The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak has collaborated with the Ulster University, UK. With this collaboration, students from the Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Management are eligible to obtain a Master’s in Sports Management degree from Ulster University.
Ulster University undertakes the curriculum and courses in IIM-Rohtak to award Master’s degree. Those students who are interested should approach the university and perform an online internship with Ulster University faculty. The internship is in addition to the coursed enrolled in IIM Rohtak, and may go around for a duration of six months.
The institute open its registrations for the two-year executive postgraduate diploma program till July 31. The candidates are selected based on their performance in sports assessment aptitude test and personal interview. CAT will not be conducted. In addition, the candidates should have a bachelor’s degree and must be good at sports. Any other internships or work experience will be an added advantage.
Further, the institute has collaborated in sports management domain from other international universities which includes University of San Francisco, Ulster University (UK), Leeds Becket University (UK), Zurich University (Switzerland), University do Porto (Portugal), British Columbia Institute (Canada), University of New Haven (US), and University of Helsinki (Finland).
The total course fee is kept at a price of Rs 7,15,524 per students. Candidates who have represented India at Asian, commonwealth, or Olympic events, will be given scholarships.
Prof. Dheeraj Sharma, Director, IIM Rohtak was quoted as saying in an official statement, “Sports industry is important and fast-growing. Increasing need to professionalise the sports industry creates the need for sports management professionals. Sport management professionals are expected to deal with various business aspects of sports and recreation. Sport Management program at IIM-Rohtak is expected to produce professionals who have competence in various domains such as sports marketing, sports law, financials of sports, event management, sports infrastructure management, sponsorship, sports organizations, among others.”