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About Football Industries MBA in University of Liverpool

The MBA Football Industries (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 sport 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 MBA programme for you.

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 to encourage a deeper understanding, 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 training for the industry, 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, English clubs are accessible as laboratories for students to put theory into practice.

Career prospects

Where It Takes You

• The MBA programme is rated second in the UK for opening up career opportunities (The Economist ‘Which MBA?’ 2017 Ranking)
• 97% of MBA graduates surveyed who were actively seeking employment received a job offer within 3 months
• The average salary increase of those students surveyed was 74%

FIMBA is at the centre of one of the best existing global networks in the football industry, with alumni working for the top football/sports clubs, governing bodies, media and commercial organisations in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa.

Some of our most recent graduates are now working in:

• UEFA
• AEG Europe
• Asian Football Confederation
• The [English] Football League
• Scottish Professional Football League
• Chinese Football Association
• Manchester City FC
• Celtic FC
• Liverpool FC
• Santos Laguna [Mexico]
• BATE Borisov [Belarus]
• FC Bayern Munich
• FC Seoul [South Korea]
• FC Colo-Colo [Chile]
• Gremio FBPA [Brazil]
• Nike
• Adidas
• Octagon
• European Broadcasting Union
• Rugby Football Union
• England Netball
• NBA

Academic qualification equivalents

• Successful completion of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with minimum first division (high second division from some universities).

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS:  6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each component.
• TOEFL iBT: 88 overall with 20-Listening, Writing, Reading, 22-Speaking.
• PTE:  62 with minimum scores of 51 in each component.

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