Program Overview

BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management

Overview

The BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management prepares you for management roles in the dynamic and global hospitality industry. By studying this program, you will acquire industry-relevant knowledge and develop skills to help you plan and manage resources and enhance consumer experiences.

Why Choose This Course?

• 97% for Academic Support (NSS, 2024)
• 97% for 'Teaching on my course' (NSS, 2024)
• 6th in the UK for Business and Management courses (The Guardian University Guide 2025)

What's Unique About This Course?

• Engagement with the industry is paramount in this program, offering chances to apply your learning in live events, field trips, and encounters with guest lecturers.
• A breadth of public, private, and voluntary roles worldwide will be attainable following your graduation, which you will readily meet with reflexivity, creativity, and understanding.
• We make sure that you have opportunities to gain professional qualifications alongside your degree – for example, you can study at a greatly reduced rate for the National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (NCPLH).

What Happens on the Course?

With the hospitality industry making huge, vital moves in the wake of impact by Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, it is crucial that you not only approach potential careers with a base of subject knowledge, but initiative, inspiration, and innovation. Fuelling your creativity, engagement with the industry is embedded throughout the curriculum where your research may be applied.

Course Modules

• Academic and Professional Skills
• Concepts in International Hospitality Management
• Exploring Hospitality
• Managing Events in Hospitality Businesses
• Customer Acquisition & Retention
• Hospitality Property Management
• Researching Leisure
• The Professional Manager and Leadership
• Applied Food and Beverage Management
• Hospitality Sustainability and Resilience
• The Professional Project
• The Strategic Business

Potential Career Paths

• Hotel Manager
• Restaurant Manager
• Operations Co-coordinator
• Personnel Manager
• Hospitality Manager

Additional Information

• Everything you need to know about this course!

Why Wolverhampton?

The BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management prepares you for management roles in the dynamic and global hospitality industry. By studying this program, you will acquire industry-relevant knowledge and develop skills to help you plan and manage resources and enhance consumer experiences.

What Skills Will You Gain?

As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:

• Strategically analyze and evaluate the regional, national, and international business environment and its impact on the local hospitality environment.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and enterprising skills required in managing an international hospitality function.
• Use industry-specific digital technology, in the context of developing and managing a contemporary hospitality business.
• Recognize and value the importance of the hospitality consumer, their needs, experience, and diversity, in both the operational and strategic contexts.
• Apply appropriate theoretical concepts to dynamic and diverse hospitality concerns such as gourmet restaurants, pub franchises, or international hotels.
• Manage the complex relationships between the key industry players, whilst acknowledging the social responsibility of the 21st-century hospitality manager.

Course Fees and Finance

• Location | Mode | Fee | Year
  • Home | Full-time | £9250 per year |
  • Home | Full-time | £9535 per year |
  • Home | Part-time | £4625 per year# |
  • Home | Part-time | £4768 per year# |
  • International | Full-time | £14950 per year |
  • International | Full-time | £15995 per year |

Entry Requirements

• Typical entry requirement: 96 UCAS points
• A Levels - grades CCC / BCD
• BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma - grades MMM
• BTEC L3 Diploma - grades DD
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (96 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at merit)

What Our Students Say

• “Having chosen to undertake a degree at the University of Wolverhampton, I was happy to have my expectations exceeded on almost all accounts. A key focus during the course was the ability to fully understand the industry and also to gain the skills and knowledge that set me above others during the recruitment process.” - Amie
• “I am convinced that the degree, and the knowledge I gained through it, gave me a fantastic platform for my development and opened up great career opportunities. I owe a considerable amount of my success to my lecturers. Combined with an unforgettable social life and lifelong friends, the years I spent there benefit me every day." - Louis

Who Accredits This Course?

• Institute of Hospitality (IoH)
• "Accredited by the Institute of Hospitality that academic, vocational and professional standards achieved are appropriate and programme content and delivery meet international Institute of Hospitality benchmark standards."

Funding

• Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status):
  • Most students will be able to apply for loans to pay for these subject to eligibility. To find out more information please refer to the government Student Finance website.
• Changes for EU students:
  • The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as having Overseas Fee status. More information about the change is available at UKCISA:
• Self-funding:
  • If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: See How to pay.
• Your employer, embassy, or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:
  • If your employer, embassy, or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

How We Compare

• Find out how our course is rated on Discover Uni, the official website for comparing UK higher education courses
• Full-time Course:
  • 100% say staff value students' views and opinions about the course
  • 100% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
  • 80% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.
• Part-time Course:
  • 82% say staff value students' views and opinions about the course
  • 82% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
  • 65% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.