Business with Sport Science Maynooth University

Overview

Key facts

• The sports, exercise and well-being sector is one of the largest service industries in Ireland and globally. Ranging from small to large enterprises, many are run by sports professionals. These businesses need graduates who can understand both the science and practicalities of the sports and exercise sector, and the fundamentals of how to create value and make a profit - via services and solutions that meet a variety of customers.

• This programme provides students with the unique option of combining Business with sports related content - from practical exercise skills to the science behind human performance and well-being.

• In third year, students have an opportunity to undertake an accredited work placement (subject to availability), in Ireland or abroad, which gives students a chance to put learning into practice and which significantly improves employability upon graduation. 

Career Options

Graduates of the Business with Sport Science programme from Maynooth University typically join large multinational employers in graduate programmes, public service, or in small and medium sized organisations where you are able to work on contributing to the businesses, domestically and globally. The addition of sports science will allow graduates to access opportunities in the sports and exercise market. That could be from small local enterprises to large companies that operate sporting enterprises or that supply services to the sports, exercise and health sectors.

Many of the students continue to further postgraduate study in a very wide range of Business subjects at Maynooth University.