FIFA Master anniversary year begins with 25th edition class welcome events in the UK

Students selected from around the world to be part of the 25th anniversary edition of the FIFA Master were welcomed by representatives from CIES and the course partner universities during a special opening ceremony held in glorious English summer sunshine at De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester, on Monday 16th September. 

CIES Director and IOC Executive Board Member, Prof. Denis Oswald was joined by CIES Council of Foundation President, Pierre Cornu, along with Scientific Directors from DMU, SDA Bocconi and the University of Neuchâtel for a busy day of induction sessions with the new postgraduates.

This was the first-time members of the course Scientific Committee had met since it was announced earlier in the month that the FIFA Master had been ranked as the No.1 course in Europe for the twelfth time by the global SportBusiness Postgraduate course rankings. 

The opening module for the students will be provided by DMU’s International Centre for Sports History and Culture as the class begin the Humanities of Sport module of the FIFA Master. This will be followed by the second module in Sports Management held at the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milano. Then finally, the class will move again for the Sports Law module at the University of Neuchâtel Law Faculty in Switzerland. Overall co-ordination is provided by the Centre International d’Etude du Sport (CIES) and the course is endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 

The new class includes candidates from countries such as Malawi, Japan, Italy, Poland, USA, New Zealand, India, Brazil, Colombia, Switzerland, Cameroon, South Africa, Nigeria, Peru, Germany, France and Australia.  

The official welcome event programme included an evening drinks reception held on the lawns of Trinity House where the students were joined by De Montfort University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Katie Normington and other senior DMU Executives. 

The CIES, De Montfort University, SDA Bocconi School of Management and the University of Neuchâtel congratulate all members of the new 25th edition class on the gaining a place on the programme and in what will be a special anniversary year. 

Welcome to our new students Marco, Tomasz, Michael, Liam, Geny, Marko, Rudolf, Gina, Gregory, Ryan, Simon, Lace, Daniela, Dhananjay, Risa, Antonia, Thiago, Blandina, Joshua, Nicolas, Vitor, Julian, Tristan, Phillip and Jake. We wish you every success as you begin your course studies with us. 

FIFA Master - International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport, ranked Europe's No.1 course a record 12 times by SportBusiness.

Organised by CIES in partnership with De Montfort University (UK), SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy) and the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).