MS License
objectives
The objective of the MS degree is to train professionals in the management and organization of physical and sporting activities for all types of audiences (children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and even people with disabilities) and in various sectors related to sports, three of which are particularly targeted: sports associations(sports federations, leagues, clubs, etc.), public bodies (local authorities) and private sports and event management organizations.
GENERAL presentation
The MS degree is an interdisciplinary program. On the one hand, it combines scientific, sports, and management courses, and on the other hand, it covers all management science disciplines (as well as economic and legal skills). It focuses on professional integration by placing a strong emphasis on internships (offered each semester). It ensures student success through the implementation of tutoring, among other measures. Each year, it incorporates the use of modern languages. Some members of its teaching team promote TOEIC certification through a complementary university diploma. A link with research training is established through an introduction to epistemology. Since 2024-25, teaching related to ecological transition has been integrated.
TRAINING STRUCTURE
The MS degree is organized in a funnel format: only core courses in the first year, a management specialization that begins in the second year, and increases in the third year to become the majority of the curriculum in that final year. Two tracks (to choose from) are offered to L3 MS students: Business and Sports Leisure on the one hand, and Local Government (shared with the ES degree) on the other.
RECRUITMENT
A significant proportion (between 15 and 25% depending on the year) of MS Bachelor's students do not go through the L1 STAPS program in Montpellier but enter the program directly in L2 or L3 MS. These students mainly come from other STAPS departments (whether or not they offer a management specialization), IUTs (GEA, Tech de Co), or DEUST ACSS, and more rarely from BTS, preparatory classes, or the Campus France program.
PROFESSIONALIZATION
The natural career path for students enrolled in the FPT program is to join the local civil service by passing an entrance exam for which the program prepares them (ETAPS, CTAPS). Students enrolled in the Business and Sports Leisure program are destined to manage sports facilities and/or infrastructure (commercial or non-profit). Their areas of professionalization are diverse: distribution, events, fitness, sports leisure and tourism, administration within professional sports clubs, communication (digital), marketing, etc. In recent years, a growing number of students entering the job market have chosen to broaden their horizons by joining organizations that are not necessarily related to the world of sports.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Students wishing to continue their education at the Master's level are offered numerous opportunities to do so and are regularly accepted into a wide range of Master's programs. Based on the last 10 years, these include the internal Master's in Sports Tourism Management, as well as eight Master's programs offered by MOMA and four by IAE Montpellier. In addition, many of our alumni have obtained their Master's degree at one of the 21 leading French universities and/or IAEs outside Montpellier. Finally, for the past 10 years or so, around four to five students each year have also continued their studies at an institution that is a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles.