The FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sports Management provides training in 6 essential fields of sports management, namely sports event management, finance, communication, management, sports law, marketing/sponsorship. Each of the six modules will comprise approximately 25 hours of teaching and learning activities, to be completed over one academic year. The mode of delivery for 2019-20 will be by way of a block release system where students are required to attend classes at Pillai Institute of Management Studies & Research for a block of eight (8) days (Sunday to Sunday) at three different times in 2019-2020 and a fourth block of five days in March 2020.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Inauguration | 14th September, 2019 |
| Block One | 15th to 22nd September, 2019 |
| Block Two | 10th to 17th November, 2019 |
| Block Three | 12th to 19th January, 2020 |
| Block Four | 24th to 28th March, 2020 |