Your career at the Center for Sports Management
Leading the way into sports business.
The Center for Sports and Management offers WHU students as well as external prospects excellent opportunities to enter the sports business - both in practice and in science. Former employees and alumni of Professor Schmidt now work at some of the finest addresses in the sports business, including the German Football League (DFL), the German Football Association (DFB) or German record football champion FC Bayern Munich. Have we aroused your interest in a career at the CSM? Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.
The CSM offers internal and external doctorate programs on the “future of sports”.
Find out more about our doctorate program and kindly send your application including motivational letter, CV and transcripts to Kerstin Forword (Kerstin.forword(at)whu.edu).
Subsequent to a successful application, you will receive two online interviews with Prof. Schmidt and Jun.-Prof. Dominik Schreyer. The objective of the interviews is to get to know one another: a high personal fit is crucial for the small team at our center and hence a top priority for us. Therefore, please feel free to also use this opportunity to ask questions and to find out more about what we do, how we work and what your day-to-day life as a doctorate student would look like. As part of the interviews, we will also work through a case study to evaluate problem solving abilities. Shortly after the interviews, you will, of course, receive detailed feedback.
Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Making an impact on the sports business world –
Get to know our CSM alumni.
Dr. Andreas Bergmann
COO / Sportmarketing & Eventmanagement, MHM Majors
Dr. Daniel Högele
Director International Business & Strategy at FC Bayern München
Dr. Mark Kassis
Strategic Data Manager at UEFA
Dr. Sebastian Koppers
Project Lead TechLab at Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
Dr. Marc Lenz
Head of Corporate Strategy & International Affairs at DFL, Member of UEFA Club Licensing Committee
Dr. Steffen Merkel
Executive Vice President Audiovisual Rights, Member of the Executive Board at DFL
Dr. Caroline Päffgen
Director at sporttotal.tv gmbh
Dr. Fabian Ulrich
Head of International Relations and Strategic Projects at German Football Association (DFB)
Top athletes at WHU –
Meet some of our former students.
Dana Glöß
Class of 2016 (PT MBA)Track Cycling
Greatest Successes:
- 3rd Place at World Championships
- 5x German Champion
Benjamin Starke
Class of 2016 (PT MBA)Swimming
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion (Relay)
- Vice World Champion
- Olympian
- Former Leader of the World Ranking
Christian Friedrich
Class of 2017 (PT MBA)Bobsleigh
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- 3rd Place at German Championships
Thomas Lurz
Class of 2017 (PT MBA)Open Water Swimming
Greates Successes:
- World Champion
- European Champion
- Olympic Silver Medal
- Olympic Bronze Medal
Daniel Hermann
Class of 2018 (PT MBA)Ice Dance
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Junior Champion
Nicolas Limbach
Class of 2018 (PT MBA)Fencing
Greates Successes:
- 2x World Champion
- Vice European Champion
- 7x German Champion
Birte Steven-Vitense
Class of 2018 (PT MBA)Swimming
Greates Successes:
- German Champion
- Olympian
- World Cup Participant
Norman Ackermann
Class of 2019 (PT MBA)Fencing
Greatest Successes:
- Olympic Bronze Medal (Team)
- Vice World Champion (Team)
- World Cup Champion (Juniors)
- World Champion (Juniors)
- 3x German Champion (Team)
Ibrahim Ahmadsei
Class of 2019 (PT MBA)Taekwondo
Greatest Successes:
- Olympic Silver Medal (Juniors)
- European Champion (Students)
- 4x German Champion
Eileen Hoffmann
Class of 2019 (PT MBA) & Class of 2017 (SPOAC)Field Hockey
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- 2x European Champion
- 6x German Champion
- 233 Internationals
Hagen Rothe
Class of 2019 (FT MBA)Rowing
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion (Juniors)
- Vice World Champion (U23)
- Vice World Champion (Juniors)
- German Champion
Christian Hochbruck
Class of 2020 (PT MBA)Rowing
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion
- Multiple U23 World Champion
Ilja Immermann
Class of 2020 (PT MBA)Water Polo
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Cup Champion
- German Youth Champion
- International since 2010
Daniela Schreiber
Class of 2017 (FT MBA)Swimming
Greatest Successes:
- European Champion (Relay)
- Vice World Champion (Relay)
- Olympian
Andreas Späck
Class of 2017 (FT MBA)Field Hockey
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion (Field & Indoor)
- Europa Cup Champion (Indoor)
- European Champion (Indoor)
Max Keller
Class of 2019 (FT MBA)Boxing
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Team Champion
Vanessa Low
SPOACTrack and Field
Greates Successes:
- Paralympic Gold Medal
- Paralympic Silver Medal
- World Champion
- European Champion
Richard Becker
Class of 2016 (SPOAC)Tennis
Greatest Successes:
- Quarter-finalists Australian Open (Juniors)
- Quarter-finalists French Open (Juniors)
- World Ranking No. 336
Felix Reuß
Class of 2016 (SPOAC)Field Hockey
Greatest Successes:
- European Champion (Field & Indoor)
- Winner Champions Trophy
- German Champion
Martin Schmitt
Class of 2016 (SPOAC)Ski Jump
Greates Successes:
- 2x World Champion (Single)
- 2x World Champion (Team)
- 2x World Cup Winner
- Olympic Gold Medal
Amelie Kober
Class of 2017 (SPOAC)Snowboard
Greatest Successes:
- World Cup Winner
- Olympic Silver Medal
- Olympic Bronze Medal
- Vice World Champion
Normann Stadler
Class of 2017 (SPOAC)Triathlon
Greatest Successes:
- 2x Ironman World Champion
André Weßels
Class of 2017 (SPOAC)Fencing
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- World Champion (Team)
- Olympic Bronze Medal (Team)
Get in touch with us –
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kerstin Forword
Project Manager
+49 (0)211 44709 746
kerstin.forword(at)whu.edu