MSc Tourism and Hospitality

Fast-track your career in the tourism and hospitality sectors. Progress in one of the world’s largest industries. Qualify for senior roles with significant responsibility.

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Course codeCID918

Duration1 year

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LocationOn campus

Course summary

The MSc Tourism and Hospitality equips you with the skills and knowledge to progress rapidly in tourism and hospitality management. Our course blends a rigorous social science approach with the development of skills that are needed by, for example, restaurant entrepreneurs, resort coordinators, and hotel managers.

Potential employment opportunities include hotel and resort management, attractions and museums, destination marketing agencies, tourism companies, restaurant and bar management, and catering management.

Another option is to set up your own tourism or hospitality business, drawing on the entrepreneurial resources that are available through our Careers and Employability Service. A master's degree will also open up opportunities in academic roles or further study towards a PhD.

Accreditations and approvals

What you'll study

Many of our courses include a range of modules you can choose from. Some of these options may only be available if you’ve already studied specific required modules. If you’re not sure what you need before picking a module, your course leader can help.

Postgraduate module credits should total 180. If optional modules are available alongside core modules on your course, you should choose an amount that totals 180 credits.

How you'll learn

We use a wide variety of teaching and learning methods which include lectures, seminars, study visits, and group work. These are supported by a range of guest speakers from diverse academic and industry backgrounds.

Compared to an undergraduate course, you'll find that this master's degree requires a higher level of independent working.

Entry requirements

We require you to hold at least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent.

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)

If you feel you already know some of the topics covered in this course, either due to previous learning or from work experience, you may not need to study all of the course. Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) is the name given to the process of gaining credit towards a qualification because of something you've learnt in the past. If you're eligible for APL, you won't have to learn the same topic again, so you can be exempt from a module, set of modules, or year of a course. If you think you may be eligible for APL, please contact the course leader.

If English isn't your first language, please see our English language requirements.

If you're studying at a study centre, please contact the centre directly for more information on their specific requirements and equivalent qualifications from outside the UK.

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Full-time January 2026
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MSc Tourism and Hospitality

Key course information

Course summary

Accreditations and approvals

What you'll study

Hospitality Management Studies (30 credits)+

Tourism Concepts and Issues (30 credits)+

Research Methods for the Services Sector (30 credits)+

Current Practices in the Visitor Economy (30 credits)+

Tourism and Hospitality Major Project (60 credits)+