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University expert certificate in Management Skills and Sports Projects Management

University expert certificate in Management Skills and Sports Projects Management

Pre-enrollment open

Modality
In-person
Languages
Catalan, Spanish
Credits
19
Date
January 2026
Planning
Two mornings a week from 9 am to 1 pm
Location
Blanquerna-URL - Carrer del Císter, 34. 08022 Barcelona
Faculty
School of Psychology, Education and Sport Science

The management of a sports entity goes beyond the practical application of purely instrumental theoretical knowledge, hence the need for us to be trained in leadership skills and strategies that allow us to respond to situations that arise in the heart of these organizations. However, it is essential to be trained in certified tools for project management, which we can apply in events of different magnitude, as well as aimed at various groups.

Degree integrated within the Master's Degree in Management of Sports Organizations and Projects (Sports Management), if in the future the student, once completed this training, decides to continue his training with the MU must consult the conditions and facilities of access with the coordinator of the same.

Syllabus

Module 1. Management skills (3 ECTS)

The team of a project
Lead a project
Leadership
Innovation and change management
Strategies for the expansion of companies in the sports sector

Module 2. Advanced management of sports projects (4 ECTS)

Introduction and certification of project managers
Current methodologies in project direction and management
Towards a specific model of project management and direction in sport
Documentary sources to direct projects in sport

Module 3. Major sporting events (4 ECTS)

Sporting events
Big events as a business opportunity
Challenges in the management of major sporting events
Application phase
Master plan
Operating manual
Funding for major sporting events

Module 4. Socio-educational projects aimed at specific groups (4 ECTS)

Introduction to projects aimed at specific groups
Projects aimed at the elderly
Sports and physical activity projects in the field of social inclusion
Sports intervention projects with foreign immigration
The management of leisure education programs for children and young people
The relationship between the different educational agents (formal, non-formal and informal)
Social inclusion and transformation as a challenge in project management
Aspects to consider in development sports projects
Aspects to be considered in research in the field of sport for development
Solidarity sports projects

Module 5. Sports and nature tourism projects (4 ECTS)

Activities in the natural environment
Territorial development model
Applicant professional profiles in the sector
Training and official qualifications in the field of physical activity and sports in the natural environment
Prevention of risks in the natural environment
Insurance and liability in outdoor activities and events
Sports tourism from the post-Fordist logic
Impacts, limits and challenges in the management of sports tourism
Planning and public policies in sports tourism
Design of sports and active tourism products
The transformation of productive activity in companies of activities in the natural environment
Project development support agents
New technologies applied to the management of sports and active tourism
Case analysis

15% - Descompte Alumni-Blanquerna

Alumni-Blanquerna de qualsevol pla d’estudis associat a una matrícula de pagament prèvia. Només s’ofereix una vegada per a cada tipus de títol diferent on l’alumni es vulgui matricular.

10% a 15% - Descompte a empreses col·laboradores

Empreses amb les quals existeix un conveni de col·laboració formal, sigui de pràctiques o de qualsevol altre model d’associació.

10% - Descompte a institucions universitàries

Professorat, PAS, Estudiants i Alumni d’institucions universitàries amb les quals hi hagi conveni d’estudis/intercanvis, per exemple, Universitat Ramon Llull o Emerson College.

10% - Descompte a col·legis professionals

Amb tots els col·legis professionals amb qui existeixi conveni de col·laboració vigent. S’ha d’acreditar el fet d’estar col·legiat.

Libraries

Libraries

If you need a quiet space to study or to do individual and group work, come to the library! Each school has its own library with computers, workrooms, reading points and an extensive catalog of documents you can consult in both hard copy and digital format.

Computer rooms

Computer rooms

If you have a job or just need a computer, you can go to the computer classrooms or workspaces and use the Macs we have at your disposal.

Chapel

Chapel

The chapel is the right place to find recollection, peace, to focus, to pray and to celebrate the Eucharist weekly and at important liturgical moments (Christmas, Ash Wednesday and Easter). The sacrament of reconciliation is also celebrated.

Academic Secretary

Academic Secretary

The Academic Secretaries of the Blanquerna faculties are the space for students to relate to the processes linked to the registration of official and own courses.

Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE)

Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE)

Would you like to receive information on pre-registration and admissions processes, scholarships and grants or validations? The SIOE is the service you need. Ask for all the information about any of these processes and discover all the possibilities at your fingertips.

Internship service

Internship service

Professional experience is a core part of our methodology. For this reason, we have a broad spectrum of internship agreements to meet the needs and preferences of all students. You will graduate having worked in your industry.

Scholarships and grants service

Scholarships and grants service

At Blanquerna, we put the future within everyone's reach thanks to our scholarships and grant service to start or continue studying at our schools. Financial aid is both internal and external to the university. You will find a wide range of possibilities.

International Mobility Office

Servei de mobilitat i relacions internacionals

International Mobility Office

Going abroad is a unique opportunity to discover the plurality of the world. Aware of the importance of the internationalization of studies, we have established mobility agreements around the world.

Careers

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Careers

This service provides graduates with the necessary means so that they can actively participate in their professionalism and propose optimal candidates to organizations and companies looking for staff.

Job Bank

Job Bank

The leap into the world of work is always a challenge. For this reason, we provide a Job Bank for students and graduates. This service puts students in touch with companies and institutions looking for staff.

Solidarity action

Solidarity action

Solidarity and the struggle for human dignity are values that identify us. Solidarity Action is a volunteer program that our students can join to participate in projects in the Third and Fourth World.

Alumni service

Alumni service

Studying in Blanquerna allows you to be part of our community. Being a college student opens the door to a lot of options for continuing your vocational training beyond your time in the classroom.

Sports service

Sports service

Want to represent the URL in college sports tournaments? You can find a wide range of possibilities for both individual and team sports. To be a student of Blanquerna, you will have a discount at the Can Caralleu and La Salle Sport & Fitness sports complexes.

Personal Guidance Service (SOP)

Personal Guidance Service (SOP)

If you are in a difficult situation in the academic, personal or social field, you can request, free of charge, the personalized attention of the SOP. This is an interdisciplinary team of professionals who will guide you in dealing with the situation.

Faith and Spirituality

Faith and Spirituality

In the three Blanquerna faculties, you will find spaces for reflection isolated from the hustle and bustle dedicated to the celebration of the Faith or cultural and religious animation. If you wish, you can also receive personalized attention and information about church life.

Diversity support

Diversity support

At Blanquerna we promote personal development at all levels to people with a diversity of specific needs from a normalizing context that encourages personal autonomy and uniqueness.

Blanquerna Choir

Blanquerna Choir

If you like music and want to take part in the concerts of institutional events and festivities, sign up for the Blanquerna Choir. There you will meet new friends and enjoy music.

Student representatives

Student representatives

Each class group must elect a representative to put forward concerns or make proposals to the faculty members and academic management. At the same time, each degree must appoint a delegate and each school a representative on the general URL council.

Student Council

Student Council

Contact between students and the university is constant and is channeled through the Student Council, the body that collects proposals and requests from students and facilitates university life.

Language support service

Language support service

Are you studying a foreign language and want to improve your level? Do it at your own pace in the language self-learning classroom. This service offers various teaching resources and materials to practice the language.

Anti-harassment Point

Anti-harassment Point

We’re here to listen! Have you experienced or witnessed any situation of harassment? Do you have any questions about Blanquerna’s equality policy? Would you like to make a proposal or suggestion regarding gender issues? Use this Anti-harassment Point: write to us through the channels you’ll find at the bottom of this page.

Coordination

Dr. Jesús Fortuño. Associate Professor of the Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sports Sciences Blanquerna-URL. Management technician in the Expansion Department of the Syntagmia Group.

Teaching staff

Dr. Sixte Abadia, full professor at the FPCEE Blanquerna-URL.

Dr. Jaume Bantulà, full professor at the FPCEE Blanquerna-URL.

Dr. Xavier Medina, associate professor at the FPCEE Blanquerna-URL.

Dra. Maria Rato, collaborating professor-researcher at the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

Dr. Vicente Gambau, full professor at the Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education of the University of A Coruña.

Iñaki Bustinduy, partner and consultant of H&B Human and Business and associate professor of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management Sant Ignasi-URL.

Joan Montes, sports technical director of the basketball section of Futbol Club Barcelona and national basketball coach in all its categories.

Xavier Esteve, graduate in Business Administration and Management from the Sarrià-URL Chemical Institute and manager of INDESCAT.

Marc Ambit, project management expert and professor at the IDEC Master's in Public and Social Policies, CETT-UB, Toulouse Business School, UAB and UPF.

Xavier Cherta, director of the ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Barcelona 2014 and partner of homeSPOTS.

Marc Caballé, founder and director of Neda el món and Sports Mol.

Ignasi Caballé, managing director of Obrint Via.

Damià Serrano, head of the Barcelona Provincial Council's Tourism Laboratory and coordinator of the Barcelona Tourism Observatory.

Jordi Barrés, director of the company Lapica Trips and Events and associate professor of the FPCEE Blanquerna-URL.

Pre-enrollment

Students can pre-enroll online (by accessing Pre-enrollment | Blanquerna or the pre-enrollment option for each course) and also in person at the school.

For online pre-enrollment, you will need to:

Sign up on the unique registration system and create a username (if not previously obtained) and follow the instructions to completion.
Make a payment of €50 (non-refundable fee for pre-enrollment rights and processing) can be made by credit or debit card, through a secure and confidential BBVA process.
Upload the required documentation through the document repository.

ID card (both sides) / Passport
Curriculum vitae
For foreign (non EU) applicants: a certificate issued by the competent authority (University, Embassy, Consulate) attesting that the access studies qualify for admission in the home country.

Admission

Once pre-enrollment has been completed, the candidate will be offered a date for an interview with the degree coordinator, who will assess their suitability and solve any doubts they may have about the course for which they are enrolling. Once the assessment is complete, the student will be informed of the result of the interview and how to enroll, if admitted.

Prior to enrollment, the person concerned must upload the qualifications or the receipt of the university studies completed to the document repository. If these documents are not available, the course may be taken but the qualifications will not be received and, instead, a university extension certificate or diploma will be obtained.

Enrollment

Once the above documentation has been assessed, and when there is a large enough group of pre-enrolled students, each candidate will receive the confirmation and information necessary to enroll. Enrollment implies obtaining a definitive place and will take effect within the deadlines indicated in the confirmation e-mail.

When students enroll, they will have two business days to pay the total cost of enrollment, by bank transfer, credit card or barcode. Studies can be paid in installments, without any interest, by bank transfer (Instructions to send the signed SEPA Document to Blanquerna)

Prices may be updated each academic year. Once enrollment has been formalized, the amount paid will not be refunded under any circumstances. Pre-enrollment and enrollment may remain open up to 15 days before the start of the course, provided places are available.

When a student enrolls, a contract for the provision of teaching services is formalized between the student and the Blanquerna Foundation, which is legally binding from the time of payment. Payment includes the corresponding insurance and, for students under the age of twenty-eight, compulsory academic insurance. If a student declines to take up a place, he/she will lose in full any amount he/she has paid.

The student accepts the rules for the use of computer services established by the Blanquerna Foundation. The student's personal data will be included in an automated file under the responsibility of the Blanquerna Foundation, so that this contract can be maintained and fulfilled. Students should note that their data may also be used to inform them about the future activities of the Foundation, or for the institution to send them publications.

In accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 15/1999 on the protection of personal data, students have the right to access their data to update, rectify or cancel them, or object to their use, by sending a letter, indicating which right they want to exercise.

This section is a summary of the general conditions for enrollment. It is only for guidance and therefore has no contractual value. In the event of any discrepancy, the provisions of the general conditions for enrollment specified in the receipt generated at the time of enrollment will prevail; this receipt formalizes the contract between the student and the Blanquerna Foundation; students can consult it on the intranet whenever they wish.

The School cannot guarantee that a course will be available if the requirement for a minimum number of enrollments is not met. In this case, the amount paid for enrollment and pre-enrollment will be refunded in full.

Foreign students

Applicants who have completed access studies outside Spain must obtain a certificate issued by the relevant body (university, embassy, consulate) confirming that the studies qualify the student in the country of issue to take the master degree or graduate studies.

Students are responsible for having all the official documentation necessary for their stay in Spain while studying at the School. Applicants can ask for a pre-acceptance document attached to the pre-enrollment receipt to initiate applications for visas or scholarships or carry out any other administrative procedure. Under no circumstances does this document guarantee a place if all the access and admission requirements are not met. Once applicants have been accepted and enrollment is complete, they can request a letter of admission from the Academic Secretary, if required, by paying the corresponding fees.

Scholarships and grants Blanquerna

Alumni discount for master's degrees and own degrees

Former Blanquerna graduate students have a 15% discount on the tuition fee for any master's degree and degree from the same faculty.

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Carolina scholarships

Doctoral scholarships offered by the Carolina Foundation for the training in Spain of graduates who are nationals of a member country of the Ibero-American Community of Nations, with academic or professional ability backed by an excellent resume.

Banc Sabadell financing

Banco Sabadell offers financing for all or part of school courses, university studies, language courses, a specialization course or attending a seminar, as well as related expenses, such as material, stay or transfer. With the possibility of starting to return the money at the end of the training.

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Tripartite Foundation funding

Companies have a credit to finance the training of their workers which is made effective through bonuses in the Social Security contributions paid by companies.

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University expert certificate in Management Skills and Sports Projects Management

Who is it for?

Three reasons to choose this title

innovation

Specialization

Professionalism

Academic information

Academic regulations

Tutorial action plan

Languages

Procedures and documents

Syllabus

Course price 2025-26

Descomptes disponibles per a estudis de Màster i Postgrau

15% - Descompte Alumni-Blanquerna

10% a 15% - Descompte a empreses col·laboradores

10% - Descompte a institucions universitàries

10% - Descompte a col·legis professionals

A direct link to your future career

State-of-the-art equipment at the students' disposal

Libraries

Computer rooms

Chapel

All the services you need throughout university

Academic Secretary

Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE)

Internship service

Scholarships and grants service

International Mobility Office

Careers

Job Bank

Solidarity action

Alumni service

Sports service

Personal Guidance Service (SOP)

Faith and Spirituality

Diversity support

Blanquerna Choir

Student representatives

Student Council

Language support service

Anti-harassment Point

Coordination

Teaching staff

Stages of the admission process

Pre-enrollment

Procedure and documents

Admission

Admission and resolution criteria

Enrollment

Enrollment formalization

General conditions for enrollment

Cancellation of courses

Foreign students

Documents and procedure

Contact us

Scholarships and grants Blanquerna

Alumni discount for master's degrees and own degrees

Carolina scholarships

Banc Sabadell financing

Tripartite Foundation funding