MEMOS is an executive master’s university certificate offered in 3 versions according to the teaching language: English, French and Spanish.

The English program is based on four face-to-face education and training sessions. It will allow you to implement your newly acquired knowledge directly into your organisation.

MEMOS is scheduled over 13 months and consists of three residential Sessions of 7 to 10 days. Each Session is dedicated to one or two main subjects termed Modules.

A scholar and a professional, who are experts in the subject matter, oversee each Module. Each Session begins with online asynchronous activities (lecture videos, readings, pre-module assignments) equivalent to 8 hours of learner engagement, using the University of Ottawa’s Brightspace platform.

The participants also undertake a research project concerning the management of a sport organisation, in principle the one in which they are active. During each Session, one to three days are dedicated to participants’ coaching by tutors on their projects.

A 2-day final session is devoted to the defence and presentation of participants’ personal research project, as well as the awarding of the university certificate. This final Session usually takes place in Lausanne, Switzerland or Olympia, Greece; while the second and the third Sessions are organised in different cities.

Teaching is carried out in the respective language of each MEMOS version by an international team of university professors and practitioners, called the Module leaders.

An academic tutor is assigned to each participant to coach them through their project. By working on their research project, participants explore a particular question or problem involving their sport organisation.

Module leaders use various means of adult education (lectures, discussions, teamwork, conferences, multimedia presentation, etc.) to link course material to participants’ professional activities. Module leaders also use the University of Ottawa’s Brightspace platform for each Module’s management.

Participants, Module leaders, and tutors maintain regular contact between Modules, in particular to work on the projects.

Total time commitment: about 261 classroom hours over 29 days + 813 independent hours.

The tuition fee is 7,500 USD, plus travel and accommodation expenses for the four Modules. The accommodation costs are kept to a minimum by lodging the participants, Module leaders, and tutors as a group in each city.

These costs can be covered partly by the participant’s sport organisations (scholarships, reimbursement, continuing education schemes, etc.).

Olympic Solidarity covers the tuition fee and provides a participation subsidy for admitted candidates who are supported by their NOC (National Olympic Committee) and who have been selected to receive an Olympic Solidarity MEMOS Scholarship.

The participants must have a very good written and spoken command of the teaching language. A telephone interview may be organised before the admission of candidates. It is desirable for participants to understand the two official languages of the Olympic Movement (French and English).