The Sport Management Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma explore the multi-faceted area of sport management through industry-focused modules. Designed for ambitious professionals in the sports sector or those looking to work in this fast-growing area, this professional programme enables you to gain the skills you need to progress to a new role or advancing within your existing organisation.
You will develop the skills to excel in a broad range of roles that make sport organisations run and events happen, including within governing bodies, federations, clubs, sponsors, marketing, the media, government, or heritage organisations.
The Certificate and Diploma are ideal for individuals already working in the sport industry who wish to gain additional skills to advance their career through professional development or for people who already work in event management, marketing, and media but want to shift to the sports sector.
You will explore a range of different sports and develop a critical perspective on contemporary themes such as ethical considerations, heritage and sport’s political, social, economic and cultural contexts. Areas of management that you will examine include marketing, leadership, governance and event organisation.
The programme embeds professional skill development, including digital skills valued within the industry, through class activities and assessments.
Sport industry professionals provide guest talks and mentorship opportunities to give invaluable insight that you can use in your career. We have excellent industry connections, including Leicester Tigers, Leicester City Football Club, Leicester Riders’ Basketball Club, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, World Athletics, and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association.
Key features
- Study a range of sports to expand your knowledge across the industry and develop the expertise for working at the local, national and international level.
- Develop a critical perspective on key issues impacting global sport by exploring ethics, governance and sport’s contemporary cultural contexts.
- Develop digital skills used in the sport industry through class exercises and assessments
- Benefit from mentorship by sport industry professionals and insight from guest speakers who have included 2022 Olympic silver medalist Jackie Narracott, Matthew Hochberg, the founder of Hochberg Sports Marketing in the USA, Lisa Allan, Competition Manager for the International Judo Federation, and a member of Under Armour’s global events team.
- Learn in small groups and be part of a strong community in which students from across the globe bring their different perspectives, enhancing your international outlook.
- The Postgraduate Certificate allows for maximum flexibility, you will select any two of the four modules. You can start either in September or January and complete your studies full-time in two consecutive terms (autumn term and spring term in either order) or part-time, during the same term over two academic years (two autumn modules or two spring modules).
- The Postgraduate Diploma can be completed full-time in two consecutive terms (autumn term and spring term in either order) or part-time over two academic years.
- Have the ability to top up from PG Certificate to PG Diploma, and from PG Diploma to the Sport Management MSc.
Talk to our course team
If you would like to find out more about how this course can help you achieve your career ambitions, send a message to our course team [Dr Heather L. Dichter (she/her)] who would be happy to chat to you. Alternatively, you can register for our next postgraduate event or call our course enquirers team on +44 (0)116 2 50 60 70 / WhatsApp: 0797 0655 800.
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Scholarships:
We are committed to helping our graduates enhance their careers and personal development through further study, and there are a number of postgraduate scholarships on offer to help you achieve this.
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