MSc International Hospitality and Tourism Management (Work Experience)

Year of Entry 2025/26
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MSc

International Hospitality and Tourism Management (Work Experience)

Combine advanced hospitality and tourism knowledge with authentic real-world skills – preparing you for complex, fast-growing roles in management and senior management.

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

  • Time

    How long will I study?

    2 Years

  • Location

    Where will I study?

    City Campus

  • Date

    When do I start?

    September 2025

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    Placement year available?

    Yes


Course summary

  • Strategically manage and promote global products, businesses and destinations. 
  • Critically examine the hospitality and tourism industries within practical contexts. 
  • Develop essential skills to enter or advance in international hospitality and tourism. 
  • Operate in a sustainable and competitive manner within these sectors. 
  • Learn to lead people in the cross-cultural environments of a global industry. 

The MSc International Hospitality and Tourism Management course emphasises sustainability and competitiveness through critical analysis and practical application. You’ll gain the expertise and professional skills to strategically plan, innovate, manage and promote products, businesses and destinations in the global hospitality and tourism industries. The course also includes a work experience opportunity – a 12-month placement.

Accredited by
  • Institute of Hospitality (IoH)
  • Tourism Management Institute (TMI)

This course is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality, the international hospitality professional membership body for managers and aspiring managers. It is also recognised by the Tourism Management Institute, (TMI) the professional organisation for tourism destination managers. TMI has extended recognition to this course delivered in Hong Kong in partnership with SHAPE.



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.

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How you learn

 

This course offers a versatile learning approach encompassing various methods, enabling you to establish a robust theoretical and practical foundation in business management, hospitality and tourism.  

You’ll be taught by expert staff with professional experience in a range of relevant fields. You’ll learn in state-of-the-art facilities – applying theoretical knowledge in practical ways aligned to the real-world challenges facing the hospitality and tourism sectors. We’ll emphasise the latest industry trends, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities and global readiness while exploring relevant concepts and their practical applications through case studies.  

You learn through: 

  • Practical workshops  
  • Lectures 
  • Tutorials and simulations
  • Essays and reports 
  • Field trips, site visits and investigative field work
  • Industry guest lectures and key speakers
  • Case study analysis 
  • Industry software
  • Placements
  • Presentations

Key themes

You’ll gain a foundational understanding of the hospitality and tourism industry in modules such as ‘Approaches to Tourism and Hospitality Business Management’ and ‘Consumer Behaviour’. 

You’ll then delve deeper into industry operations through courses like 'Business Management Strategy’, ‘Research Methods' and 'Work Related Learning’. 

The course culminates in strategic management modules like 'Tourism and Aviation Operations', followed by a dissertation. You’ll also have the option to choose a specialised elective in either tourism or hospitality.

Course-level support

  • You’ll be supported by industry-experienced academic staff – as well as an academic adviser, an employability adviser and a student support adviser. We’ll also encourage you to collaborate with peers in both your learning and in extra-curricular activities, so you can benefit from a sense of course community.
  • You’ll mostly be assessed through coursework, with workshops to provide you with regular feedback. Where appropriate, we’ll build flexibility and personalisation into the assessment design to allow you to tailor your own learning.
  • Our teaching is digitally-enriched, with opportunities to engage online with peers and tutors   
  • You’ll be welcomed onto campus with in-person workshops.   
  • Supported independent study builds confidence and resilience, shaping individual creative practice.  
  • You’ll collaborate with external partners to develop the personal and professional competencies required for a career in the hospitality or tourism industries.  

Course leaders and tutors

Shqiperim Reka
Shqiperim Reka
Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Course Leader

Lecturer/Research

Applied learning

Work placements

The work experience option is highly regarded by employers as the premier opportunity to cultivate practical skills within the hospitality and tourism sectors, whether domestically or internationally. We support you to find placements with employability workshops and a dedicated placement team, – preparing you for your task to secure your ideal opportunity.

Previous organisations that have provided placement opportunities include: 

  • Omega Travel 
  • Visit Peak District and Derbyshire  
  • Hilton 
  • Marriott 
  • Conrad 
  • Anantara Resorts 
  • Como Resorts 
  • Gleneagles Hotel  
  • Hotelbeds Group. 

Networking opportunities

You’ll be able to expand your professional network through guest lectures by industry experts, researchers and academics – supplemented by immersive case studies and field visits. These experiences give you a deeper industry understanding and invaluable career experience.


Future careers

Prepare for a career in management and senior management roles within the intricate and ever-evolving field of hospitality and tourism. Your course has embedded support from an academic to help you prepare for your future career. The University also offers workshops and support sessions.

This course prepares you for a career in:: 

  • National and international tour operation 
  • Transport operation 
  • Visitor attraction management 
  • Individual and chain restaurant management 
  • Resort management 
  • Conference and event organisation 
  • National tourism 
  • Government agency planning 
  • Tourism consultancy 


These are just a few of the many careers you can pursue with a hospitality and tourism degree. 

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

  • Best Western Hotels  
  • Crowne Plaza Sheffield 
  • DoubleTree by Hilton 
  • Hilton Hotels 
  • Holiday Inn Hotels 
  • Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) 
  • Marriott Hotels 
  • Mercure Hotels 
  • Novotel Sheffield Centre 
  • Manchester Airport 
  • 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.

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Equipment and facilities

You’ll benefit from state-of-the-art learning environments, including IT-equipped lecture halls, specialised hardware and software resources, interactive group workspaces, and a continuously expanding library. 

You’ll also have access to: 

  • state-of-the-art development kitchen facilities and a training restaurant 
  • specialist industry software to manage tourism and hospitality operations and elaborate pricing strategies – previous students have used Hotel Operations Tactics and Strategy (HOTS) software 

Entry requirements

All students

Normally an honours degree or recognised equivalent qualification

We welcome enquiries from those who have substantial management experience but who 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 (APL), 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 can take an optional placement in year two.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Module
Credits
Assessment
Global Tourism And Hospitality Operations
Credits 30
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Marketing Innovations And Technology For Hospitality And Tourism
Credits 30
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Postgraduate Work Experience Applied Professional Diploma
Credits -
Assessment
Responsible Entrepreneurship And Leadership In Hospitality And Tourism
Credits 30
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Sustainable Business Strategy
Credits 30
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Final year

Elective modules

Module
Credits
Assessment
Consultancy
Credits 60
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Dissertation
Credits 60
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Work Experience Project
Credits 60
Assessment Coursework(100%)

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.

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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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You apply for this course via our online application form.

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