Program Overview

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Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management

MPhil or PhD

Become an expert in your field

Key facts

Start dates

June 2025 / September 2025 / January 2026

Application deadline

Applications by international candidates for on-campus full-time research degrees must be received by:

• 31 January 2025 (June entry)
• 31 May 2025 (September entry)
• 30 September 2025 (January entry)

Applications by home and international candidates for on-campus distance learning candidates must be received in full by:

• 31st March 2025 (June entry)
• 30 June 2025 (September entry) - only entry for Doctor of Coaching and Mentoring
• 31 September 2025 (January entry)

Location

Headington

Distance learning

Course length

Full time: minimum 3 years

Part time: minimum 4 years

School(s)

Oxford Brookes Business School

Funding status

Self-funded

Overview

Our research in hospitality, tourism and events encompasses work on:
• sustainable planning and development
• experience design and customer experience management
• organisational behaviour
• digital marketing
• dark tourism
• revenue and financial management strategy
• entrepreneurship
• consumer behaviour
• stakeholder engagement and
• social impacts.
The distance learning mode involves regular online sessions and intensive 3-5 day blocks of sessions each semester. You can attend the intensive blocks via online synchronous links or by coming to campus (using visitor visas where necessary to visit the UK).
Relevant research centres to this programme:
Centre of Business Society and Global Challenges (BSGC)
Oxford Regions Innovation, Enterprise Lab (ORIEL)International Centre for Coaching and Mentoring Studies (ICCAMS).

Degree routes

All students enrol as probationer research students. The degree for which you register will depend on your academic qualifications and research experience. During the first year you will formally register your research proposal for one of the below routes.

MPhil

If you undertake an MPhil you will:

• critically investigate and evaluate an approved topic
• demonstrate understanding of research methods appropriate to the chosen field
• present and defend a substantial thesis by oral examination.

Thesis: 50,000 wordsLength of study: Full-time: 2-3 years. Part-time: 3-4 years.

PhD

The criteria for a PhD are similar to those for an MPhil, with the key difference that:

• the research carried out will result in an independent and original contribution to knowledge.

Thesis: 100,000 wordsLength of study: Full-time: 3-4 years. Part-time: 4-6 years.

Why Oxford Brookes University?

You will benefit from:

• a supervisory team of two to three supervisors who can provide the best combination of expertise to support your work
• training courses in research methods provided by the Business School and wider University
• regular seminars and learning activities at department, school and university level
• experience of presenting work to different audiences
• opportunities to network and discuss your work with staff and fellow students.
• engage with our entrepreneurs in residence and visiting entrepreneurs
• Work with local businesses
• collaborative opportunities, including receiving industrial funding and sponsorship.

You will be supported in developing and sharing your expertise through:

• opportunities to present at internal seminars and conferences
• support in attending, and ultimately presenting at external conferences (some financial assistance is available)
• training as an Associate Lecturer and the opportunity to engage in teaching activity on appropriate modules offered by the Business School.

Learning and assessment

While every candidate’s exact experience will vary according to their particular discipline, topic and methodology, there are a number of common elements that all students will undertake:

• critically investigating and evaluating an approved topic
• undertaking an analytical review of the existing literature in your topic area to set the theoretical context for your work and help demonstrate the gap in knowledge you will address
• developing and then implementing a rigorous and appropriate methodology for researching your topic
• demonstrating that your research conforms to all relevant ethical codes of practice
• extensive primary field research, analysis and evaluation.

Your progression will be monitored through an annual process undertaken at the end of each academic year, and through two key progression points after approximately six months and eighteen months of study respectively.

Students

Caroline Schuhmacher

Governance systems for tourist-accessible animal sanctuaries in emerging economies

Janrapee Kemthong

An investigation of stakeholder relationship patterns in the planning process of cultural event tourism (CET)

Zhihao Chen

Self-drive tourist's spatial behaviour and associated decision-making process in context of Chinese market

Kuo Feng

Social connectedness: How commercial senior living facilities help enhance older adults’ social well-being through social activities in China

Pathaithip Gun-Ari

Political risks and international hotel expansion decision making: a strategic framework for risk optimisation

How to apply

Entry requirements

Applicants should have a good honours degree and a good master's degree at merit level or above that includes a thesis component. Applicants with equivalent experience will be considered.

Application process

1. Complete your research proposal
2. Gather your supporting documents (listed below)
3. Make a direct application.

When applying for this programme of study please upload all of the required supporting documents listed below to the online application portal. If you have any difficulty completing your application, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Supporting documents

We require the following supporting documents for every candidate making an application to study a research degree:

• copies of your previous degree transcripts and certificates (both undergraduate and postgraduate)
• a scan of your passport
• two academic references
• a 2,000-word Research Topic Proposal
• evidence of funding (we require evidence of personal funds or a letter from a funder if you will be sponsored)
• international students must also provide an English Language Certificate with an IELTS score of at least 7.0.

We suggest merging your supporting documents into a single PDF file. Please note there are options for you to submit your two references.

Tuition fees

2025 / 26

2026 / 27

Home (UK) full time

£5,106

Home (UK) part time

£2,553

International full time

£19,550

International part time

£9,775

Home (UK) full time

Fees to be confirmed in Spring 2026

Home (UK) part time

Fees to be confirmed in Spring 2026

International full time

£20,100

International part time

£10,050

Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.

For International fees the following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.

Home fees are set by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and are released approximately five months before the start of each academic year.

If you have any questions about fees, get in touch with the Research Degrees Team.

How and when to pay

Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.

Compulsory costs

Additional costs Additional costs | Amount (£)
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Continuation fee The continuation fee, where it is payable is compulsory, but not applicable to Masters by research or PhD by Published Work, detailed as follows:

• All MPhil/PhD full-time students are required to pay the full-time fee for three complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee;
• All MPhil/PhD part-time students are required to pay the part-time fee for six complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee.
• All PhD Direct full-time students are required to pay the full-time fee for two complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee;
• All PhD Direct part-time students are required to pay the part-time fee for three complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee.

| £1455

Optional costs

Additional costs Additional costs | Amount (£)
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It’s your responsibility to cover print / binding costs where coursework submission is required. Please note that a lot of the coursework is now submitted online. | From £30
You may choose to purchase books to support your studies. Many books on our reading lists are available via the Library, or can be purchased secondhand. | £20-60 per book
Accommodation fees in Brookes Letting (most do not include bills) | £94-265 per week
Accommodation fees in university halls (bills included, excluding laundry costs) | £122-180 per week
Graduation costs include tickets, gowning and photography. Gowns are not compulsory but typically students do hire robes, starting at £41. | Typically £0-200
Students are responsible for their own travel to and from university for classes. For the 2025/26 academic year, the University is introducing an alternative subsidised travel offer for all students with further information on our Travel webpages. | From £10
Resubmission fees If following viva, examiners recommend that a student is required to revise and resubmit their thesis for re-examination, they must pay the resubmission fee for the duration of that period. | £1455

Funding your studies

Financial support and scholarships

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