City Football Leadership Institute is a partnership between City Football Group and BrandEd, pioneers of innovative branded education.

City Football Leadership Institute joins BrandEd’s portfolio of world-class academic institutions, including Sotheby’s Institute of Art and The School of The New York Times. In art, media, culture, and now sport, BrandEd partners with renowned companies to transition culturally relevant and intellectually rigorous brands into educational programmes.

BrandEd’s educational expertise will combine with CFG’s industry knowledge to produce a rigorous educational environment with exclusive access to an innovative global sports business. CFG will support the Institute with executives as lecturers and guest speakers, providing real world industry insights, hosting programmes and events at CFG facilities, and exploring ways to work with students and alumni, whether through internships, mentoring, or career possibilities. Courses will be led by practitioners, CFG executives and luminaries from the sports world and beyond.

City Football Leadership Institute provides real life insights to students and professionals who want to know more about the world of football and the business of sport. This innovative initiative in education offers invaluable insight, bespoke education, and unrivalled access for those aspiring to excel within the sport industry and beyond.