Program Overview

Global Business Administration (International Tourism and Hospitality Management) MBA

Course Overview

This flagship two-year Global MBA offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of business, engaging with some of the most contemporary challenges faced by global business leaders.

Supported by our Global Leadership Development Programme and 12-month industry placement, you will be offered the opportunity to develop the most in-demand skills needed to confront the challenges and unlock the opportunities of a dynamic and unpredictable economic environment. You’ll also explore significant issues including business resilience and crisis management as a key part of the course.

The International Tourism and Hospitality Management specialism aims to provide you with a broad, analytical and integrated programme of applied study, focusing on deepening your knowledge and understanding of contemporary tourism management and its related sectors, including events and hospitality industries.

Modules unique to this specialism include:

• Global Hospitality and Tourism Operations
• Innovations in Sustainability and Resilience Planning

This applied MBA will provide you with the knowledge foundations of business before offering the unique opportunity to specialise in your chosen industrial field, allowing the flexibility to shape your study based on your career aspirations. It is designed to develop creative, flexible and aspirational leaders of industry.

You will be immersed in fundamental business principles. These core foundations of business integrate cross-cutting themes relating to the global challenges shaping today’s business environment, including technological change, the global political and economic context, social and demographic change and environmental crisis.

Study Style

Modules combine a mix of case studies, applied practical learning and real-world applications, supporting you to develop the fundamental skills needed as a future global business leader. All learners will be supported in applying for a competitive year-long industry placement to develop their management capabilities, and maximise their career potential.

You will have a number of opportunities to personalise your programme, with our unique specialisation model and a range of options to engage with industry during your second year. Students will be challenged to think creatively and deliver novel solutions to complex business problems. To enable this, unique assessments have been built into modules that involve practical work-related assignment such as the ‘client-consultant scenario’.

Entry Requirements

• 2.2 Honours Degree
  • A 2:2 honours degree or equivalent, or a comparable professional qualification and ideally a minimum of two years management/supervisory experience. Applicants with significant work experience but without a formal Level 6 qualification will also be considered.
• Professional or postgraduate qualification
  • We will consider a comparable professional or postgraduate qualification
• International students - IELTS 6.0
  • International students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

Course Modules

You're viewing course modules for the Full Time (1 years) course option. Choose a different course option to see corresponding course modules.

Here's an example of the types of modules you'll study (the contents and structure of the course are reviewed occasionally, but it is unlikely that there will be significant change).

Module information is not available for this programme.

• Level 7 (Postgraduate)

All students must complete these modules:

• Global Leadership Challenges: Leadership by Design (BM7200)
  • This module is concerned with trying to understand the nature of leadership within a global business, how the concept of leadership has changed and developed, what is driving this change and how an understanding of leadership theory can allow future business leaders to tackle the challenges that they will face.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Portfolio: Individual: 3000 words or equivalent
• Accounting and Finance for Global Managers (BM7204)
  • The module is designed to equip managers with essential accounting and financial knowledge and skills necessary for effective decision-making in a global business environment. The module covers fundamental accounting principles, financial statements analysis, budgeting, and the interpretation of financial data.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Exam: Multiple Choice: 1.00 hours
• Managing Complex Projects (BM7205)
  • Project management is key to delivering strategic value within an organisation and it involves time planning, controlling costs, time and quality which are predetermined and defined. Included are also budgetary constraints, risk and the management of stakeholder interests. Projects can range from construction of a new building to the launch of new product, or outsourcing previous in-house functions, to the re-engineering of products, services and processes.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Assignment: Individual: 3000 words
• Academic, Personal and Professional Development (BM7206)
  • This module has been designed to meet the needs of business professionals enabling them to thrive in the fast-moving world of global business. Students will recognise and develop the academic, personal and professional skills, competencies and behaviours required to thrive in a global business environment creating and attending to their own development plan.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 270
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Portfolio: Individual: 6000 words
• Business Project (BM7207)
  • The purpose of this module is to allow the student to carry out a self-managed piece of work that integrates the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous study within an employability and career development focused framework. It provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to the development of a new venture taking students on an entrepreneurial journey from ideation through to new venture creation or to the analysis and resolution of the kinds of business and management problems that are encountered in developing a viable business project.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 270
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Assignment: Individual: 6000 words or equivalent
• Global Hospitality and Tourism Operations (BM7213)
  • The module explores the global hospitality and tourism industries and their economic and social significance. Different sectors of the industry will be analysed. Key topics such as hospitality and tourism design, planning, development and delivery will be explored from theoretical and applied perspectives.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Assignment: Individual: 3000 words
• Managing Business Continuity in a Global Context (BM7219)
  • This module critically explores principles and practice of business continuity planning in a global context and in relation to diverse crises and disaster risks.
  • Students will develop an advanced understanding of business continuity planning for organisations and organisational networks at a local, national and global scale. Emphasis is placed on developing advanced professional skills in relation to the planning, management and implementation of complex business continuity projects that involve a high level of multi-agency and stakeholder integration in response to highly contextualised emergencies, large-scale disasters and crises.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Assignment: Individual: 3000 words
• Innovations in Sustainability and Resilience Planning in International Hospitality and Tourism (BM7223)
  • This module critically explores the nature of the international hospitality and tourism industry as a global phenomenon. Students will be encouraged to critique responsible management within this context, with particular focus on the social, financial and environmental impacts of the hospitality and tourism industries.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 50% Presentation: Group: 20 minutes or equivalent
    • 002: 50% Assignment: Individual: 1500 words
• Strategic Management (FT7208)
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Assignment: Individual: 3,000 words or equivalent
• International Trade Law (LW7014)
  • The aim of this module is to provide an appreciation of the laws governing the trading of goods on the international marketplace. We will examine the development and influence of the laws governing such export trading, legal relationships between the parties, the nature of the particular types of contracts and the rights and liabilities that arise. Emphasis is placed on the practical implications of these laws for individuals and companies trading internationally. As such the course provides academic challenge as well as day-to-day relevance for those students who may later be involved in advising on or conducting such transactions. Students will notice the strong bias towards the laws of sea trading, but this merely reflects the fact that the overwhelming majority of export trading is conducted via carriage by sea.
  • Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
  • Independent Learning Hours: 120
  • Assessment
    • 001: 100% Assignment: Individual: 3000 words

Fees and Costs

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• Start date | Location | Course code | Fee (UK) | Fee (international)
  • Total fee | Total fee
  • Jan 2026 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | £11,925 | £18,700
  • Sep 2025 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | £11,925 | £18,700
  • Jan 2027 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | TBC | TBC
  • Sep 2026 | Oxstalls, Gloucester | — | TBC | TBC

Careers

Graduates of our Global Business Administration (International Tourism and Hospitality Management) MBA at UoG are well-prepared for a range of exciting career paths. Our extensive industry links offer invaluable opportunities to connect with leaders in tourism and hospitality. Graduates often advance to roles such as project manager, senior business leader, or management consultant. The programme also provides a strong foundation for those looking to become entrepreneurs, business analysts, or human resource managers. With a focus on international tourism and hospitality management, you’ll be equipped to make strategic decisions and drive innovation in a global context, ensuring you’re ready to lead and succeed in this dynamic industry.

Placements

Placement opportunities of up to 12 months of full-time work experience relevant to your field of study are available as part of this programme. During this time, you’ll develop an independent portfolio of work to demonstrate:

• leading inquiry
• investigative skills
• research skills
• identifying problem areas
• accurate application of theory to problem solving.

You’ll apply learning in real-time and independently evidences professional skills in presenting solutions orally and in written report formats.

This 12-month work-placement is embedded within the course and will allow you to practically apply knowledge within the industry and further develop skills and personal employability.

Placements could be with an external employer, or follow a self-employed/start-up enterprise route.