The BBA in Sports and eSports Management in Barcelona (Bachelor of Business Administration) is designed to give students the skills and knowledge they need to compete in the sport industry and related businesses and organizations, by combining specialist teaching about the principles and practice of sport management with general training in management, business administration, strategy and research methods.
The Bachelor in Sports and eSports Management helps students to develop a deeper understanding of management, governance and regulatory issues within the business of sport. Students will regularly complete assignments and case studies on sports management, professional sport clubs and international sport event organization.
While studying for your BBA in Sports and eSports Management in Barcelona, you will learn about sport markets and industries, managing service quality in sport, economics of sport and leisure, management of talent, research methods for sport management, sport management theory and practice, financial management, marketing management, strategic management and more. BBA in Sports and eSports Management in Barcelona students will graduate with the competencies to succeed in Europe and around the world.
Students graduating from GBSB Global with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, additionally obtain Level 4 and Level 5 ATHE Extended Diploma in Management, officially recognized by OFQUAL in the UK, which allows students to complete a top-up year in the leading UK universities and earn a double Bachelors’ degree.

DEGREE
Bachelor of Business Administration in Sports and eSports Management
Extended Diploma in Management awarded by ATHE (OFQUAL UK)
Second Bachelor’s Degree from the UK (An Optional Top-Up Year)*
*Top-up Degree Option at the following UK Universities: Northampton University, University of Derby, University of Worcester, University of Sunderland, Coventry University.

DURATION
3 years
Optional Top-up Year

LANGUAGES
English

LOCATION
Barcelona

ANNUAL INTAKES
OCT | JAN | APR

FORMAT
Full Time | Daytime

TUITION FEES
€8,750
per academic year
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Student Body
Representing More
than 70 Nationalities

Visiting Speakers
Include Experts
from Sport Businesses

Focus on Learning-by-doing
and Teamwork

Practical Visits to
Sport Industry Organizations

An Option to Study
Spanish Language

Multicultural Faculty with
Sport Management Experience
RANKINGS, ACCREDITATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS
Fully accredited by ASIC approved by Ofsted and an affiliate of ENQA

Member and Accredited by the European Council for Business Education

Awarded as a Four Stars Business School by QS Ranking System

The only higher education institution in Spain accredited by Microsoft as a leader in digital education

Ranked as a Leader in Business Education by Newsweek Magazine

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

BE A LEADER:
Learn what it takes to be a global leader and sports manager with the unique skills required to manage talent, attract sponsors, and lead sport events by gaining a Bachelor in Sports and eSports Management in Barcelona.

FOSTER A WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVE:
Gain the aptitude to easily navigate global markets, international and domestic business environment, and the complex legal sector in sport business in Europe and around the world.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
Graduate from a business school in Spain that offers an academic ecosystem that focuses on practicality, hands-on learning, and innovative teaching methods, where students gain a flexible mindset and embrace diversity as well as adopt a personal and professional responsibility towards society.

BUILD A GLOBAL NETWORK:
Gain a BBA in Sports and eSports Management in Barcelona, Spain and benefit from a diverse students body, international faculty, and GBSB Global’s professional associations and relationships across the globe.

GAIN THE TOOLS TO BE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE:
Obtain the hard skills like accounting, operations management, and financial analysis, in addition to developing the increasingly valuable soft skills like communication, people management, leadership, and organizational behavior that will make you more marketable in Europe and in other regions.

EMBRACE INNOVATIONS:
Foster skills in innovation and creativity and gain the capacity to enhance products and services customers need and want.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Earn your BBA in Sports and eSports Management in Barcelona, Spain and gain competencies to work in sports industry. Take advantage of different career services GBSB Global Business School in Barcelona offers to its Bachelor students: from workshops on how to prepare a winning resume and on-campus company presentations to career consulting services.
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Year 1 (60 ECTS)
Core Courses
Customer Relationship Management
Business Environment
Communication Skills
Business Law
Marketing Mix
People in Organizations
Resource Management
Entrepreneurship
Finance for Managers I
Spanish Language & Additional Workshops
Optional Spanish Language (A1)
Year 2 (60 ECTS)
Core Courses
Business Organizations in a Global Context
People Management
Business Ethics
Planning a New Business Venture
Managing Communication
Finance for Managers II
Research Project
Marketing Principles and Practice
Specialization Courses
BBA in Sports and eSports Management
A student will complete three courses corresponding to BBA in Sports and eSports Management specialization.
Year 3 (60 ECTS)
Core Courses
Professional and Career Development
Innovative and Creative Thinking
Corporate Finance
Disruptive Technologies for Innovation and Change
Specialization Courses
BBA in Sports and eSports Management
A student will complete three courses corresponding to BBA in Sports and eSports Management specialization.
BBA Undergraduate Dissertation
The BBA Undergraduate Dissertation allows students to reflect and integrate their learning over their three years of study, and create an original work in an area of their interest related to the major. The BBA Undergraduate Dissertation represents the student’s integration of theoretical constructs drawn from course work, application of theory and the mastery of academic skills.
BBA in Sports and eSports Management Specialization Courses
Digital Marketing Strategy
Talent Management
Sports Analytics
Event Coordination & Sponsoring
Premium Brand Management
Sports Marketing
GBSB Global Business School uses the quarter system where there are four 10 week study periods (or quarters) during the year. Students are expected to attend three quarters, but may attend all four quarters (including summer quarters) to graduate sooner. Summer quarters are available based on the number of students signed up.
STARTING DATES ACADEMIC YEAR 2020- 2021
Our flexible approach to education and unique curricular design allows new students to start their studies in the beginning of each academic quarter. The starting dates for new undergraduate and graduate students are the following:
BBA/MA/MSc Programs
Fall Quarter – September 25, 2020
Winter Quarter – January 11, 2021
Spring Quarter – April 9, 2021
FALL QUARTER
September 2020 - December 2020
Orientation Days
Sept 24-25 (BCN), Sept 25 (MAD)
Pre-Weeks (MBA)
September 14 - 25
WEEK 1
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2
WEEK 2
October 5 - 9
WEEK 3
October 11 - 16
WEEK 4
October 19 - 23
WEEK 5
October 26 - 30
WEEK 6
November 2 - 6
WEEK 7
November 9 - 13
WEEK 8
November 16 - 20
WEEK 9
November 23 - 27
WEEK 10
Nov. 30 - Dec. 4
WEEK 11
December 7 - 11
Defense Week
December 14 - 18
Christmas Holidays
Dec. 19 - Jan. 10
WINTER QUARTER
January 2021 - March 2021
Orientation Day
January 11
WEEK 1
January 11 - 15
WEEK 2
January 18 - 22
WEEK 3
January 25 - 29
WEEK 4
February 1 - 5
WEEK 5
February 8 - 12
WEEK 6
February 15 - 19
WEEK 7
February 22 - 26
WEEK 8
March 1 - 5
WEEK 9
March 8 - 12
WEEK 10
March 15 - 19
WEEK 11
March 22 - 26
Defense Week
Mar. 29 - Apr. 2
Global Study Trip
March 26 (Tentative)
Spring Holidays
Mar. 27 - Apr. 11
SPRING QUARTER
April 2021 - June 2021
Orientation Days
April 9
WEEK 1
April 12 - 16
WEEK 2
April 19 - 23
WEEK 3
Apr. 26 - Apr. 30
WEEK 4
May 3 - 7
WEEK 5
May 10 - 14
WEEK 6
May 17 - 21
WEEK 7
May 24 - 28
WEEK 8
May 31 - June 4
WEEK 9
June 7 - 11
WEEK 10
June 14 - 18
WEEK 11
June 21 - 25
Defense Week
Jun 28 - Jul 2
Graduation Ceremony
July 1 (tentative)
Summer Holidays
June 26 - September
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS: December 19 - January 10
SPRING HOLIDAYS 2021: March 27 - April 11
Bank Holidays (Barcelona Campus)
October 2020: 12th: Spain National Day(Statewide)
November 2020: 1st: Todos los Santos(Statewide)
December 2020: 6th: Day of the Constitution(Statewide), 8th: Inmaculada(Statewide), 25th: Christmas(Statewide), 26th: Saint Esteban(Autonomic)
January 2021: 1st: New Year(Statewide), 6th: Reyes(Statewide)
April 2021: 2nd: Friday of Eastern(Statewide), 5th: Monday of Eastern(Autonomic)
May 2021: 1st: Day of workers(Statewide)
June 2021: 24th: Saint John(Autonomic)
August 2021: 15th: Virgin's ascension(Statewide)
REYNALD NAULLEAU
Academic Background
BBA, SKEMA Business School, France
MSc, Strategic Tourism Management, SKEMA Business School/European School of Management, France
Career Experience
CEO & Founder, ZGOAT, France
Area Manager, Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, France
Sales Manager, Louvre Hotels, France
ALBERT BELTRAN I CANGRÒS
Academic Background
PhD in Political Science, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
BA, Political Science and Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Career Experience
Academic Coordinator of Postgraduate Degrees and MBA, EUNCET, Spain
Coordinator of Master Programs, ESERP, Spain
Professor, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Professor, University Camilo Jose Cela, Spain
Professor, International University of Rioja, Spain
RITA RUEFF LOPES
Academic Background
Bachelor Degree, Psychology, ISCTE, Portugal
MA, Human Resources Management and Services, The University of Bolton, UK
PhD, HRM and Organizational behavior, ISCTE, Portugal
Career Experience
Founder, Refugees Aid Barcelona, Spain
Lecturing / Research projects / Master Thesis Coordination, ESADE Business School, Spain
Analyst of NGO Activities, SIGWATCH, Germany
Country Manager, Datamonitor, UK
MOISES ROJAS DONADA
Academic Background
BBA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
MSc, Business Research, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Master Degree, Financial Management and Finance, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Career Experience
Accountant and Financial Consultor, Moises Rojas Gras, Spain
Associate Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Associate Professor, CEA Study Abroad, Spain
Associate Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Manager, Caixa, Spain
Manager, BBVA, Spain
DAVID GAU
Academic Background
MBA, ESCP Business School, France
Bachelor, Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France
Career Experience
Transport, Logistics & Sustainable Mobility Director, Greenflex, Spain
Director of Business Development, Proconseil, France
Business Development – Smart Energy Management & Supply Chain, Solidar Energies, France
JORDI FERNANDEZ ROYO
Academic Background
BA, Business Economics, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
BA, Business Economics, ESADE Business School, Spain
Postgraduate Degree, Digital Marketing, Ramon Llull University, Spain
MBA, Marketing, ESADE Business School, Spain
PhD, Management Sciences in Corporate Marketing and Corporate Strategy, Ramon Llull University, Spain
Career Experience
Deputy Director of Strategic Marketing, Schneider Electric, France
Coordinator of Marketing, EUNCET Business School, Spain
Consulting Partner, Marketing Consulting Agency, Spain
XAVIER AROLA PÉREZ
Academic Background
Bachelor Degree, Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Master Degree, Finance and Banking, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Master Degree, Economics and International Finance, Universitat De Barcelona, Spain
PhD, IESE, Spain
Career Experience
CEO and Partner, El Cep i La Nansa Edicions, SL., Spain
CEO, the Catalan Heritage Agency (Departament of Culture – Government of Catalunya), Spain
CEO, Equipaments I Edificis De Catalunya, SA. (EECAT), Spain
Senior Consultant, Cultural & Green and Energy Efficiency Investments Consultancy, Spain
Financial Analyst, Institut Català de Finances, Spain
AMJAD ALI KHAN
Academic Background
PGCE in Business & Economics Education, University of London, UK
Qualified as a Stockbroker for the London Stock Exchange
MSc, Economic History, London School of Economics, UK
BA (Hons), Business Economics, Kingston University, UK
Career Experience
Private Client Equity Analyst, Stockbroker, Hythe Securities, UK
Business Development Executive, Openmobile, UK
Economic Research Assistant, Focus Economic Research, UK
TO BE QUALIFIED FOR ADMISSION TO BBA IN SPORTS AND ESPORTS MANAGEMENT IN BARCELONA, YOU MUST:

The entry profile should include one of the following:
- A GCE Advanced level profile with achievement in 2 or more subjects supported by 5 or more GCSEs at grades C and above
- Other related level 3 subjects
- Other equivalent international qualifications (high school diploma)

Have a high level of English language

Complete all required forms for admission and submit all required documents
Registration Fee (Paid Annually for Every Academic Year of the Program)
200 EUR
Administrative Fee (Paid Annually for Every Academic Year of the Program)
950 EUR
Tuition Fee for One Academic Year (60 ECTS Credits)
8,750 EUR
Tuition Fee per Quarter (20 ECTS credits)
2,917 EUR
Tuition Fee per Academic Credit (1 ECTS credit)
165 EUR
(Visiting students)
Payment Conditions:
Minimum Advanced Tuition Payment (EU Students)
4,950 EUR
Due at the time of program acceptance
Minimum Advanced Tuition Payment (Non-EU Students)
4,950 EUR
Due at the time of program acceptance and a requirement to send visa documents
The remaining Tuition Fees are due the first Friday (Week 1) of the program.
Bachelor´s Program Duration: 9 Quarters = 3 Academic Years
A discount may be applied if the student choses to pay
the full amount at the time of program acceptance.
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If payments are not paid by the deadlines, a penalty fee of 5% of the remaining tuition amount will be charged.
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Payment are accepted by bank transfer or PayPal (commission charges apply).
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Program fees do not include accommodation, flights, insurance or program materials.
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Students who wish to participate in Global Study Trips may do so by paying additional fees.