The Master’s degree in Sport Management is taught by academic staff who have long academic and working careers in fields as varied as sport in local authorities, physical exercise and health, marketing, sport governance, high performance sport and specialist retail. This enhances connections to the community, companies and professionals working in the field, who receive students in the second year of the course so they can produce a dissertation or project.
Academic staff’s research activities are connected to several research and development units, particularly the Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), of which UMAIA (ISMAI) is a founding member, classified as “Very Good” by the Foundation for Science and Technology.