Tourism and Hospitality Management MSc (Full-time, Part-time)

Course overview

BU has been voted Number 1 for Tourism in the 2008 & 2009 Guardian University League Tables.

The UK is home to a world-renowned hospitality and tourism industry. It’s the longest established industry in the world and is highly respected. This course will give you a detailed understanding of the international tourism and hospitality businesses and their importance within the global economy, developing your knowledge and skills to progress further into a successful career in these dynamic sectors.

Study with BU and learn from the experts

Delivered by leading research-active academics such as Professor John Edwards and Dr Heather Hartwell, who are actively engaged with industry at local, national and international levels, the course will equip you with a range of valuable personal attributes including the ability to communicate effectively, develop ideas and deal with change. These skills will make you a highly sought after employee and increase your career opportunities.

You will develop appropriate analytical and managerial competencies, which will enable you to respond to strategic issues, as well as developing your capacity to stimulate change in response to current and future developments. This is aided by an optional 30-week placement, designed to give you further hands-on skills that will help make you even more attractive to potential employers.

Preparing you for a career in a global field

The make-up of the course is truly international, giving you a unique opportunity to mix with a diverse range of nationalities, allowing you to increase your intercultural competence – vital preparation for working in a mixed-nationality workforce or dealing with a mixed-nationality clientele. Once you have fulfilled the course requirements you will be knowledgeable about diversity, aware of cultural differences associated with managerial work both in the UK and overseas, and be able to develop your aptitude for leadership within the tourism and hospitality industry

Other courses in the Masters Framework include:

• MSc Tourism Management and Planning
• MSc Tourism Management and Marketing
• MSc Tourism Management
• MSc Events Management
• MSc Retail Management