Sport and Management

This Sport and Management degree helps you gain the management, social and vocational skills needed to work in the sport and physical activity industry. Start your career as a business-savvy sport professional.

Get thoroughly prepared for a management career in sport and organised physical activity.

Become a business-savvy sport professional

You'll evaluate the contexts of sport and physical activity, challenging ideas and concepts using business and management principles.

You’ll focus on sport and community development, event management, and policy within the context of business, management of services, people, and the sporting environment. The curriculum includes entrepreneurship, human resources, sporting expertise, marketing and service operations.

Along the way you will discover how to critically evaluate information, challenging ideas and concepts using scientifically-based information. We encourage you to show initiative, research and develop your own knowledge, and apply your expertise as much as possible.

Practical focus and work placements

Practical activities help you apply theory to real-life situations. Work placements are a key feature, and employability is embedded throughout. Plus, you can work towards national governing body and industry qualifications.

You’ll get plenty of opportunities to play to your strengths as your interests develop, and graduate equipped able to arrange large events, manage facilities/people, or be a manager within sport organisations.

We arm you with all the skills you need to effect change in a working environment and develop a strong CV. When you graduate you will be ready to join the network of professionals behind the scenes, helping to keep the world of sport and organised physical activity running effectively.

Abertay is Scotland's TOP University for overall student satisfaction in Sport and Exercise (NSS 2023).

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Learning is through a blend of lectures, small group seminars, activity-based practicals and private study.

This includes both face-to-face and online teaching and we provide a flexible approach to study.  Overall, you’ll spend around 12 hours per week attending classes and will be required to undertake an average of 18 hours of independent study a week.

As well as your core learning, you’ll be able to choose several optional modules, allowing you to follow personal interests in both management and sport-based areas. You’ll also be expected to undertake work placements, which will help reinforce the important link between theory and practice.  Additionally, you can also study abroad for one to two semesters during your four years of study.

The range of skills you acquire during the degree will help you develop a comprehensive understanding of the component disciplines of sport and management. Throughout the degree you will be assessed by a combination of exams, essays, reports, practical assessment, presentations and portfolios. The focus will be on assessing your skills and knowledge in the most appropriate way linked to how you would use these abilities in actual employment.