UCFB

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UCFB
Type University college
Established2011 (2011)
Location,
United Kingdom
Affiliations University of East London
Website http://www.ucfb.com/

UCFB (University Campus of Football Business) is a higher education institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate university degrees and executive education in the football and wider sports industries. UCFB is a college of the University of East London.

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UCFB became the world's first higher education institution with university degrees in the football and sports industry when it was opened at Burnley F.C.'s Turf Moor in 2011. [1]

Campus locations

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium, London, UK.jpg
Wembley Stadium

UCFB's first campus, UCFB Burnley, opened in 2011 at Burnley Football Club. [2] [3] Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited UCFB Burnley [4] during their tour of Turf Moor and Burnley F.C. as part of the Jubilee Celebrations. [5]

In 2014, UCFB expanded and opened its second campus, UCFB Wembley, [3] [6] with Wembley Stadium at the heart of the campus. [7]

UCFB opened a flagship campus based in and around the Etihad Stadium in 2016. UCFB Etihad Campus, which replaced UCFB Burnley, facilities included access to sporting facilities such as the Manchester Regional Arena and the National Basketball Performance Centre.

The Etihad Campus was the Manchester home of UCFB until the 2023-24 academic year, when the campus expanded across Greater Manchester, and was renamed 'UCFB Manchester Campus.' The expansion involved moving media students to MediaCityUK, and basing students on coaching courses at Curzon Ashton FC's Tameside Stadium, as well as new facilities in Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Tameside.

Global Institute of Sport

In July 2020, UCFB launched the Global Institute of Sport (GIS), [8] furthering UCFB's educational breadth to postgraduate studies, as well as undergraduate degrees.

The institute offers Master's degree programmes, also relating to the football and wider sports industry, with campuses and global hubs in Toronto, New York City, Miami and Melbourne, as well as the two UK-based campuses.

In 2016 UCFB acquired a shareholding in scholarship agency FirstPoint USA. [9]

Degree courses

UCFB offers undergraduate degree courses relating to the football and wider sports industry, including:

Global Institute of Sport postgraduate courses

The Global Institute of Sport meanwhile, offers Master's degree courses, also within the sports industry, including:

Executive education and professional qualification courses

UCFB and GIS added executive education courses to their undergraduate and postgraduate studies, such as:

In addition, the professional qualification courses the institution started offering includes:

UCFB academies

UCFB's elite football academies based at UCFB's campuses in Manchester and Wembley are tailored for elite-level footballers who have recently been released from professional football clubs, or for those that possess an ability to play at a higher level.

The academies allow students to combine working within a professional football environment, led by UEFA-qualified coaches, with a place on one of UCFB and GIS' unique degrees in football or sport.

UCFB Academy, Manchester is available to male students and is based at UCFB Etihad Campus, whilst UCFB Academy, Wembley is located at UCFB Wembley Campus. [10]

In 2022, UCFB Wembley launched the Wembley Basketball Academy, in partnership with local team London Elite Basketball, which was designed for aspiring young basketball professionals in the UK to study alongside training, and as an effort to help grow the sport in the UK.

Programmes

The UCFB's Employability and Enrichment programme includes its Executive Guest Speaker Series and work experience opportunities.

Previous guest speakers to UCFB have included Gareth Southgate, Harry Redknapp, Guillem Balague, Gabby Logan, Chris Hughton, George Cohen, Mauricio Pochettino, Brendan Rodgers and Steve McClaren.

The UCFB Strategic Leadership and Management Programme, another aspect of the Employment & Enrichment programme, is led by Neil Doncaster, Chief Executive of the Scottish Professional Football League.

UCFB students also have the opportunity to work towards a number of internal and external additional qualifications relevant to the industry. These include FA Coaching certificates, STATS (formerly Prozone Performance Analysis) and foreign language qualifications.

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