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2024-26 Class
FIRST IN-PERSON SESSION – 5 days
Barcelona, Spain
Euroleague Basketball Transfer of Knowledge
from 23 to 27 September 2024
ONLINE MODULE 1 – 5 weeks
Sports Business
October 2024 – November 2024
ONLINE MODULE 2 – 5 weeks
Sports Marketing
November 2024 – December 2024
ONLINE MODULE 3 – 5 weeks
Sports Communication
December 2024 – January 2025
TERM PAPER
Students will have 15 weeks to prepare a scientific-research-applied project, which will be defended in the Term Paper Defense Committee during the second session at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. For each student it will be appointed one Module Leader Supervisor, which will provide consultations during the project.
September 2024 – January 2025
SECOND IN-PERSON SESSION – 5 days
Kaunas, Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University and Zalgiris Kaunas Transfer of Knowledge
from 13 to 17 January 2025
ONLINE MODULE 4 – 5 weeks
Sports Management
January 2025 – February 2025*
*Depending on the second in-person session date
ONLINE MODULE 5 – 5 weeks
Sports Economics and Finance
February 2025 – April 2025*
*Depending on the second in-person session date
ONLINE MODULE 6 – 5 weeks
Sports Law and Governance
April 2025 – May 2025*
*Depending on the second in-person session date
INTERNSHIP
Students will complete an Internship or Project Work where they will apply the knowledge obtained in a sports business context.
January 2025 – May 2025
THIRD IN-PERSON SESSION – 5 days
TBC
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four
Industry Leaders Transfer of knowledge and Battle Session
Battle Session: Students will have to introduce the topic of their research for the Final Master Thesis and discuss it with teachers of the Program to get critique and suggestions.
May 2025
FINAL MASTER THESIS
Students will bring their studies to an end by preparing a Final Master Thesis, adopting modern research methods to solve practical problems in the sports business. For each student it will be appointed one Module Leader Supervisor, which will provide consultations the process of writing their Final Master Thesis.
June 2025 – January 2026
FOURTH IN-PERSON SESSION – 3 or 4 days
Kaunas, Lithuania
Defense of Final Master Thesis during a viva and Diploma Ceremony
January 2026*
*Depending on the 2025-27 Sports Business MBA 2nd In-person Session
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