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Kick off the World Cup at Liverpool

Our unique Management School courses and research reflect Liverpool's world-renowned passion for football. Learn how we're preparing for the World Cup and making waves in the exciting worlds of football and sports, and explore how you can get involved.

The home of the Football Industries MBA

Kick-off your career as an executive in the beautiful game with our Football Industries MBA (FIMBA). This is the only course of its kind, and you can study here in Liverpool or online.

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Football Industries MBA

FIMBA offers a real-world, business-focused approach to help you excel in management positions in the exciting world of sports.

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Football Industries MBA (Online)

If studying in Liverpool isn't an option for you, you can join our FIMBA programme online. It's the same innovative course, tailored to fit your lifestyle.

Learn about the global business of sports

These courses will prepare you for a fascinating career in the world of sports business. Our pioneering research is embedded in our programmes, and we’ve consulted with top employers, including Liverpool and Everton Football Clubs, to design them.

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Sports Business and Management MSc

Delve into the global sports business world and learn sports marketing and sponsorship, sports operations and events, and leadership in sport.

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Sports Business and Analytics MSc

Develop an in-depth understanding of sports as a global business and the role that analytics plays in critical decision-making.

Sports research with real-world impact

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The goal of our Centre for Sports Business is to advance knowledge and practice in the business of sport. It's a leading research hub that generates practical insights to support best practice and decision-making across a variety of sports.

With a multidisciplinary team of experts, the Centre helps advance knowledge and practice in a wide range of areas. This includes regulatory changes in football governance, gambling and match fixing. The Centre also builds predictive models based on team and players' performance analytics and provides advice to tackle gender equality in football boards.

The Centre provides consultancy services to sports organisations, governing bodies and commercial partners, such as the Premier League, UEFA, Everton Football Club, and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, to help them address strategic, operational and market development challenges.

Find out more about the Centre for Sports Business research.

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Hear from our graduates and students

Graduates from our specialist courses have progressed to interesting careers in sports and business. Current students discuss how their studies are enriching their personal and professional lives. Read their stories to get an idea of how our courses could help you fulfil your dreams. 

Read their inspiring stories
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Predicting World Cup results with ground-breaking technology

Who will win the World Cup 2026? That's a question Professor Ian McHale and Dr Benjamin Holmes are trying to answer using the latest machine learning technologies. Having successfully built a model to predict the Euro 2024 results, the team are refining their work to predict this year's big results. 

Learn more about Ian and Benjamin's World Cup predictions work Read about the Euro 2024 predictions

Guided by a titan of the football industry

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With an impressive background as a football executive and consultant, Dr Rick Parry is part of the University’s Foundation Leadership Team and Chairman of the Management School’s Liverpool Advisory Board.

Rick’s career includes top roles in UK football. He became the first Premier League Chief Executive Officer in 1991 and worked as a Chief Executive at Liverpool FC from 1997 to 2009. He's also worked on a variety of international consultancy projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, the United States and Mexico.

At the Management School, Rick leads a group of industry experts who help us design high-quality programmes in line with employers’ demands. He shares his vast expertise with our Football Industries MBA students.

We're proud to work with Rick and other leaders in sports and business. It helps provide our students with the necessary skills and experience to embark on fulfilling careers after graduation

Find out more about our Advisory Board. 

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Get your football boots on

We don't just study football, we play too. During your studies, you can join one of our football teams to meet new people while keeping fit, having fun, and exercising your passion for football.

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