Master of Science - Strategic Tourism and Hospitality Management (with placement)

Our degree unlocks a world of opportunities and advantages in the tourism and hospitality. Based on the principles of the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), and approved by the Institute of Hospitality - the world’s leading, award-winning professional membership body for hospitality professionals - our degree is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in this ever-changing sector. The programme covers a wide range of strategic areas, from management, marketing, sales management, and entrepreneurship to finance management, leadership, human resources, and governance and policy.

We believe in learning by doing. Through the internship, field trips, and hands-on projects, they will apply theories and strategic data-analytics skills developed as part of their master’s programme to identify, analyse, and proffer strategic and sustainable solutions to real-world challenges. We will provide them with networking opportunities and will connect them with professionals, alumni, and peers through our extensive tourism and hospitality networks. To make their education a personalised journey, we offer two optional modules for their individual project. They can engage in either a dissertation-research project or an internship and consultancy project to address current industry challenges, ensuring that they are at the forefront of industry innovations.

This degree includes the opportunity to enhance their employability - and elevate their career - with a placement year, working full-time for a company. It’s a chance for them to immerse themselves in an industry, apply their knowledge and put theory into practice. It should also help them develop their professional skills and assist them in starting to make industry connections. Graduates with work experience are highly sought after by employers and often secure higher-level positions.The programme meets employer expectations by equipping students with essential hard and soft skills to excel in the workforce and advance into high-level management roles as global Tourism and Hospitality business leaders.