The Birkbeck MSc
Staff from the Sports Business Centre direct and contribute to the Department of Management's MSc Sports Management & the Business of Football.
Further details of Birkbeck's MSc programme can be viewed below.
Courses
Sport Management and the Business of Football
(MSc, MSc by Research, MRes, PgDip)
How to apply
Programme Leaflet (pdf)
Programme Director: Dr Linda Trenberth, Mr Sean Hamil and Mr Klaus Nielsen
Our Master's programmes in Sport Management and the Business of Football are designed for graduates and practitioners who wish to develop a rigorous understanding of the commercial development and management of sport, with particular reference to football. The programmes draw on the expertise of the staff of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre which is one of the world's leading centres for sport business and football research, teaching, training, consultancy and policy advice Amongst our work, BSBC staff have been responsible for producing two of the best known texts on sport management (Trenberth, Managing the Business of Sport; Beech and Chadwick, The Business of Sport Management; Beech and Chadwick, The Marketing of Sport). Our other publications also include Hamil , Michie and Oughton ( eds ) A Game of Two Halves? The Business of Football, Hamil , Michie , Oughton and Warby ( eds ) Football in the Digital Age: Whose Game is it Anyway ?, Hamil , Michie , Oughton and Warby ( eds ) The Changing Face of the Football Business: Supporters Direct.
Combining specialist taught courses on the principles and practice of sport management, strategic sport marketing, and the economics and governance of sport with general training in management, business organization, strategy and research methods, the programmes provide a solid grounding in the most important aspects of sport business management.
Students also complete a dissertation on an aspect of the sport industry or football and will be supervised by a member of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre.
We are proud of our success in helping our graduates to find work in sport and football. Some examples of organizations of the organizations in whichsome of our ex-students are now working include FIFA, the FA, Coca Cola League clubs, sponsorship consultants and local authority sports partnerships.
Programme Structures
Programme structure for MSc / PgDip:
Compulsory modules:
Principles of Organization and Management
Research Methods in Management I
Sport Business Management and the Football Industry
Strategic Sports Marketing and the Football Industry
The Economics and Governance of Professional Football
Plus one optional modules (from a selection of management modules).
Plus 15,000-word dissertation (MSc only).
Programme structure for MSc by Research:
Compulsory modules:
Research Methods in Management I
Research Methods in Management II
Sport Business Management and the Football Industry ~
Strategic Sports Marketing and the Football Industry
The Economics and Governance of Professional Football
Plus a 20,000-word dissertation.
Programme structure for MRes:
Compulsory modules:
Research Methods in Management I
Research Methods in Management II
Plus two modules from:
Sport Business Management and the Football Industry
Strategic Sports Marketing and the Football Industry
The Economics and Governance of Professional Football
Plus a 25,000-word dissertation.
The Business of the Sports Seminar Series
In addition to the prescribed course material for the programme students are advised to attend the Business of Sports seminar series. This runs weekly in term time on Wednesday evenings. It is designed to provide a forum for debate on key management challenges facing the sports industries amongst academics researching the sector, professional managers in the industry, and students on the postgraduate Sports Management & the Business of Football programme.
Details of the seminar programme can be found at:
www.sportbusinesscentre.com