Why study Sport and Management at Abertay?
Start your career as a business-savvy professional helping to run the world of sport and physical activity. This Sport and Management degree helps you gain the management, social and vocational skills needed to work in the sport and physical activity industry.
Get thoroughly prepared for a management career in sport and organised physical activity.
You’ll evaluate the contexts of sport and physical activity, challenging ideas and concepts using business and management principles. We encourage you to show initiative, research and develop your own knowledge, and apply your expertise as much as possible.
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. This includes entrepreneurship, human resources, sporting expertise, marketing and service operations.
You’ll graduate equipped with everything you need to arrange large events, manage facilities/people, or provide direction within sport organisations.
Work placements and embedded employability
You’ll get plenty of opportunities to play to your strengths as your interests develop.
Work placements are a key feature, and employability is embedded throughout. Practical activities and work placements help you apply theory to real-life situations. Plus, you can work towards national governing body and industry qualifications.
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.