BSc (Hons) Sports Business Management at Edge Hill University

Programme overview

Fuel your passion for sport and develop the skills needed to kickstart your career and shape the future of sport. Our Sports Business Management degree combines innovation, marketing, data analytics, and event leadership through tailored learning, aligned to your career aspirations. It is designed to help you see theory in practice through work experience opportunities and gives you the skills and know-how to implement and manage local, national and international sports businesses, programmes and events.

What you will study

In Year 1, we’ll help you develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to succeed throughout the course. Discover how sport and physical activity can combine with key management and leadership skills. We’ll introduce you to the key themes of the sports management degree which include the organisation and management of sport, business management in sport, leadership, health and wellbeing. Compulsory modules include Introduction to Critical Thinking for Sports Research; Introduction to Leadership in Sport Management; Introduction to Organisation and Administration of Sport and Physical Activity; Introduction to Sport, Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles; Introduction to Sport Management and Finance; Introduction to Data Analytics; Event Management 1; Managing Health Behaviour Change Through Sport and Physical Activity; Research Methods; Working with Diverse Populations.

Career pathways

Following graduation, you’ll be qualified to work in management, both in sport and other occupational settings such as health and wellbeing, and business and management. You may wish to look for jobs roles such as: Some graduates go on to study for their PGCE and follow the path into teaching, or decide to carry on with their studies and complete a postgraduate course.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Example offer: BCC-BBC (A Level) or DMM (BTEC)104-112 UCAS Tariff points. Typical offer 104-112 UCAS Tariff points, preferably to include Physical Education, Sports Studies or a Science subject. A related subject, including Business and Management, Sociology or Social Science, would also be welcomed. If you accept a formal offer from Edge Hill University you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that you meet the mandatory criteria of ‘Clearance to Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults’. Further information will be sent to you after you have firmly accepted an offer. BTEC Extended Diploma (or combination of BTEC QCF qualifications) Distinction, Merit, Merit (DMM). International Baccalaureate (IB) We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points. Subject-specific requirements at Higher Level (HL) Grade 5 may apply. Access to Higher Education Diploma 45 credits at Level 3, for example 9 credits at Distinction and 36 credits at Merit or 15 credits at Distinction and 30 credits at Merit.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). UK Full-Time tuition fee Source

International applicants: GBP 14,500 a year (2026/27). International tuition fee Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/course/sports-business-management/

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