Ohne Abitur möglich mit mindestens zweijähriger Berufsausbildung und drei Jahren Berufserfahrung; kein NC
• Sports Science "Organisation Development and Management" (Bielefeld University, Sports Science): First university degree with a standard period of study of at least six semesters meeting the subject-specific regulations