The Department of Sports Organization and Management belongs to the School of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences of the University of Peloponnese and its mission is:

• To promote knowledge in the fields of sport science and the organization and management of sport institutions.
• To provide students with the necessary skills to ensure their excellent training for a scientific and professional career.
• To organise postgraduate studies leading to the training of scientists with specialised knowledge in specific subjects of the department.
• to contribute to the production of scientists capable of undertaking the organisation and management of sporting events, bodies and businesses at national and international level.

Sport Management is a modern and evolving discipline that combines business principles and practices with the world of Sport. Indicatively, it includes the study, planning, organisation, management and implementation of sporting events and activities, as well as the management of sports teams, organisations, facilities and programmes. It also includes activities such as marketing, sponsorship, financial management, finance, legal support, facilities management, event and volunteer management, and strategic planning within sport. Essentially, it is the application of business and management principles to the sports industry.

Upon completion of their studies, our graduates are expected to have the skills for:

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Project planning and management
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism and sensitivity to gender issues
• Respect for the natural environment
• Adaptation to new situations
• Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility
• Decision making
• Autonomous work
• Exercise criticism and self-criticism
• Teamwork
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
• Work in an international environment
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Generation of new research ideas