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Planning the 2012 London Olympic Games. Managing a premier league football club. These are just some of the themes covered in the MSc in Sports Management.

Studying Sports Management at RDBS

With a long history of teaching business and management programmes matching industry-based learning with academic excellence, UEL's Royal Docks Business School gives you everything you will need to fast-track your career. You will be studying within one of London's most diverse business schools, based in the heart of the capital's Docklands - just a few miles from the 2012 Olympic site.

Aimed at science and sport science graduates or those with a background in business or management studies and keen to pursue a career in sports management, the programme makes full use of London's status as host of the 2012 Olympic Games and uses its links with national and international sport organisations. Participants will gain an understanding of the place of sport in the economy and society and relate business and management theories to sports activity. Students are encouraged to apply that knowledge to a range of complex sports management situations including researching a particular business or management issue within a sports organisation.

What's included

• Benefit from UEL's location just minutes from the 2012 Olympic Stadium and ExCel Centre
• Discover sports management on a global scale with our study abroad programme
• Gain leadership and people management skills through workshops and residentials
• Fast-track your professional career with our dedicated Employability Centre
• Access the latest industry knowledge through UEL's agreement with SportBusiness Group
• Act as a sports management consultant researching a particular management or business issue
• Take advantage of our new multi-million pound Sports Dock facility which will be home to Team USA during the 2012 Games
• Learn from a dedicated and expert team of lecturers and researchers
• Engage in a learning programme that's truly transformational, giving you the knowledge and opportunities to succeed in a dynamic industry

‌The Royal Docks Business School is recognised as a Skills Development Partner for the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). The Institute was awarded a Royal Charter and launched in 2012 with the aim to develop a vibrant, nationwide sport and physical activity sector. Students enrolled on the MSc Sports Management programme will have access to CIMSPA's learning, qualification and seminar opportunities, as well as a gateway into membership of the Institute.

Career

Your future career covered

At the Royal Docks Business School we pride ourselves on giving you an unrivalled student experience - and one that will shape your place in the working world. With access to a rigorous academic knowledge base and the opportunities to apply that knowledge professionally, our degree programmes give you the best possible head start. And with career options opening doors to roles in sport facility and event management, sport marketing, sponsorship, and sport goods and services, there's never been a better time to get ahead.

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