BSc (Hons) International Tourism and Hospitality Management

This course offers a blend of theory and practical experience, with close links to employers ensuring real-world applications. You’ll study modules like ‘Fundamentals of Tourism, Leisure, and Hospitality,’ learning the key concepts that drive business success. Field trips, visits to regional events, tourist attractions, and companies will give you hands-on industry experience. Past destinations include Barcelona, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, and the World Travel Market. A full list of visits is provided at the start of the course.

As a member of the Institute of Hospitality, you’ll gain affiliate status, access to resources, events, and a mentoring scheme. Membership in the Institute of Travel and Tourism offers networking opportunities, ITT events, and a chance to win prestigious awards, enhancing your career prospects. With a focus on learning independent study skills, you’ll present your ideas to your fellow students, and work in groups to analyse the theories you’re being taught. Plus, you’ll go on residential field study visits throughout the degree.

You’ll be marked on your written coursework, projects, presentations, practical exercises, and timed and multiple-choice examinations. You’ll graduate with a huge range of career options to think about, with many of our students going on to work in management. The kinds of jobs you could get with this degree include Hotel Manager, Tourism Development Officer or Resort Office Manager.

You’ll have the chance to work for hotels, airlines, travel agencies, events organisers, heritage attractions, Local Authorities and other public sector bodies. Plus you’ll have vital transferable skills that give you an even wider choice of graduate-level work, or even going on to further study.