The World Academy of Sport is the trusted education partner in world sport, providing education solutions and establishing sustainable long term partnerships for the benefit of sport and partner organisations.

Offering a range of products to athletes, event organisers and administrators, the World Academy of Sport is creating a centre of excellence in order to deliver world class education programmes to the global sporting community.

Through the provision of internationally recognised qualifications in association with International Sporting Federations, the World Academy of Sport Athlete Centre offers a gold standard service to all athletes to assist them in their sporting and educational development.

The Executive Centre runs programmes ranging from short course residential modules, through to the highly coveted Global MBA for Sport and Major Events.  The Executive Centre, housed in the prestigious Manchester Business School, combines the expertise of top academics, with world class industry practitioners to deliver relevant and practical business learning modules.

The World Academy of Sport has also created partnership Academies with several International Sporting Federations, the FIS Academy (FIS), the UCI Academy (UCI), the IRB Administrators Academy (IRB), the Netball Academy (IFNA) and the FIBA Academy (FIBA). These trusted Academies provide essential continuing professional development to their International Federation partners, their member athletes and executives all over the world.

If your organisation is looking for a more tailored approach to learning - specific to your organisational needs - then the World Academy of Sport can work closely with your organisation to deliver bespoke educational programmes. These closed programmes  combine the strengths of both the World Academy of Sport and Manchester Business School, resulting in a truly dynamic blend of applied industrial experience with academic underpinning that can be delivered anywhere in the world.