The sports industry is looking towards the triple bottom line as a priority and is need of fresh talent to contribute to solving the social and ecological issues that face us. SportsPro’s Hackathon is an opportunity for top students from across the world to compete against each other, creating innovative solutions that could help the sports industry drive social, financial and environmental change, whilst also being mentored by the top thought leaders within the industry.
The Hackathon, powered by Wonderful Copenhagen, will see students set challenges to enable major events to fulfil the challenge of ensuring business practise is as sustainable as it can be.
Can your solution ensure that the sports industry becomes a more equitable place for its stakeholders and provides greater social value to its communities?
Can your solution actively reduce sport’s ecological footprint?
Can your solution exhibit the economic rewards that the sports industry’s stakeholders can garner from implementing policies that prioritise society and the environment that they are operating within?
Ohio University’s Master of Sports Administration program launched in 1966 and is the oldest postgraduate sports business education in the world. The Ohio Sports Ad program, as were commonly known, has earned the highest reputation over our five plus decades, whether it be formally acknowledged rankings, international case competitions, or just the sports industry’s word of mouth. Most importantly, our reputation as a premier program is attributed to our alumni’s consistent success across sport. We’re a highly competitive program, because the sports industry is highly competitive. And our program gives students an edge in the marketplace.
The FIFA Master recently celebratedmore than 20 years of success in sport business education and has maintained its position as the No.1 ranked Postgraduate Sport Management course in Europe for a record ninth time. This unprecedented achievement now firmly establishes the FIFA Master as one of the most respected in international sport business education.
Organised by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) in partnership with De Montfort University in Leicester (UK), SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan (Italy) and the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), the FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport was created to promote management education within the sports world.
With over 90% of our almost 600 FIFA Master graduates –who are from more than 110 nationalities –now working in the sports industry, the impact of the programme reaches across all continents and nations.
We represent a suite of three programmes – MSc Sport Business Management, BSc (Hons) Sport Business Management in the UK and in Hong Kong. All three courses have a great emphasis on applied learning, internationalisation, and social capital in action. We provide students with direct access to sports industry and strong alumni network. The undergraduate provision has been developed in collaboration with industry experts and accredited by CIM. The MSc programme is designed for individuals looking to work on industry-based business projects in world-class sports organisations. In 2020 it was rated 2nd in the UK and 6th in Europe by SportBusiness International global rankings. The MSc course is also in Top 10 courses ‘Most valuable in furthering career’ – and we are the only UK course in that category. Our recent graduates work in business roles for Formula 1, New Balance, Arsenal FC, Inter Milan, Nielsen Sports and The International Paralympic Committee.
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AMOS’ unique Global Sports Business Master’s Programme has been designed to suit the needs of the international sports industry and to develop an in-depth expertise of the sector.
This programme awards a double certification in Sports Management and Digital Transformation of Sports Entities from AMOS Sport Business School and the Global Sports Innovation Center (powered by Microsoft), the biggest center specialised in sports innovation – in partnership with ESBS European Sport Business School – one of the most important Spanish business schools specialised in sports management.
Over two years, you will follow blended courses delivered by experts from the international sports industry and you will be taken on a unique journey across three different business environments throughout the world – Europe, Asia, and North America – to discover the digital transformations impacting the future of sports.
At the University of East London, sport is everywhere – from our sport courses and facilities to being located in an iconic sport event tourism destination there is continuous exposure to the business of sports. Our MSc Sports Management course compliments the rich sporting heritage and sports industry in the East End of London with a highly interdisciplinary, industry informed, and practice-based course that provides the knowledge and skills to thrive in the competitive world of sports business management. Our students come from a range of backgrounds and experiences in sport, ranging from elite athletes competing at local, national and international levels to industry professionals working in the global sports industry – all with a love and passion for sports. Our teaching team have years of experience in lecturing, research and working in sport, and advising sport organisations on issues related to management, policy and strategy. For more information visit: https://www.uel.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/msc-sports-management.
The BSc Sports Management degree at Loughborough University provides a thorough grounding in the key strategic challenges and opportunities for sport, by developing your understanding of sports organisations, governance, policy, marketing and economics.
By choosing Loughborough, you will:
University College of Northern Denmark (UCN) is situated in Northern Jutland in Denmark and has campus locations in the cities of Hjørring, Thisted and Aalborg.
We are a university of applied sciences and provide higher education and perform research, development and innovation activities within the four main areas of business, social education, health and technology.
UCN’s Sport Management students study on campus and its online edition is tailored to educate elite and professional athletes from various sports and countries and is based on a collaboration with FIFPRO, cf.
Such great energy throughout the event, thanks SportsPro for having me on board as a Mentor and organising it. Well done to all teams for working hard, wanting to do meaningful work with a social impact, bringing your fresh ideas and way of thinking to the table. I hope to see many of you in Sportbiz making some noise soon. Keep pushing!
What a great experience for everyone involved!!! Congratulations to the winners, but also to SportsPro. A much needed initiative, well planned and professionally delivered. Another milestone in the development of sport as an important industrial sector and business activity.
It was an honour to be a mentor to the students taking part in the SportsPro Hackathon themed on sustainability. The energy, passion and enthusiasm of the students taking part was fantastic to witness. I am confident the event has provided them with an excellent opportunity for personal development, which will aid them in their careers. It is safe to say that the future of the sports industry and indeed the planet should be in safe hands with these creative and purpose driven thinkers.
I was incredibly impressed with the quality of projects from the students – their creativity and ground-breaking concepts are essential for the future well-being of the sporting industry and this initiative provided an unequivocal ability to bring fresh insight and conceptual development into our world. These are undeniably the future leaders in the business of sport.