Master of Business Administration (Football Industries)

The Football Industries MBA (FIMBA) programme is the original, and still the only, Football Industries MBA. As an MBA programme, it has the real business focus that management positions in modern sports demand. Focusing on the professionalism and business of the beautiful game, if you want to work in the global football industry — with clubs, governing bodies or related marketing, media and sponsorship companies — this is the programme for you. The Football Industries MBA features in the top 30 global and top 5 EuropeanSportBusiness postgraduate course rankingsfor 2025. The core elements of the programme — leadership, strategy, organisations, innovation, international business and the global environment, entrepreneurship and managing financial resources — are delivered in concentrated blocks with a strong emphasis on interactive teaching and learning. The specialist football modules apply business concepts to modern football. You’ll gain a critical awareness of issues in football management, finance and law. Crucially, you’ll receive vocational industry training, including the Becoming a Football Executive module and Sports Operations Management module. The broader skills you’ll acquire include analysis, problem-solving, creativity and decision-making. The Becoming a Football Executive module will also strengthen your career management skills and hone your interpersonal communication abilities. Based in Liverpool, the football hotbed of the North-west of England, clubs are accessible as laboratories for students to put theory into practice. If you already hold an MBA or are working in the industry and would like to study the football-specific modules only, we offer aCertificate in Business Administration(Football Industries). Our Football Industries MBA programme is designed to achieve your career goals within the football and sports industry, whether to: We’re offering 50% tuition fee discounts for our Football Industries MBA programmes for students starting in Sep

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no component below 6.0

International students: Full-time place, per year - £35,500

UK students: Full-time place, per year - £28,000

UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £28,000

International: Full-time place, per year - £35,500

28 September 2026

Rolling admissions - apply early

• Liverpool, United Kingdom