About the course

Reasons to study

1. You'll have the opportunity to undertake a work placement, providing real-world experience of a range of industry settings.
2. Our staff rank in the top three in England for the proportion who hold doctorates, who have higher degrees, and hold teaching qualifications (HESA 2022). So, you'll learn from some of the best.
3. Study at an AACSB International accredited Business School. Globally, less than 6% of institutions offering business degrees achieve this accreditation.

Why Business with Hospitality Management?

Dynamic, fast paced and international, the hospitality industry is a thriving business sector offering you plenty of exciting career opportunities. This course is designed to prepare you for a management career in world-class hotels, country clubs, theme parks, leisure centres, exhibition venues or catering services. The course is designed around what the hospitality industry wants, ensuring that you are in the best possible position to go directly into challenging and rewarding positions within multinational organisations nationally or globally.

How will you learn?

You will learn through practical application and creatively delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions.

• You’ll be taught by lecturers who have experiences in the industry and are experts in their field.
• You’ll explore areas of marketing, human resources and operations management and apply them to industry practice.
• During your studies we’ll give you the opportunity to take a placement with a business, either in the UK or abroad. Previous students have undertaken placements in companies like Marriott, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Hilton, White Lodgings, De Vere and Park Plaza as well as Greenwich Country Club in Connecticut, Broken Sound Club in Florida and Ovolo in Hong Kong.

What subjects will you cover?

You’ll explore subjects such as Principles of Marketing, Understanding Global Dynamics, Services Marketing, Hospitality Operational Analysis and Planning, Food, Culture and Society

Course detail

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3 - optional placement year

Final year

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching excellence

ASPIRE

Entry requirements

BBB-BBCat A Level .

120-112UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.

Meritat T Level

DDM-DMMin BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above. 120-112 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.