M.Sc.Sports Management
| Study location | Latvia, Riga |
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| Type | Master, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 1.5 or 2 years (120 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | M.Sc. (Professional master’s degree in Sports Management and Qualification as an Organisation Manager) |
| Tuition fee | €6,140 per year |
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| Application fee | €200 one-time |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English TOEFL IBT (score of at least 75); |
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| Other requirements | 1. Entrance examination in English language (only for those who applied to study in English); 2. RISEBA Admissions Test. |
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Overview
The scope of the professional master’s programme in Sports Management is 90 or 120 ECTS credits, which depends on the prior education of the candidate. Courses are organised in modules.
The master’s study programme comprises mandatory courses (Part A and part B) and limited elective courses (Part C). The mandatory Part A includes the preparation and defending of the master’s thesis (30 ECTS credits), internship (39 or 9 ECTS credits) and theoretical study courses (45 ECTS credits).
The limited elective Part C (6 ECTS credits) offers students an opportunity to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge based on their interests, from a selection of courses provided as part of the programme.
Programme structure
The professional master’s study programme in Sports Management will also include the participation of individual research papers by students (published research articles, presentations at scientific conferences) in the research projects of the Latvian Council of Science, and the RISEBA Faculty of Business and Economics.
The programme was developed in consultation and in conjunction with representatives of employers such as the Latvian Olympic Committee, various athletics federations and associations, as well as related study programmes in universities abroad.
The programme is delivered by academic staff experienced both in teaching (including in universities in other countries) and participating in international research, as well as by visiting lecturers and instructors who develop strategies, make and implement decisions in sports federations and institutions as their main field of activity.
Career opportunities
The programme is geared towards preparing top-level managers, experts and specialists in sports management, and improving its quality. Based on the expertise of the instructors of this programme and their experience in research, as well as the inclusion of students in ongoing affairs pertaining to managing sports activities, the programme makes it possible to acquire extensive knowledge and the skills necessary for successfully working at all levels of sports entities, including those operating on a local, EU and international scale. Graduates who successfully meet the requirements for completing their programme and defend their master’s thesis are awarded a professional master’s degree in Sports Management and the qualification of an Organization Manager.
Erasmus+ study mobility
- Any full-time student of the Master’s programme in Sports Management who has completed at least one year of study can go to the Erasmus+ exchange programme.
- A student can go to study for 1 or 2 semesters at one of the RISEBA partner universities. The duration of study mobility is 2-12 months.
- The student does not have to pay for the period spent in the study and practice exchange programme abroad, the tuition fee is covered by the partner university, but the student continues to pay the RISEBA tuition fee. For the period spent abroad during the mobility, the student is awarded an Erasmus+ scholarship to cover transport and accommodation costs.
- Erasmus+ Internship Mobility means that a student can do an internship in one of the companies they are interested in in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries. The student receives an Erasmus+ scholarship for this internship period. The duration of the internship mobility is 2-12 months.