International Hospitality and Tourism Management MSc
City of London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
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Introduction
Gain a global management perspective and a strategic awareness of the tourism and hospitality sectors, to build the managerial aptitudes needed to run operations and manage destinations sustainably.
Course overview
Hospitality and tourism are vital parts of the economic activity in a world city like London. The sectors are important drivers of economic growth in countries with developing economies.
This course is designed to help meet the increasing demand worldwide for graduates with the competencies and knowledge to join tourism and hospitality.
- Explore current trends and topical issues in hospitality and tourism, including sustainable practice, intercultural awareness, and digital operational technology.
- Combine academic theory, critical judgment and practical experience to help build the self-confidence you will need as a graduate to demonstrate industry-ready aptitudes, and to be ready to undertake leadership roles.
- Study the 18-month Extended Professional Practice route, to gain more practical insights and in-depth experience. See the module section for more details.
Why you should study this course
- Professional accreditation and recognition
Gain a professionally recognised Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice, subject to the successful completion of the CMI accredited Professional Development module. - London location
Our campus lies at the centre of London. One of the world’s most visited tourist destinations. While studying, you are surrounded by a large, competitive and dynamic tourism hub, which includes a mix of related hospitality services such as heritage, events and performing arts sectors. - Real-world experience
For more in-depth experience, you can also choose to study this course over 18 months which includes a period of Extended Professional Practice. You will explore what you’ve learnt in more detail through professional experiences with a host organisation or in a campus-based professional experience. - Prepare for your future
Your learning will be very much applied, ensuring that it relates directly to your chosen industries and to the workplace, and your tutors will work hard to create opportunities for experiential learning. Teaching and assessments are often work-based, including case studies, simulations, presentations, live projects for clients, work experience, field trips, company visits, and guest lectures from organisations such as tour operators and leading hotel chains (subject to availability). You will have opportunities to mix with employers and to build your CV.
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Curriculum
Courses
International Hospitality and Tourism Management MSc
The course curriculum combines strategic postgraduate level management study with specialist vocational modules. Core modules in Strategy and International Business, Financial Decision Making and Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management combine with discipline specific modules, including Operations Management for Hospitality and Tourism, Marketing and Customer Experience Management, Events and Project Management, and Destination Management. This provides you with global management perspectives and a strategic awareness of the tourism and hospitality sectors. Along with helping you explore strategic options and operational challenges, the course builds the managerial aptitudes needed to run operations and manage destinations sustainably.
- Strategy and International Business
- Financial Decision Making
- Operations Management in Hospitality and Tourism
- Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
- Destination Management
- Marketing and Customer Experience Management
- Events and Project Management
- Research Methods for the Creative and Service Industries
- CMI Leading Diverse Workforces
Final Semester Project Options
Choose one from the following:
- Internship Consulting Project, Creative and Service Industries
- MSc Dissertation for the Creative and Service Industries
- Industry Simulation
International Hospitality and Tourism Management MSc with Extended Professional Practice
Modules: All mandatory modules as listed for the MSc, plus:
MSc with Extended Professional Practice
This route integrates theory and practice by engaging in a substantive professional experience or a campus-based project related to your subject. The EPP extends the full-time MSc from 12 to 18 months. You will organise your own internship.
You will work within a host organisation in the form of an internship or in a campus-based professional experience, addressing an issue or project brief in an area relevant to the subject you have studied. You will look to build on your prior course knowledge and skills to enhance your professional experience and expertise, with the aim of improving your employability.
You will study two compulsory non-credit bearing modules:
- Postgraduate Professional Practice 1
- Postgraduate Professional Practice 2
These provide on-campus activity time to enable you to get the most out of your Extended Professional Practice.
You must also complete:
- Postgraduate Professional Practice Project
This module applies your learning in a real business setting to enable you to reflect on and consolidate your knowledge, skills and experience into a final project report.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Typical career routes for graduates from this course could include, but are not limited to:
- hospitality or tourism start-up companies and SMEs
- joining a consulting firm that works with SME
- screating your own hospitality or tourism business
- applying transferable skills gained to scale up an existing family business
- marketing and PR roles for hospitality or tourism businesses
- roles in NGOs, the Civil Service and education. For example, writing policy, or working for a Destination Management Organisation
- progressing to managerial roles within the hospitality and tourism industries e.g. Front Office Manager, Housekeeping Manager, and Hotel Manager
- progress to further education, such as a PhD and/or developing a career in academia.
Where our graduates work
Previous graduates of our International Hospitality and Tourism Management MSc course have gone on to work at: Sheraton Hotel, Landmark Hotel, GLH, Clermont and Holiday Inn Windsor.