MSc International Sport Management
Heriot-Watt University
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OverviewThis new MSc degree has been designed by industry experts and leading academics in the field of Sport Management. Students will make use of world-class facilities at Oriam - Scotlands Sport Performance Centre as well as an industry work placement.Sitting within the Edinburgh Business School, the MSc International Sport Management programme comprises a core of business knowledge and understanding with an additional emphasis on the study of topics central to sport management in national ...Read more

Overview

This new MSc degree has been designed by industry experts and leading academics in the field of Sport Management. Students will make use of world-class facilities at Oriam - Scotland's Sport Performance Centre as well as an industry work placement.

Sitting within the Edinburgh Business School, the MSc International Sport Management programme comprises a core of business knowledge and understanding with an additional emphasis on the study of topics central to sport management in national and international contexts. Students will also have an opportunity to undertake a professional practice placement course.

This programme has been designed for students who would like to pursue a career working in national and international sporting organisations and managing staff from a range of unique disciplines and diverse backgrounds towards attaining excellence in the management and delivery of sport activities, events and services. It seeks to develop well-qualified managers who can combine management and financial skills with a specialist knowledge of sport and its unique institutional structure.

Students will gain a theoretical understanding as well as an applied skill set in areas such as competitive strategy, leadership, finance, governance and management in an international sporting context.

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Darupad
21 Dec 23

Student support, especially for intl. students is very good. A bit out of the city but very easily accessible. Campus is quiet and beautiful, but seems like one narrow, long..Read more

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09 Dec 23

Student support is great...Read more

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A good honours degree (first or second class), or its non-UK equivalent, in a sport-related or business and management-related subject, from a recognised British or overseas university. Applications are also welcomed from students who have a good honours degree in an unrelated subject but who have experience of working in sport or general business and management.

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Student support, especially for intl. students is very good. A bit out of the city but very easily accessible. Campus is quiet and beautiful, but seems like one narrow, long...
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Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University , Edinburgh

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