In partnership with the Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (acb)
MBA in Sports Business & LawThe MBA in Sports Business & Law at Centro de Estudios Garrigues will allow you to acquire in-depth knowledge of the management and administration of sports entities, enabling you to develop a successful professional career in the sports industry.
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MBA in Sports Business & Law

The MBA in Sports Business & Law at Centro de Estudios Garrigues, offered in partnership with the Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB), will equip you with in-depth knowledge of the management and administration of sports entities, enabling you to develop a successful professional career in the sports industry.

Thanks to the leading professionals who make up the faculty of excellence of our MBA in Sports Business & Law and its eminently practical methodology, all theoretical aspects are illustrated with real-life examples that will give you a better understanding of each issue analysed in class.

StartOctober 2024
Mode of deliveryIn-person
Mode of studyFull Time
LanguageEnglish
Duration9 months

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In partnership with the Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB)

Our Master's Degree in Sports Management, in collaboration with the ACB, will bring you closer to the reality of sports club management, competition management, federations, governmental sports institutions and companies in the industry.

Why study our MBA in Sports, Business and Law?

Specialization: Management and Direction of Sports Entities

You will obtain a deep and complete vision of all the specialties related to sports management and direction of entities linked to sports.

Faculty of Excellence

The program has a faculty of professors who are professionally dedicated to sports management and are the top references in each of the specialties.

Visits to Central Offices and Attendance at Events

Throughout the course of our Master in Sports Management you will visit the offices of the main national sports institutions.

Practical Training

The learning has an eminently practical methodology that will allow you a total immersion in the business environment recreating real situations of today's corporate world. You will apply the knowledge acquired to the complex professional practice.

International Sports Week

International experience

As a student on this programme, you will enjoy an international experience that consists of a one-week period in Switzerland, the heart of major sporting institutions like FIFA, UEFA, CAS, etc. You will learn more about how the main sporting events are managed and the legal procedures related to sport.

What will you learn?

The MBA in Sports Business & Law gives you a 360-degree view of all business areas within the sports industry:

  • clubs, competitions, and sports facilities;
  • audio-visual and sports branding rights;
  • player transfers and agents;
  • sporting events and project management.

Our MBA in Sports Business & Law is designed for professionals with an undergraduate degree who want to move into positions of responsibility in the sports industry. It introduces students to the realities of managing sports clubs, competitions, associations, government bodies, and companies involved in the sports industry.

Programme presentation

Career opportunities

Boost your career with cross-disciplinary training

  • Sports club management: Managing a club requires knowledge of strategy, marketing, human resources, and technology. That is why the industry needs qualified professionals to optimise management
  • Sports event management: Many event management companies are diversifying into other sports because they already have the production teams and still need sports managers to grow.
  • Sports strategy advice: Private companies, clubs, and resorts are increasingly looking for support to optimise and implement management tools that can help them become more profitable and offer a better experience.
  • Public administration and associations: There are also sports management positions in public administration.

HyFlex model of academic learning for excellence

Thanks to our faculty of leading professionals and the latest technology applied to education, learning opportunities are increased exponentially with an eminently practical approach that allows for real immersion in professional practice.

You will learn through integrated practical analysis (API), tackling the analysis and resolution of complex cases that, based on real situations, affect very different areas of knowledge. The aim is to build global solutions that integrate all the aspects involved. You will also participate in simulated environments where you will learn to handle situations similar to those you will encounter in professional practice, always accompanied by a faculty made up of leading professionals in their field.

What do people think of our MBA in Sports Business & Law?

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The MBA arose from an in-depth analysis of the need and market demand for an entirely unique course focusing on sports industry issues. The findings of this analysis spurred us to create a training program, characterized by absolute technical rigor, that will enable students to effectively gain a clear and accurate view of key issues in the sports industry from a management standpoint, through a balanced combination of theory and practical application.
Félix Plaza

Director of MBA in Sports, Business & Law

Partner at Garrigues and President of Centro de Estudios Garrigues.

The MBA arose from an in-depth analysis of the need and market demand for an entirely unique course focusing on sports industry issues. The findings of this analysis spurred us to create a training program, characterized by absolute technical rigor, that will enable students to effectively gain a clear and accurate view of key issues in the sports industry from a management standpoint, through a balanced combination of theory and practical application.
Félix Plaza

Director of MBA in Sports, Business & Law

Partner at Garrigues and President of Centro de Estudios Garrigues.

Find out all there is to know about the MBA in Sports Business & Law

Curriculum

1. The sports industry and institutions

  • Sports Institutions
  • Women and Sports
  • Sports and digitalisation: technologies, business and law

2. Strategic management in the sports industry

  • Strategic planning in the sports industry
  • The business of sports clubs and competitions
  • The business of sports facilities
  • The business of sports events and project management
  • The business of player transfers and agents
  • The business of sports bets
  • The business of sports trademarks

3. Financial management in the sports industry

  • Analysis of financial information
  • Economic control & financial fair play
  • Sports club acquisitions

4. Legal aspects of sport

  • Sports companies and corporate governance
  • Labor law aspects of the sports industry
  • Taxation in sports
  • Legal aspects of player transfers
  • Specific sports legislation

5. Marketing, sales management and sports sponsorship

  • Sports Marketing
  • Sports sponsorship management
  • Legal aspects of marketing, advertising and digital communication in the sports industry

6.People management: RR.HH. and management skills

  • Strategic HR management in a sports club
  • Management skills

7. Conferences (25 hours)

International Sports Week

A world-class faculty

It is made up of the most prestigious professors from professional practice, universities, the judiciary, public administrations and the most important companies and institutions.

Félix Plaza
Chairman of Centro de Estudios Garrigues, co-director of the MBA in Sports Business & Law, and director of the Executive Programme in Sports Business Administration (SBA)
Antonio Martín
Co-director of the MBA in Sports Business & Law

Admission process

The admission process to study at Centro de Estudios Garrigues is open all year round, although enrolment in any of our programmes is subject to availability and suitability of the applicant’s profile for the programme in question. To complete the process, please follow these simple steps:

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Applicant profile

Holders of an undergraduate degree in law, economics, business sciences, marketing and communication, sports sciences, or others, who want to move into positions of responsibility in the sports industry.

Scholarships, awards, and financing

Additional information

Duration

  • October intake (October 2024 to June 2025)
  • Morning schedule

Tuition fees and ECTS credits

  • Tuition fees for the 2024/25 academic year: €26,000
  • Total ECTS credits: 60 ECTS credits