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Master's Degree Programme in Sport Business Management: Part-time studies

Code: YHS2025SS

Degree:
Master of Business Administration

Degree title:
Master of Business Administration

Credits:
90 ects

Duration:
3 years (90 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2025

Teaching language:
English

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 Autumn 2026 Spring 2027 Autumn 2027 Spring 2028 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026 1. / 2026 2. / 2027 3. / 2027 1. / 2027 2. / 2028 3. / 2028
YHS2025SS-1001
SUSTAINABLE SPORT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

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30
YH00CB52 International Sport Events and Tourism 5 5 5 5
YH00CK56 Economics and Finance in Sport 5 5 5 5
YH00CK57 Strategic Management in Sport 5 5 5 5
YH00CK58 Sport Entrepreneurship and Innovations 5 5 5 5
YH00CB53 Sport Marketing and Sales 5 5 5 5
YZZZV200 Professional Development 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
YHS2025SS-1002
MANAGEMENT

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10
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5 5 5 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5 5 5 5
YHS2025SS-1003
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5 5 5 5
OPTIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5 5 5 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5 5 5 5
YHS2025SS-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

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30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7 2 5 2 2 3 2 2 3
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3 3 3 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10 3 7 3 4 3 3 4 3
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10 10 3 7 3 7
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YHS2025SS-1005
ELECTIVE STUDIES

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10
YH00CB54 Sport Venue Management 5 5 5 5
YH00CB55 Legal Issues in Sport 5 5 5 5
YH00CK59 EASM Student Seminar 5 5 5 5
YH00CK62 Global Leadership and Culture 5
YHSW0120 Sport Injury Prevention and Promotion of a Healthy Active Lifestyle 5
YHSW0140 Participation and Inter-Disciplinary Management in Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy 5
YHS2025SS-1006
INTEGRATION TO FINLAND

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0 - 10
ZZ00CK40 Finland Works 2 2 2 2
ZZ00CK41 Future of Work 2 2 2 2
ZZ00CK42 Design a Meaningful Career 2 2 2 2
ZZ00CD04 Finnish 1 4 4 4 4
BI00BB21 Finnish 2 5 5 5 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)

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0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YHS2025SS-1007
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 0)

0
YHS2025SS-1008
EUDRES

(Choose 10)

0 - 10
Total 90 50 47 18 27 23 21 26 7 11 27 23 0 21 26 0 7 11 0

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Master’s degree: The shared competences 2023-2027

Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Makes decisions taking individual, communal and societal perspectives into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Professional Development
Human Resource Management
Financial management
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
EASM Student Seminar
Finnish 1
Finnish 2
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods.
− Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment.

Economics and Finance in Sport
Strategic Management in Sport
Sport Entrepreneurship and Innovations
Financial management
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Sport Venue Management
Finland Works
Future of Work
Design a Meaningful Career
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in their own field.

International Sport Events and Tourism
Sport Marketing and Sales
Human Resource Management
EASM Student Seminar
Finnish 1
Finnish 2
Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions.
- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work communit.

International Sport Events and Tourism
Strategic Management in Sport
Sport Entrepreneurship and Innovations
Human Resource Management
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Sport Venue Management
Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goal-oriented, continuous learning in their community.

Economics and Finance in Sport
Professional Development
Financial management
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Finland Works
Future of Work
Design a Meaningful Career
Finnish 1
Finnish 2
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work community.

Sport Marketing and Sales
Human Resource Management
Research-based Development
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Legal Issues in Sport
Finnish 1
Finnish 2
Not grouped
Global Leadership and Culture
Sport Injury Prevention and Promotion of a Healthy Active Lifestyle
Participation and Inter-Disciplinary Management in Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy

Code Name Credits (cr)
YHS2025SS-1001
SUSTAINABLE SPORT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

(Choose all)

30
YH00CB52 International Sport Events and Tourism 5
YH00CK56 Economics and Finance in Sport 5
YH00CK57 Strategic Management in Sport 5
YH00CK58 Sport Entrepreneurship and Innovations 5
YH00CB53 Sport Marketing and Sales 5
YZZZV200 Professional Development 5
YHS2025SS-1002
MANAGEMENT

(Choose all)

10
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YHS2025SS-1003
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all)

10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
OPTIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YHS2025SS-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

(Choose all)

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YHS2025SS-1005
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 10)

10
YH00CB54 Sport Venue Management 5
YH00CB55 Legal Issues in Sport 5
YH00CK59 EASM Student Seminar 5
YH00CK62 Global Leadership and Culture 5
YHSW0120 Sport Injury Prevention and Promotion of a Healthy Active Lifestyle 5
YHSW0140 Participation and Inter-Disciplinary Management in Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy 5
YHS2025SS-1006
INTEGRATION TO FINLAND

(Choose 10)

0 - 10
ZZ00CK40 Finland Works 2
ZZ00CK41 Future of Work 2
ZZ00CK42 Design a Meaningful Career 2
ZZ00CD04 Finnish 1 4
BI00BB21 Finnish 2 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)
0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YHS2025SS-1007
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 0)

0
YHS2025SS-1008
EUDRES

(Choose 10)

0 - 10