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MSc International Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Masters Degree Description

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 several contexts relevant to tourism, hospitality and event management in contemporary international environments.​ A distinctive feature of this program is that it offers you opportunities to interact with current industry practitioners and therefore enables a hands-on approach.

This course is offered as a full-time one year route.

The program is also offered as a full-time two-year route with Professional Practice or an Advanced Research Project.

  • MSc International Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management with Extended Professional Practice (requires a minimum of 30 weeks of full-time work placement)
  • MSc International Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management with  Advanced Project (provides a second, taught year with a project-based module

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: 

  • 6th in Business and Management in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES, 2024)
  • 1st for Skills Development, 2nd for Support, Resources, Community and Assessment (Advance HE, 2023) 
  • The course offers 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' future careers within these industries.  
  • It provides opportunities to interact with current industry practitioners. 
  • Excellent academic and personal support and guidance from our very experienced Careers Service. 

Entry Requirements

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.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

The University of Hertfordshire offer a range of tuition fee discounts and non-repayable scholarships to support our postgraduate students, visit website to find out more.

Student Destinations

We are preparing graduates for successful careers in the hospitality, recreation or tourism industries or in an associated government agency with an international, national or local focus. Graduates from the programme are employed by international hotel chains (Four Seasons Hotel, Marriott Hotels, Sheraton Hotels, The Ritz Carlton, Starwood Hotel Group) in China, India Macau, Thailand and Great Britain, as well as working for independent hotels and Event Management companies in Great Britain. Other careers pursued by our Graduates include Recruitment Agents, Lecturers and entrepreneurs (travel company, import and export trading company).

Graduates will be prepared to follow a career in events planning, hospitality and tourism management as well as marketing, often working for event management organisations, large travel companies, hospitality businesses and airlines. Graduates will be equipped for this type of job thanks to the analytical skills and required industry and managerial knowledge that they will have acquired through their studies with us. These will support them in the decision-making which is essential when working as managers of the tourism, hospitality and event industries.

Module Details

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