Faculty of Sport Management
Be the person that can evoke deeply positive emotions in people through sports.
Sports can teach us about the fun, challenge, suffering, and joy that we all experience in life.
Sports can teach us about the fun, challenge, suffering, and joy that we all experience in life.
Talent development vision
The academic program at the Faculty of Sport Management is designed to develop the students’ abilities to become such professionals that provide support and perform other tasks in sports-related economic activities while understanding the various economic
value creation activities taking place in the realm of sports, as well as such professionals that can facilitate proper sporting activities suitable for various stages of people’s lives in order to enrich all peoples’ sporting lives, while recognizing
various circumstances and issues that are relevant.
Targeted skills
Plan formulation capability
Ability to formulate plans for catering to various types of demands, while involving deep insight into relevant issues, new perspectives, and flexible thought capacity.| Organization administration capability | Ability to set up an organization that is suitable for plan execution, and to operate it properly so that its full potential can be realized |
| Problem-solving capability | Ability to evaluate the result and process of an activity, identify issues, theoretically analyze them and devise with solutions, and provide them as feedback to the next activity for improvement |
| Practical performance capability | Ability to facilitate sporting activities in such a manner that is suitable for various stages of people’s lives |
Knowledge and skills on effective sports management
- Management of sports activities
- Management of people’s sporting lives
Department of Sport Management
Offering sports management expertise that is in demand across wide-ranging industries.
The roles that sports play as well as their presence is continuously growing in today’s society. Along with such trend, sports management expertise is in high demand across various industries and beyond. The Department of Sport Management’s academic program is designed to train its students to become professionals that possess specialized knowledge and skills in sport management and can cater to related social needs.
Sport School
Sport school management teaches the joy of being able to engage in sporting activities.
Sport Club
Working in sport club management means promotion of people’s healthy daily living.
Sport Event
Sport event management is crucial in staging moments of exhilaration and excitement.
Sport Goods
Sports goods business management creates more enjoyable opportunities.
Sport Media
Sport media management is instrumental in delivering moments of dreams and deeply positive emotions.
Sport Tourism
Sport tourism management introduces novel experiences.
Professional Sport
Professional sport team and club management builds and expands the circles of fans.
Stadium Arena
Stadium and arena management provides safe and comfortable space for spectators.
Department of Sport Life Management
Opportunities to immerse in diverse sport-life learning experience and obtain wide-ranging qualifications abound.
The Department of Sport Life Management’s curriculum allows the students to learn wide-ranging knowledge and skills that are useful for promoting fulfilling sport life, cultivating mutually positive relationships among people through sports, and building communities that are underpinned by sports.
- Managerial positions at municipalities and health-related organizations
- Sports instructors for seniors and young children
- Exercise and nutrition program instruction and measurement
Qualifications that may be obtained by studying at the Department of Sport Life Management
The Department of Sport Life Management offers more qualification opportunities than any other Faculty, Department, or School within NSSU.- Junior high school class-1 teacher license (health and physical education)
- Senior high school class-1 teacher license (health and physical education)
- Certified sports instructor
- Sports leader
- Certified assistant manager
- Social education officer (governmental examination and appointment)
- Sport recreation instructor
- Entry-level and intermediate-level para-sports instructor
- Ski Association of Japan (SAJ) skiing skill certification
- National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) scuba diver C-card certification
- Japanese Red Cross Society water safety responder I
- Japanese Red Cross Society first aid responder
- Camp instructor
- Camp director 2nd grade
- Nature game leader
- Physical exercise facility manager (eligibility for examination)
- Physical exercise facility operator (eligibility for examination)
- Snorkeling instructor