About this course
Gain the skills and knowledge to prepare for management and senior management positions in this complex, dynamic and fast-growing industry. This course offers an optional work experience route including a 12 month work placement.
Course summary
- Plan, manage and promote products, businesses and destinations in a competitive and sustainable manner.
- Critically challenge your understanding of the industries in practical contexts.
- Become equipped with employability skills necessary to enter or progress in the international hospitality and tourism industries.
Gain the skills and knowledge required to plan, to manage and to promote products and services, businesses and destinations in a competitive and sustainable manner in the international hospitality and tourism industries.
Applied learning
Work placements
The placement option offers you an additional opportunity to develop your practical skills, either in the UK or abroad. We help you gain a placement by running employability workshops and have a dedicated placement team to support you.
Placement opportunities exist in organisations such as
- Omega Travel
- Cosmos
- Visit Peak District and Derbyshire
- Hilton
- Marriott
- Conrad
- Anantara resorts
- Como resorts
- the Gleneagles hotel
- the Hotelbeds Group
Networking opportunities
Guest lectures from visiting academics, researchers and other professionals, and case studies will be utilised to further enhance your knowledge and understanding and to encourage contact with the industry, as well as field visits within certain modules.
Future careers
This course prepares you for a career in
- management and senior management positions in a complex and dynamic industry
- further study by completing a PhD or Doctorate in Business Administration
Previous students have gone on to work for
- international tour operators
- transport operators
- visitor attractions
- resort management
- hotel corporations
- conference and event organisers
- national tourist organisations
- government agencies
- tourism consultancy firms
Sheffield Hallam University Highlights
| Institution Type |
Public |
| Student Population |
60,000 |
| FAFSA Code |
N/A |
| Application Cost |
UCAS application fee is 20 -26 GBP while the direct application is free |
| Accreditation |
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, and others |
| Accommodation |
Available |
| Financial aid |
Scholarships, loans, discounts |
The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
| Program |
Fees (GBP) |
| International Foundation Program |
10,250 - 12,310 |
| Placement year |
1,200 |
| Undergraduate |
13,650 |
| Postgraduate taught |
13,900 – 15,500 |
| MBA |
15,965 |
| PGCEs |
13,905 |
| Fees |
Undergraduate (GBP) |
Postgraduate (GBP) |
| Tuition Fees |
13,650 |
13,900 – 15,965 |
| Placement |
1,200 |
1,200 |
| Accommodation |
3,740 to 6,292 |
3,740 to 6,292 |
*the costs are estimated and may vary.
