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Can you tell me in detail about the FIFA Master in Management program offered by FIFA Master as I want to apply for the course, please help me with this?

[Kiran Chandar]

The FIFA Master in Management, Law, & Humanities of Sport is a one-year postgraduate sports executive programme that consists of three modules that are taught across three prestigious universities in Europe, and concluding with a final project.

It is organized by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) and is endorsed by FIFA. It was created in 2000 to promote a managerial culture within the sports industry, with the aim to develop the skills of aspiring managers so that they can take on the complex challenges of this industry.

Programme and Structure

The three modules and the respective universities at which they are taught are:

1. Humanities of Sport –
The first term is taught at the International Centre for Sport History and Culture (ICSHC) at the De Montfort University, Leicester.
The Humanities of Sport modules address the birth of modern sport, professionalisation and internationalisation of sport and sport ethics.

2. Sport Management –
The second term is taught at the SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, one of Europe's most prestigious business schools.
This term addresses the area of Sports Management and covers topics such as finance, marketing, organization and governance, strategy, business planning, and event management, applied to the context of sport.

3. Sport Law –
The third and final term is taught at the Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, whose Law Faculty is one of the top law faculties in Switzerland.
This term addresses the area of Sports Law and focuses, in particular, on the organisation of world sport, the legal aspect of events, dispute resolution in sport and ethical issues.

The Final Project - is seen as an opportunity for postgraduates to conduct original research, demonstrate creativity and independent thinking, as well as to develop and defend their ideas.

Working in small research team, postgraduates develop an inter-disciplinary research project with reference to the course themes of Management, Law and the Humanities of Sport.

The final work, which is expected to have an applicable nature to issues faced in world sport, is presented to a specially invited audience of industry and academic experts during a special conference event in Neuchâtel.

Previous Final Projects have been implemented directly by sports organizations or by course Alumni in the sports industry.