Everything you need to know...
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What is the fee?
Home: See fees section below
International/EU: £17,155 per year -
How long will I study?
1 Year
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Where will I study?
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What is the UCAS code?
D047
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When do I start?
September 2025
1. 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
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.
Number 15 in the UK
We're the 15th best university in the UK for hospitality and tourism courses in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.
Come to an open day
Visit us to learn more about our gold-rated teaching and why we were awarded the highest possible rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
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).
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.
2. How you learn
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 specialist support services 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
Daniel Connell
Senior Lecturer in Aviation | Programmes Leader for Aviation, Hospitality & Tourism Undergraduate Courses | Professional Statutory & Regulatory Body Lead for Aviation & TourismStaff 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.
3. 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
4. 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.
City Campus map | City Campus tour
Adsetts library
Adsetts Library is located on our City Campus. It's open 24 hours a day, every day.
Learn more5. 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.
6. 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.
Compulsory modules
Module Aim:
To prepare students for a career as a professional in festival, entertainment, hospitality, tourism and aviation management by providing an opportunity to work on a company-based project or their own venture, focusing on the application of business and management skills within an organisational context. Students will either respond to a project brief, analyse and interpret information to develop a suite of enterprising solutions which are sustainable and financially viable or develop their own venture and business plan. In doing so, students will reflect on their personal and professional development.This module encourages students to develop, synthesise and apply knowledge and experience gained in previous levels of study.
Indicative content:
- The nature of consultancy/role of the consultant
- The tender process
- Business models
- Consultancy project planning and management
- Data collection and analysis for consultancy purposes
- Effective communication and relationship management
- The application of appropriate frameworks (and industry experience) to understand stakeholders, organisations, and the contemporary business environment
- Identifying enterprise opportunities and responding to those
- Change management and leadership
- Financial appraisal of the solutions developed
- Personality theory and team roles
- Reflection on current knowledge, achievements, skills, abilities and aptitudes in relation to graduate employability and improving career potential
- Introduction to as wide a range of situations as possible to allow students the opportunity to experience decision making situations and to develop relevant skills in the area from the viewpoint of managers and other stakeholders
- Taking a professional and ethical approach to consultancy with sustainability and inclusivity (among other principles) in mind
Aims:
The module aims to engage students to identify a research question and to design and develop a research method to investigate this question presenting results in an academic research project format.
Indicative content:
- Critical appraisal of academic research literature and the logical synthesis of this into a literature review
- How to articulate clear research aim and objectives
- Critical appraisal of research methods and approaches
- How to source, analyse and synthesise qualitative and/or quantitative data
- Ethics in research
- Risk assessment
- Developing research skills and presenting research outcomes which demonstrate academic rigour
Aims:
Providing students with a credible and broad grounding in the subject of applied strategic management within tourism and hospitality. Evaluating natural and human made risk and applying appropriate analytical tools to evaluate their impact and mitigate damage. Allowing students to demonstrate the appropriate application of knowledge in relation to real world scenarios
Indicative content:
- Understanding strategy
- National, regional and international risk and crisis, developing mitigating scenarios
- Strategic Management and CSR delivery in the hospitality and tourism sector
- Strategic context - internal and external
- Strategic context - business level, corporate level and network level
- Strategy process, formulation, implementation
- Strategic Management in the international context
Elective modules
Aim:
To explore and critically evaluate theories and practical approaches of hospitality management through cultural theory, internationalisation applications, revenue management, performance analysis within the sector. Enabling students to analyse relevant data and make decisions which positively impact organisational development and profit.
Indicative content:
The students will be using a business simulation software enabling them to implement the learning and knowledge they develop on the contents below from a holistic perspective:
- Cultural theory and its practical applications
- Operations management
- Facilities management
- Experience management
- Business ethics: theory and applications of CSR and EMS
- Competitive benchmarking
- Channel selection and digital revenue management
- Tactical and strategic revenue management
- Price setting
- Performance Metrics
- Data analytics and big data
- Decision making
Aims:
This module aims to extend, develop understanding and knowledge of responsible governance of planning for global tourism destinations and the importance of policy and decision making in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Indicative content:
- UN Sustainable Development Goals and Tourism
- Global bodies and sustainable tourism (UNEP, UNWT)
- Over -tourism in destinations
- Sustainable Tourism Planning strategies, goals, methods.
- Innovative destinations and transitions to sustainability in destinations
- Public and private interactions for tourism destination management and planning.
Sustainable Tourism Planning: Objectives and Character - Tourism planning processes: Formal Planning & Adaptive Planning
- Tourism Growth Management
- Partnerships in tourism policy-making
- Planning for sustainable tourism in different contexts
8. Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students studying full-time in 2025/26 is £9,535 for the course. These fees are regulated by the UK government and therefore subject to change in future years.
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.
Financial support for home/EU students
How tuition fees work, student loans and other financial support available.
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 Sheffield Business School (PDF, 255.6KB)Legal information
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