Our University Students Participate in Overseas Sports Management Training with Borussia Dortmund (BVB)

From Monday, February 3rd to Tuesday, February 11th, 2025, Teikyo University collaborated with Borussia Dortmund (BVB), which has an academic research partnership agreement with the university, to host a nine-day overseas sports management training program in Germany for 20 students from the university.

The program, led by Associate Professor Takuya Tsukamoto of the Department Department of Business Administration Faculty of Economics, took place at Signal Iduna Park, BVB's home stadium, where the participants received lectures on BVB's digital strategy, fan engagement, player development, women's football, sustainability, and esports, as well as a tour of the stadium and training facilities.
In the student-led fieldwork, each group conducted research on the themes of sponsorship, women's football, sustainability, and development. The students themselves contacted clubs in the Bundesliga and other categories and conducted interviews. They also interacted with local German citizens through street interviews.
In addition, for the first time, the participants visited FC Schalke 04 and received a lecture from the club's staff on the overview of stadium management. Schalke is a prestigious Bundesliga club based in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Ruhrderby between Schalke and BVB is one of the most exciting derbies in Germany and is famous for getting the whole region excited.
The participating students shared their thoughts, saying, "It was my first time abroad, so I had a lot of worries, but we all worked together and it was a good experience," "I was able to meet great friends and it was a lot of fun," and "I had been researching my research topic before participating in the training, so I think my learning in Germany was deeper."

In the future, the students will organize what they learned in this training and make a presentation on the results of the training in groups as a follow-up training. Teikyo University will continue to create opportunities to learn about sports business through practical experience.

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