MSc International Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management

Course Details

Course Subject

Total Credit

180

Qualification

Postgraduate Taught

Awarding Body

University of Hertfordshire

Academic Level

Level 7

Course Location

Hatfield

Course Duration

1 Year

Course Fees

£ 16450 Yearly

MOI

Accepted

OIETC

Accepted

Intakes

January/September

Work Placement

About The Course

About the course

MSc International Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management has been designed to provide you with the enhanced skills and knowledge which are necessary to support key decision-making within the international tourism, hospitality and event industries. The programme is underpinned by a strong theoretical base across a number of contexts relevant to tourism, hospitality and event management in contemporary international environments. A distinctive feature of this programme is that it offers you opportunities to interact with current industry practitioners and therefore enables a hands-on approach.

The programme is offered full time (1 year mode) or part time (2 year mode). A new sandwich version is also offered in full time on a 2 year mode. The sandwich programme requires you to successfully complete a minimum of 36 weeks full-time work placement. This is a very valuable experience which allows you to familiarise themselves with the day to day activities of Tourism, Hospitality and Event businesses, and to use your initiative in dealing with issues of the work environment.

Why choose this course?

Our Postgraduate studies are sector leading amongst over 100 Higher Education Institutions in the UK as evidenced by our extraordinary achievement:

1st out of 85 universities for business and management in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES, Advance HE, 2023)
1st for Skills Development, 2nd for Support, Resources, Community and Assessment (Advance HE, 2023)

The course offers you comprehensive knowledge of the Tourism, Hospitality and Event industries.
It is delivered by a very successful and internationally renowned team of experts, both in terms of their managerial experience and academic knowledge.
It offers a balance of practical input and academic knowledge to support graduates in their future careers within these industries.
It provides opportunities to interact with current industry practitioners.
It presents flexibility to study full time, part time and it offers the possibility to undertake a work placement.

English Requirement

You have to get at least 6 band socre of IELTS

General Requirement

Entry requirements and key information

The normal entry requirements for the programme are:

An honours degree of at least 2:2 classification or better from a UK University; or
The equivalent of the above from a recognised University overseas; or
A degree-equivalent professional qualification approved by the Programme Leader; or
A Pre-Masters Course recognised by the University;
A postgraduate qualification from a UK university or its equivalent from a recognised overseas university, or
Equivalent qualifications to be assessed by the Programme Leader and Admissions Tutor.