FIFA Director of International Relations Visits Our University!

FIFA Director of International Relations Visits Our University!

The 2009-2010 Opening Ceremony of the "FIFA-CIES Master's Program in Sports Management", attended by FIFA Director of International Relations Jerome Champagne, attracted great interest.

The ceremony held for the opening of the program, which is also supported by the Turkish Football Federation, was attended by FIFA Director of International Relations Jerome Champagne, Turkish Football Federation Acting President Lütfi Arıboğan and Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan.

Speaking at the ceremony, TFF Acting President Lütfi Arıboğan said that the Turkish Football Federation is proud to be part of this program, an important step for the future of Turkish football. Stating that the Turkish Football Federation provides 100% scholarships to 15 students in this master's program, Acting President Arıboğan continued: "Students graduating from this program, a first in Türkiye, will shape Turkish football and Turkish sport with their skills in the near future. Five of the young people who will graduate from the program under this three-year cooperation will also be able to do their internships at the TFF. The fact that three students currently studying in this program, two of them women, already work full time at our federation is important proof that the TFF has a perspective in line with international norms."

Lütfi Arıboğan also stated that clubs in Türkiye, which has the sixth largest football economy in Europe, need to take steps toward institutionalization in order not to fall behind the times.

Acting President Lütfi Arıboğan concluded his remarks as follows:
"Only this kind of work can carry Turkish football to a bright future. This season we have allocated a very significant amount of 35 million TL to education. We aim to increase the number of our licensed football players to over 1 million. All these efforts are products of our strategy to move Türkiye forward through football."

About the Program
Through the institute CIES, which it established at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, FIFA runs certificate programs in 11 selected countries. The aim is for those who earn this certificate to meet the need for specialized sports managers both in Türkiye and around the world, and for graduates to achieve successful work. The FIFA-certified Master's Program in Sports Management consists of 8 compulsory and 2 elective courses of 14 weeks each. The program's Sports Marketing, Sports Management, Sports Communication, Sports Law and Sports Economics courses are taken within the scope of the certificate, while the master's degree is earned upon successful completion of a project or thesis written after courses such as Statistical Methods in Research, Sports Consumer Behavior and Marketing Management.