About the course

Why Business with Hospitality Management?

Dynamic, fast paced and international, the hospitality industry is a thriving business sector offering you plenty of exciting career opportunities. This course is designed to prepare you for a management career in world-class hotels, country clubs, theme parks, leisure centres, exhibition venues or catering services. The course is designed around what the hospitality industry wants, ensuring that you are in the best possible position to go directly into challenging and rewarding positions within multinational organisations nationally or globally.

How will you learn?

You will learn through practical application and creatively delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions.

• You’ll be taught by lecturers who have experiences in the industry and are experts in their field.
• You’ll explore areas of marketing, human resources and operations management and apply them to industry practice.
• During your studies we’ll give you the opportunity to take a placement with a business, either in the UK or abroad. Previous students have undertaken placements in companies like Marriott, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Hilton, White Lodgings, De Vere and Park Plaza as well as Greenwich Country Club in Connecticut, Broken Sound Club in Florida and Ovolo in Hong Kong.

What subjects will you cover?

You’ll explore subjects such as Principles of Marketing, Understanding Global Dynamics, Services Marketing, Hospitality Operational Analysis and Planning, Food, Culture and Society

Course detail

Year 1

Core modules:

• Hospitality, Events, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HELST)
• Understanding Global Dynamics
• Understanding Business Analytics
• Understanding Organisational Behaviour
• Principles of Marketing
• ASPIRE 1

Year 2

Core modules:

• Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibition Management
• Food, Culture and Society
• Business Research Skills
• Services Marketing
• Managing People
• ASPIRE 2

Year 3 - optional placement year

The course offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad.

Final year

Core modules:

• Hospitality Operational Analysis
• Strategy and Business Transformation
• Responsible Business
• ASPIRE 3

Option modules:

Choose either:

• Management Dissertation

Or, choose one from a list which may include:

• Managing Across Cultures
• Advances in Leadership
• Social Entrepreneurship
• E-Commerce
• People Resourcing

Teaching and Assessment

Reasons to study

1. You'll have the opportunity to undertake a work placement, providing real-world experience of a range of industry settings.
2. Our Hospitality, Event Management and Tourism subject area is ranked 6th by The Guardian University Rankings 2022.
   
3. Our staff rank in the top three in England for the proportion who hold doctorates, who have higher degrees, and hold teaching qualifications (HESA 2022). So, you'll learn from some of the best.
   

Placements

The course offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad.

Our Placement Office works with national and international employers to ensure excellent work experience opportunities are available to you on placement courses as well as giving advice in areas such as interview skills and preparing CVs and covering letters.

Previous placement providers have included Classic Lodges: Bagden Hall, Coworth Park Hotel, Crowne Plaza, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Greenwich Country Club, Park Plaza Hotel London Waterloo, Potters Leisure Ltd, Radisson Blu Hotel, Red Carnation Hotels, Roxy Leisure Ltd, St. George’s Park Hilton Hotel, The Majestic Hotel - DoubleTree by Hilton, The Stanwich Club, Thwaites, White Lodgings / Courtyard San Antonio Airport hotel and York Marriott Hotel.

The placement year is a valuable tool that can enhance your employability and help you to develop as an individual. It is acknowledged that graduates with industry experience are generally much more attractive to employers.

Student support

At the University of Huddersfield, you'll find support networks and services to help you get ahead in your studies and social life. Whether you study at undergraduate or postgraduate level, you'll soon discover that you're never far away from our dedicated staff and resources to help you to navigate through your personal student journey. Find out more about all our support services.

Within Huddersfield Business School, there are numerous student support services that you can access to ensure that you make the most of your time with us. In terms of academic support, we have highly qualified Academic Skills Tutors who are able to provide support to those of you who require help in improving your academic skills in areas such as academic writing, presentation techniques, referencing etc. We also offer additional support to our International students by giving free language support sessions to our Final Year/Top-Up and Postgraduate students and co-ordinate the ‘Bud In Hud ‘ programme which provides opportunities for both International and Home students to meet and socialise in an informal setting.

We also have a team of Student Guidance and Support Officers within the School who can provide support and advice to you with any non-academic issues such as health issues, financial problems or personal issues, you may be facing which are having an effect on your ability to study to the best of your abilities. Drop in sessions are always available so you can pop in and have a confidential chat about how we can help and what support is available to you.

Our support services are here to ensure that you are able to achieve your academic, professional and personal potential during your time with Huddersfield Business School.

*Scholarships available for international students.