The new educational programme will be a one-year Master of Sport Administration (MSA) course that has been developed by leading Russian and international experts in sport management.

The course will become the core element of the RIOU educational structure while it is aimed at training a new generation of managers for the Russian and world sports industry.

The key aspect of the course is studying preparations for the Summer and Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with the next Games set to be staged in the Russian city of Sochi in exactly 500 days' time.

RIOU chief executive Professor Lev Belousov outlined details of the programme's curriculum and key features to over 150 delegates at the FISU General Assembly as he explained that they play an important role in helping with the new project.

"All of you FISU delegates are young goal-oriented people, students committed to sports and fully inspired by it," he said.

"You are of principal importance to us because most of you reflect on continuing your training in the field of sports management.

"The Russian International Olympic University is ready to give you this opportunity."

The RIOU presented its Master of Sport Administration course at the FISU General Assembly in Kazan

The RIOU will announce the terms of admission later this year and students will start the programme in autumn 2013 before graduating in the summer of 2014.

The announcement of the new educational programme is one of the biggest in the history of the RIOU, the autonomous non-profit organisation founded in October 2009 under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Sochi 2014 and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

Also co-founded by the Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, RIOU activities focus on preparing highly qualified specialists in sports management for the industry of sport and specifically the Olympic and Paralympic Movements.

Its educational programmes cover the key directions of sports education such as venue and infrastructure management, organising competitions, mass communications, diplomacy and administration, as well as career management.

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