BSc (Honours) International Tourism and Hospitality Business Management (1 year top-up)

Year of Entry 2025/26
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BSc (Honours)

International Tourism and Hospitality Business Management (1 year top-up)

Top up your academic credits and gain valuable tourism and hospitality expertise.

Everything you need to know...

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    What is the fee?

    Home: See fees section below
    International/EU: £17,155 per year

  • Time

    How long will I study?

    1 Year

  • Location

    Where will I study?

    City Campus

  • Checkmark

    What is the UCAS code?

    D047

  • Date

    When do I start?

    September 2025


Course summary

  • Top up your existing qualifications to BA (honours) level. 
  • Develop key international tourism and hospitality business management skills. 
  • Choose an elective module from either tourism or hospitality.
  • Prepare to become a successful tourism and hospitality professional. 
  • Collaborate with tourism and hospitality professionals on a consultancy project. 

From enhancing your strategic thinking and crisis management skills to exploring a research topic of your choice in depth, you’ll develop into a well-rounded and socially conscious professional by the end of this course. You’ll collaborate with an external partner to gain experience and be able to meet tomorrow’s tourism and hospitality challenges and customer needs.

Accredited by
  • Institute of Hospitality (IoH)

This course is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality, the international hospitality professional membership body for managers and aspiring managers who work and study in the hospitality industry.



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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).

Tourism subject group award

Our Tourism subject group is recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT), the membership organisation for tourism industry professionals and educators.

How you learn

At Sheffield Hallam, all our courses are designed to engage you with the world and challenge you to think in new ways. You’ll get to collaborate with others, and you’ll be taught in a supportive environment where you can thrive. 

Our award-winning lecturers have vast industry experience and apply their impactful research to their teaching. So you’ll be able to understand the latest trends in international tourism and hospitality.  

You learn through:  

  • A combination of lectures, seminars and workshops 
  • Sessions led by industry-leading expert guests
  • Live projects with external organisations 
  • Independent study
  • Group work 

Key Themes

The course covers strategic management, sustainable tourism, marketing, revenue management, customer experience, leadership, HR and technology. 

Through practical case studies, you'll develop analytical skills to tackle industry challenges. You’ll also gain expertise to excel in diverse cultural contexts, emerging as a proficient professional who’s ready to contribute to the global tourism and hospitality sector.

Course Support

You’ll be supported in your learning journey towards highly skilled, graduate-level employment through: 

  • Access to our unique student support triangle to help with your personal, academic and career development 
  • Access to our Skills Centre with one to ones, webinars and online resources, where you can get help with planning and structuring your assignments 
  • Industry-specific employability activities such as live projects and networking opportunities 

Course leaders and tutors

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Daniel Connell
Senior Lecturer in Aviation | Programmes Leader for Aviation, Hospitality & Tourism Undergraduate Courses | Professional Statutory & Regulatory Body Lead for Aviation & Tourism

Staff profile for Daniel Connell, Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University

Applied learning

Live projects 

You get the opportunity to work on a live consultancy project with an external partner to build your skills and professional experience. 

Recent students have worked on analysing and developing the hospitality offer of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture. 

Others have contributed to developing the network of the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, helping to organise their annual conference in Gibraltar. They’ve also been involved in developing Operation Make Safe, working with hotels, tour and transport operators to raise staff awareness of child protection issues.   

Networking opportunities 

You’ll be able to develop your own professional network by connecting with esteemed professional bodies – such as the Tourism Management Institute, the Institute of Hospitality or the Institute of Travel and Tourism. These are invaluable opportunities to interact with industry leaders, gain insights into current trends, and forge meaningful relationships that can shape your future career. 

Our strong ties with these bodies also give you enhanced access to resources, events and networking opportunities within the industry.

Competitions 

We’ll encourage and support you to take part in external student competitions.  

Previously, one of our students won the prestigious YCO Diamond Research Award, in which 40 countries were competing. Another student was on the winning team for the prestigious Young Hoteliers Summit, organised by the École Hôtelière de Lausanne, and including a challenge provided by Marriott International. 


Future careers

The course prepares you for managerial roles in: 

  • Hotels and resort management 
  • Tourism product development and management 
  • Restaurants and food service management 
  • Tourism operations management 
  • Destination marketing and management 
  • Meetings, exhibitions, conferences and events 
  • Theme parks and visitor attractions 
  • Pricing analysis 

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for companies such as: 

  • Baxter Storey
  • Center Parcs
  • Compass Group
  • Cosmos and Monarch Holidays
  • Four Seasons
  • Hilton Hotels and Resorts
  • Intercontinental Hotels Group
  • Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
  • Marriott International
  • Mitchells and Butlers
  • The Red Carnation Hotel Collection
  • TUI

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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Equipment and facilities

On this course you work with: 

  • A state-of-the-art kitchen and restaurant space 
  • Specialist industry software to manage operations and elaborate pricing strategies 
  • Business management simulation software 

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 one from

• a HND or foundation degree in a relevant subject, with an overall merit profile from year two modules

• equivalent qualification in a relevant subject

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 or above, with a minimum score of 5.5 in each skill.

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.

Final year

Compulsory modules

Module
Credits
Assessment
Consultancy And Enterprise Challenge
Credits 40
Assessment Coursework(70%) , Practical(30%)
Research Project
Credits 20
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Strategy And Crisis Management In International Tourism And Hospitality
Credits 20
Assessment Coursework(100%)

Elective modules

Module
Credits
Assessment
International Hospitality Analytics And Revenue Management
Credits 40
Assessment Coursework(70%) , Practical(30%)
Responsible Global Tourism Planning
Credits 40
Assessment Coursework(100%)

Fees and funding

Home students

Our tuition fees for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2025/26 are regulated by the UK government and are yet to be confirmed. For an indication, our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2024/25 is £9,250 per year.

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 International/EU students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £17,155 per year.

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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.

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