Student Experience

ESBS European Sport Business School is the business school specialised in the sport industry.

Student Life

We want your experience at ESBS to be special.

When you arrive in Valencia, you will be able to book an appointment with our student support service, to solve any doubts and get general information about accommodation, transport, and bank accounts, among others.

In order to provide a comprehensive service to our international students, we have an international student advisory service.

We provide you with various resources, advice, and information for your arrival in Valencia.

The start of a new chapter

01 Prepare your trip

Our service will be pleased to answer your questions, whether they are about accommodation or general information, such as how to open an account, health insurance, or basic information about immigration matters. letters of admission or visa arrangements.

02 Accomodation

More than 50% of our students are brave internationals who have travelled to study here, in a country that is often unfamiliar and where they must find accommodation.

ESBS has a collaboration agreement with Universal Students, a company specialising in student accommodation and authorised by the Valencian Tourism Agency as a complementary tourism company, which guarantees that students can book accommodation online prior to their arrival under the supervision of the ESBS European Sport Business School student advice department.

Shared appartment option

University hall option

03 Valencia Campus

Our classrooms are located at Ramón Llull, 19, on the Tarongers university campus. You can get here by tram-metro and get off at La Carrasca (lines 6 and 4), with numerous bus lineS, or also by Valenbisi.

Also, at the Valencia CF facilities, in the Mestalla Stadium, on the Blasco Ibáñez university campus, just a few metres from the Aragón metro station (lines 5 and 7) and Facultats metro station (lines 3 and 9), with numerous bus lines and with Valenbisi.

You will be able to study sports management in a sporting environment, in the facilities of Valencia CF.

Study by the Mediterranean in a city that is passionate about sport and which was European Capital of Sport in 2011.

You will enjoy an international environment, Spain is the 1st destination of the Erasmus mobility programme and one of the most touristic countries in the world.

In addition, our classroom for onsite football programmes is located at Valencia CF’s Ciudad Deportiva, which also hosts occasional sessions of the sports management programmes.

04 About Valencia

Population
City: 790.201 inhabitants (INE 2016)
Metropolitan Area: 1.550885 (3rd in Spain)

Distances
346 km to Barcelona
360 km to Madrid (1 hour 45 minutes by High Speed Train)

Climate
City with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year and an average temperature of 18.40C (64F).

Transport Network
Valencia has an ample public transport network, with services of:

  • Subway (metro)
  • EMT buses
  • RENFE commuter trains
  • Public bicycle rental Valenbisi

05 Cost of living

Valencia is the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona. It’s the city with the most international students in Spain and one of the cities with the most Erasmus students in Europe.

You can find out and compare the average cost of living for a student in Valencia with other cities through this link.

Where to see relevant information of basic elements for understanding the cost of living in Valencia, through prices collected on the basis of market studies such as:

  • Accomodation.
  • Public transport.
  • Food prices.
  • Average cost of services.
  • Affordable restaurants.
  • Average cost of sport activties.
  • Leisure costs.
  • Average cost of shopping for clothes.

Webs of interest

Grants and funding

ESBS European Sport Business School alumni discounts
All ESBS students receive a minimum 10% discount. Please refer to the specific conditions in each programme

Scholarships for elite athletes
ESBS has a scholarship programme for elite athletes in order to help athletes continue to be involved in the sports industry after their high-level competition stage and to enhance the skills acquired in the practice of sport Refer to each programme.

¿Are you an elite athlete?
An athlete who has participated in international competitions representing their country (Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Championships, International Championships – Pan-American Games, European Championships, among others – 0 absolute world ranking), over 18 years of age. In Spain, it should be included in the annual reports of the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD).

Grants for collectives
If your entity or sports organisation has an agreement with ESBS, you can benefit from enrolment advantages.

Single payment discount
The masters programmes offer a 10% discount if paid in full in a single payment. Grants and discounts, as well as promotional campaigns, are not cumulative, with the exception of the single payment discount.

Dreams
come true

Payment in instalments

Spanish residents
For masters and university programmes, students have the option of interest-free instalment payments via direct debit.

Conditions: The student must make an initial spot reservation of €250 for university programmes and €950 for master’s programmes. Remaining payments can be made in 3, 5, and up to 10 months, interest free.

Requirements: Have a bank account in Spain, provide a payslip of the person who will pay for the course, and sign the direct debit contract. (An eligibility study will be carried out to verify the monthly payment capacity).

Residents outside Spain
For university (non-master’s) programmes, the student has the option of interest-free payment in instalments.

Conditions: Bimonthly tuition: The student must make a reservation of € 225. Thereafter, three payments of €225 and a final payment of €50 must be made.

Once the programme has been paid in full, the student will receive access to the university exams. For the master’s programmes, students have the option of interest-free payment in instalments.

Conditions: Initial reservation: 50% of the price of the programme.

Monthly tuition: the student pays a monthly fee of €320 for the 10-month duration of the programme.

Bimonthly tuition: the student pays a fee of €640 every 2 months from the start of the programme.

Requirements: Students can pay through our website by credit card, bank transfer, or direct debit.

Financing

Spanish residents

CaixaBank interest-bearing financing:
If you have a CaixaBank account and a credit card, you can apply for financing through La Caixa, it is very simple and no prior authorization of documentation is required, unlike in the previous case.

Requirements: Have a bank card with La Caixa. You can check with your bank office if you have any doubts.

Residents outside Spain

There is currently no funding available for students residing outside Spain.

Important disclosure:

* ESBS does not give refunds if the student does not complete the course or all the payments.
* If the student does not complete the full payment of the programme, they will not receive a certificate for the contents completed until that point.

Career guidance

We have a team of professionals who will work during your course to develop your profile, assessing your skills and necessary skills to work in a market such as the sports industry, working on them and guiding you towards starting your professional career through internships and/or volunteering, with the aim of achieving your employment.

We will work together to get to know your profile and the job market you want or are able access by building a CV and tailoring it as closely as possible to the requirements of the job you are looking for.

We will also have role-playing sessions to learn about recruitment processes and prepare you for the job market in the sports industry.

International exchanges

We have a team of professionals who will work during your course to develop your profile, assessing your skills and necessary skills to work in a market such as the sports industry, working on them and guiding you towards starting your professional career through internships and/or volunteering, with the aim of achieving your employment.

We will work together to get to know your profile and the job market you want or are able access by preparing a CV and tailoring it as closely as possible to the requirements of the job you are looking for.

We will also have role-playing sessions to learn about recruitment processes and prepare you for the job market in the sports industry.

Global vision

In the new business paradigm, companies and organisations need talent and trained professionals capable of managing, working, and conducting operations in a globalised environment.

Nowadays, most of a company’s or organisation’s activities can be carried out internationally. Skills are therefore needed to work in virtual environments, managing multicultural teams in different parts of the world.

At ESBS we believe that it is necessary to train and take into account the changes in this new business and cultural paradigm, giving the student a global vision of the world of the sports industry, working and acquiring new skills and competences so that our students can work from anywhere in the world, in an open and multicultural environment.

Through ESBS and the different programmes, you will have the opportunity to develop your vision of the sport industry from a global point of view, through 100% international programmes, exchanges, international academic visits, and the experience of learning and sharing with your peers from more than 25 different nationalities, teachers and in general the experience, practice and global vision of ESBS.