Sport Management

About this course

Sport management is a discipline concerned with how sports organisations are run, how they create value for participants, fans, sponsors, and communities, and how the business, marketing, operational, and governance challenges of sport can be navigated effectively. From professional football clubs and national governing bodies to community leisure operators and international federations, sport involves complex organisations whose management requires both general business knowledge and specialist understanding of the sports sector. At the University of Northumbria in Newcastle this three-year programme is designed to develop graduates who can appreciate and evaluate sport as a global business from an informed and inquisitive managerial perspective. You will study core business and management disciplines alongside specialist sport management topics including event management, sponsorship,

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 15% of graduatescards →
• 10 / 100Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 5 / 100Elementary occupations · 10% of graduatescards →

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