Partners

The World Academy of Sport Executive Centre is a co-operative initiative between IF Education and The University of Manchester based at the Manchester Business School.

Sport specific Academies have been created with the International Ski Federation (FIS) - FIS Academy; the International Cycling Union (UCI) - UCI Academy; the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) - Netball Academy; the International Rugby Board (IRB) - The IRB Administrators Academy; the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) - The FIBA Academy; and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) - IPC Academy.

These Academies provide athlete and executive education to the members of these international and national federations and are serviced by the World Academy of Sport.

	IF Education www.if-education.org
	The University of Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk
	Manchester Business School www.mbs.ac.uk
	FIS Academy www.fis-academy.org
	Netball Academy www.netball-academy.org
	IRB Administrators Academy www.irbadministrators-academy.org
	FIBA Academy www.fiba-academy.org
	IPC Academy www.ipc-academy.org
	International Baccalaureate Online www.ibo.org
	Manchester City Council www.manchester.gov.uk
	Northwest Regional Development Ahency www.nwda.co.uk
	Manchester United www.manutd.com
	Sportcal.com www.sportcal.com

The International Baccalaureate and IF Education, trading as the World Academy of Sport (WAoS), have been collaborating closely over the past two years with the aim of providing an international qualification acceptable for university entrance for athletes around the World. The IB is currently working on the development of the IB Diploma Programme Online . The operating details of this project will be available in due course and will be consistent with IB policies and procedures for authorization of its global community.