INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT
We are now accepting applications for the 6th Edition (Batch of 2024-25) of the PILLAI/FIFA/CIES International Programme in Sports Management that will commence on 31st August 2024. You can access the application page by clicking here. Only a few seats are available. Please apply asap in case you are interested.
Soroptimist Welfare Association (an NGO that works for the welfare of girls and women) has partnered with Pillai Institute of Management Studies and Research to offer scholarships to needy and meritorious female candidates for this course. For more details click here.
FIFA (World’s Governing body of Football) along with CIES (International Centre for Sports Studies) established the FIFA/CIES University Network in the year 2004 ‘to give students the broadest possible vision of management in modern sports’. Today, FIFA/CIES has an established network for conducting their executive sports management programme in 17 different countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Central America, as well as in the Caribbean, the Middle East and Europe. India was the 16th country on the global map to have such a programme and 1st in South and East Asia to get authorization for running such an initiative.
Who is the FIFA/CIES International Programme intended for?
Managers and individuals working in the sports world on a professional or amateur basis (e.g. national and international federations, continental organisations, NOCs, clubs, regional associations, ministries, municipalities) who are seeking to broaden or refresh their knowledge of sports management.
Professionals from all backgrounds (e.g. legal practitioners, techies, economists, journalists) who wish to start working in sport and become familiar with the specialist aspects of the sports industry.
Young graduates who wish to complement their existing academic training with a specific qualification in the field of sports management.
Inauguration 31st August, 2024 |
Block One runs from 31st August to 8th September, 2024 |
Block Two runs from 16th to 24th November, 2024 |
Block Three runs from 22nd February to 2nd March, 2025 |
Block Four runs from 28th to 31st May, 2025 |
Convocation August / September 2025 |
All 4 blocks mentioned above will be conducted in physical mode at the Pillai Campus in Navi Mumbai with additional online sessions conducted on weekends in between the blocks.
Sale of Application Forms 25th February, 2024 |
Last Date of Submission of Forms along with Statement of Purpose (Final Round) Case-to-Case basis |
Dates of Interviews (Final Round) Case-to-Case basis |
Course Commencement 31st August, 2024 |