Everything you need to know...
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What is the fee?
Home: £12,120 for the course
International/EU: £19,225 for the course -
How long will I study?
2 Years
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Where will I study?
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When do I start?
September 2025
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Placement year available?
Yes
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Course summary
- Explore the creation, delivery and evaluation of international events at masters-level.
- Deepen your knowledge of global cultural, sporting and business events.
- Understand the economic and social contribution and impact of events on all scales.
- Solve complex real-world problems with innovative, analytical and critical thinking.
- Gain an internationally recognised industry-accredited qualification in Health and Safety (IOSH).
You’ll focus on the strategic role that authentic events play in contemporary global society, including how they contribute to organisational and environmental objectives. The course combines the latest theories of strategic event management with the application of knowledge through problem-solving and collaboration with industry partners. You’ll also have a 12-month placement opportunity to gain further experience.
Sheffield Business School accreditation
Sheffield Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has been awarded the Business School Impact System label by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with authentic real-world issues, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
Sheffield Hallam is one of the top providers of events courses in the UK. As a founder member of the Association of Event Management Educators (AEME), we’re involved in establishing academic benchmarks in events education. As a result, the MSc International Event Management course has an innovative learning and assessment approach that puts you at its centre.
You’ll be supported by industry-experienced academic staff. You’ll also be encouraged to collaborate with peers – both as part of your learning and through extra-curricular activities – creating a strong sense of course community.
This course is delivered face-to-face over three semesters – with teaching scheduled based on the length of your course and the academic calendar.
You learn through:
- practical workshops
- lectures
- tutorials
- site visits
- field trips
- industry guest lectures and key speakers
- staging live, online or simulated events
- coursework
- regular feedback
Key themes
You’ll join the course and gain a fundamental insight and understanding of the events industry, its importance locally, nationally and globally, and its overall contribution to economies and communities. From the very beginning of the course you’ll learn about event design, strategy, operations and delivery.
You’ll study the creation of events, key trends impacting the global events sector and how to evaluate event outcomes. Our course also challenges you to reflect on your own development to improve business communication and leadership skills. You’ll study a range of operational event management topics, including event marketing, finance and budgets, resources, venues, staffing and stakeholder management.
We’ll also focus on important global and societal issues through applied practical skills – including sustainability, equity, diversity and inclusion, and making ethical business decisions.
Assessments include a variety of written, verbal, digital and practical formats. We’ll support your success with formative feedback and student supervision. And where appropriate, we’ll build flexibility and personalisation into the assessment design to allow you to tailor your own learning
Course support
- You’ll have an academic adviser, an employability adviser and a student support adviser.
- Our teaching is digitally enriched, with opportunities to engage online with peers and tutors.
- You’ll have in-person workshops to welcome you and support you with placements.
- Supported independent study builds confidence and resilience, shaping individual creative practice.
- Collaboration with external partners gives vital experience of the professional world.
Course leaders and tutors
Jaffer (Jay) Idris
Senior LecturerJaffer Idris (Jay) is a lecturer working in Events Management within the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University. Jay maintains a strong academic pr … Read more
Applied learning
Work placements
The 12-month placement option (for September starters only) is an extra opportunity to develop your practical skills, either in the UK or abroad. We run employability workshops to help you gain a placement and we have a dedicated placement team to support you. Previous students have had placements with Olympia London, Ashfield Meeting Experiences, TRO Experiential Marketing Agency and Hilton Hotel.
Live projects
You’ll be able to complete a live project as part of the Event Management in Action module – designing, planning, marketing and delivering an event. This could be for a charity or a business client, using all the skills, knowledge and experience you’ve gained so far.
We also work with local, regional, national and international event organisations to offer you opportunities to get involved in a range of roles and types of events. Through our wide network, you’ll have the chance to work, volunteer or look behind the scenes at some of these events.
Previous examples include Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield's Chinese New Year celebrations, Leeds Festival, Festival Republic and the Tour de France Grand Depart.
Field trips
To enhance your learning further, we include a residential trip. This is usually in London, with past students visiting the Olympia Conference Centre, Olympic Park, the Excel and the annual international tradeshow Confex.
Networking opportunities
Our links with industry mean you’ll be able to engage with a wide range of guest speakers from across the events industry – including visiting academics, researchers and other professionals.You’ll also benefit from our membership with the Association of Events Management Educators and National Outdoor Events Association. Since 2002 we’ve developed an impressive track record of forming tomorrow’s leaders in events management – with successful alumni working across the globe. Our graduates regularly return to share their career stories and events expertise.
Future careers
Prepare for a career in management and senior management roles within the fast-paced field of event management. You’ll have support from an academic member of staff, workshops and support sessions to help prepare you for your future career.
This course prepares you for a career in:
- event management
- venue management
- project management
- global hotel management
- event account management
- event coordination for government organisations
- international association coordination
- conference and event organisation
- international leisure resort management
- events and conference business analysis and consultancy
- These are just a few of the many career paths you can follow in the industry.
- Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work as:
- Sales Manager, Maritime Industry, Vancouver
- Associate Director, Initiative, Leeds
- Client Strategy Manager, Pico, London
- Events Project Senior Supervisor, Dotera, China
- Senior Project Coordinator, Smyle Agency, London
- Associate Account Director, Innocean Worldwide, India
Where will I study?
You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.
City Campus
City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.
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Adsetts library
Adsetts Library is located on our City Campus. It's open 24 hours a day, every day.
Learn moreEquipment and facilities
You’ll develop your event leadership and management skills in our event spaces and specialist facilities on campus – delivering live events in the community through a wealth of partner venues in Sheffield and the surrounding area.
You’ll develop your digital skills using management software to plan and manage events. For example, previous students have used OnePlan event software to plan and deliver the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, enhancing their learning.
In recent years we’ve invested over £100m in new facilities to help you study how and when you want. This means 24-hour libraries and study spaces designed by our students.
Entry requirements
All students
Normally an honours degree or recognised equivalent qualification
We welcome enquiries from those who have substantial management experience but do not have the normal entry requirements. We may invite you for an interview to discuss your particular background, experience and qualifications. You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more
Through accreditation of prior learning you may be able to claim entry with credit or exemptions based on your existing qualifications, knowledge and experience.
Work Experience Route
If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS 6.5 score with a minimum of 6.0 in all skills or equivalent.
Non Work Experience Route
If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS 6.0 score with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills or equivalent.
If your English language skill is currently below the required level we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.
Additional information for EU/International students
If you are an International or non-UK European student, you can find out more about the country specific qualifications we accept on our international qualifications page.
For details of English language entry requirements (IELTS), please see the information for 'All students'.
Modules
Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.
You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Events Management In Action
Global Event Creation
Postgraduate Work Experience Applied Professional Diploma
Responsible Events Management
Sustainable Business Strategy
Final year
Elective modules
Consultancy
Dissertation
Work Experience Project
Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £12,120 for the course. The tuition fee displayed above is for the full course. For this work experience route, your fees will be payable over two years, divided into two annual payments based on credits studied. The fee includes dedicated employability support to help you prepare for and secure work experience. It does not guarantee you a placement and if a placement is not secured the work experience fee will still be charged. If a placement is not secured you will transfer to the standard version of the course to complete your remaining credits, where the balance of your course fees will be due in year one in line with completing the course.
If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.
International students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £19,225 for the course. The tuition fee displayed above is for the full course. For this work experience route, your fees will be payable over two years, divided into two annual payments based on credits studied. The fee includes dedicated employability support to help you prepare for and secure work experience. It does not guarantee you a placement and if a placement is not secured the work experience fee will still be charged. If a placement is not secured you will transfer to the standard version of the course to complete your remaining credits, where the balance of your course fees will be due in year one in line with completing the course.
Postgraduate student loans
Up to £11,222 available for Home students on most masters courses.
Additional course costs
The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.
General course additional costs
Additional costs for Event management courses (PDF, 266.2KB)Legal information
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