Tourism and Events Management
MSc
Key facts
Start dates
September 2020 / September 2021
Location
Course length
Full time: 1 year or 2 years in sandwich mode which includes one year's full-time paid supervised work experience (a work placement).
Part time: MSc: 24 months for UK and EU students
Department
Overview
Events have become an integral part of today’s global tourism industry. Destinations and businesses increasingly use events to raise awareness and enhance attractiveness. Our MSc Tourism and Events Management prepares you to become competent and versatile events professionals ready to excel in the dynamic tourism events sector.
Our teaching staff are recognised experts in their fields. Many of them write the books that support your learning. You will engage with industry experts through a range of events and international visiting speakers and develop your networking skills while gaining useful, global contacts for the future.
Our unique Bacchus Mentoring Programme gives you one-to-one support from a senior professional. They will help you develop your professional skills and advise you on your future career. You will also have support finding graduate jobs and placements at our Careers Centre. Leading hospitality and tourism employers visit the campus and recruit students.
The sandwich mode includes a one-year paid work placement, after completing the taught part of the course.
How to apply
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
Normally a minimum of a second-class honours degree or equivalent in any subject. Entry will be subject to two satisfactory references (one of these must be an academic reference). Please note that although useful, prior work experience in the hospitality and tourism industry is not a requirement for this course.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you will need to satisfy the university's English language requirements:
- minimum 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in listening and speaking)
- if you have completed your undergraduate degree in the UK (at least one full year of study) you will automatically meet our English language requirements
Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
English requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.
Pathways courses for international and EU students
We offer a range of courses to help you meet the entry requirements for your postgraduate course and also familiarise you with university life in the UK.
Take a Pre-Master's course to develop your subject knowledge, study skills and academic language level in preparation for your master's course.
If you need to improve your English language, we offer pre-sessional English language courses to help you meet the English language requirements of your chosen master’s course.
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
Application process
Tuition fees
Questions about fees?
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Tuition fees
The full-time fees quoted are for the taught Year 1. Fees will be charged for the placement year in Year 2 and are available on request from finance-fees@brookes.ac.uk in May 2020. For approximate fee levels of the placement year see the placement fee above.
Financial support and scholarships
Additional costs
Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course, if any, are detailed below.
We offer an International Business in Practice Study Trip module. This study trip is voluntary and all costs associated with the trip will need to be funded by you.
The destination varies from year to year, so it is not possible to give a precise cost. As an example, the fee for the Boston USA field trip in July 2019 was £1580 and included: accommodation for 7 nights in the Boston area, insurance, company visits (e.g. Facebook, Dunkin Brands, Trip Advisor, Microsoft, Bank of America), group transportation for all activities and some of the meals. This fee did not include international airfare, visa application fee (if relevant), dinners and activities during your free time.
Learning and assessment
This programme welcomes students of all academic backgrounds and professional experiences to explore events management in a tourism context. With varying degrees of prior tourism and events exposure, you will have the opportunity to develop a solid theoretical foundation in tourism and events management. As well as to apply and deepen this academic understanding through meaningful practical application.
Our students and staff come from all over the world. This gives you a multicultural learning and social environment in Oxford, one of the world's great student cities. And it prepares you for working in a culturally diverse industry.
Study modules
Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from that shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Learning and teaching
You will be actively involved with, and contribute to your learning through structured activities and discussions led by tutors and fellow students. Emphasis will be placed upon an applied approach to resolving environmental, managerial and individual issues by using theoretical models and acquired practice.
Sessions are student-centred, participative and interactive. They will involve tutor feedback, analysis of case studies, problem-solving activities, presentations, analysis of data for decision making, directed reading and hands on events activity. You will work in groups to exchange and share ideas. Visiting lecturers with specialist expertise and careers advisors with practical experience will contribute to a wider understanding of the relevance of the programme in today’s dynamic environment. There are also opportunities for you to make a real-world impact if you choose the Client Project module.
Field trips
The International Business in Practice Study Trip module allows you to experience ideas and practices of global business. During the trip, you will have direct interaction with management executives and practices. You will attend presentations from local management executives and experts, and go on site visits to major corporations and agencies. This study trip is voluntary and you will need to fund all costs associated with the trip. It is not linked to university assessments in any way.
We also run a study trip to Chengdu, China. If you choose the study trip (which runs in July), we will give you all the details by March so that you can make your decisions ahead of the trip in July.
If you successfully complete this non-credit bearing module, it will be recorded on your transcript as ‘International Business in Practice: Study Trip.’
Throughout the course you can choose to go on field trips to events such as:
- the world travel market
- destinations and attractions
- hotels
- museums
- the corporate office of a leading international hotel company.
Field trips carry an additional cost. Please see the Additional costs section of this page for details.
Assessment
Assessment methods used on this course
Assessment methods have been designed to support the teaching and learning process. For example, in Developing the Sustainable Event and Delivering the Sustainable Event modules, the delivery of a live event is a practical ongoing teaching, learning and assessment activity.
You will be assessed in a number of ways, including individual and group reports, presentations, portfolios, reflective statements and projects that encourage individual creativity. You are actively encouraged throughout the programme to work in teams to facilitate and enhance learning in a group and independently. You are also offered the opportunity to develop skills prior to assessments, and will be rewarded for contributions and individual performance. The Dissertation and Client Project are self-managed activities organised by you, with the support of a tutor who will provide regular feedback.
Research
96% of the research conducted by The Oxford School of Hospitality Management is internationally recognised. Our aim is to conduct research that advances academics' understanding of events and tourism management.
After you graduate
Career prospects
After graduating from this course you will have excellent career prospects in the international tourism industry. Our graduates go on to work for the leading hospitality and tourism companies in a wide range of roles either in the UK or internationally, with companies including:
- Accor
- Compass
- Carnival
- Four Seasons
- Hilton
- Hyatt
- IHG
- Shangri-La
- Mandarin Oriental
- Marriott
- Radisson
- Sodexho
- Sol Melia
- Starwood
- TUI.
Depending upon their prior experience, graduates have obtained supervisory/junior management positions and operational roles.
The optional one-year work placement is a great opportunity for those who would like to gain work experience in the hospitality industry after the course.
By doing a work placement you will receive:
- paid, full-time work experience
- practical experience with a top employer in the hospitality, events and tourism industry
- a dedicated service to guide your placement search
- tailored placement skills development workshops
- continual support from the school
- improved graduate employability
- the chance of a firm offer of employment.
Some students choose an academic career by studying for a PhD with us, or in other universities. Our programme provides students with excellent preparation for doctoral studies and careers in teaching in universities.
Programme Changes: On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website.
For more information, please visit our Changes to programmes page.