MSc Sport Management at University of Stirling

Programme overview

The MSc Sport Management combines management, marketing and financial skills with specialist knowledge of sport and examines global sport issues such as human rights, the environment and the media, with a placement within sport organisations. Exit awards are a Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma.

Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time (September start) or 21 months (January start) | Intake: January 2027, September 2027, January 2028 | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Seven modules and a dissertation, with management concepts taught in lectures and applied through case studies, plus an optional placement with a sport organisation.

Career pathways

Commercial or voluntary sport organisations, governing bodies and local authorities; graduates have joined organisations including Arsenal FC, Tottenham Hotspur, the International Tennis Federation and the Scottish FA.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A minimum of a second class honours degree or equivalent; applicants without these but with significant relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply. English language (international applicants): IELTS 6.0 with 5.5 in each skill; Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) 169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each sub-skill; Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE) 180 overall with a minimum of 162 in each sub-skill; Pearson Test of English (Academic) 60 overall with a minimum of 59 in each sub-skill; IBT TOEFL 78 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,750 a year (2026/27). Students from the UK and Republic of Ireland; part time rate Source

International applicants: GBP 12,150 a year (2026/27). International (including EU) students; part time rate Source

Intake: January 2027, September 2027, January 2028

Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time (September start) or 21 months (January start)

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