Events Management BSc (Hons)
BSc (Hons)
Key facts
UCAS code
N820
Start dates
September 2024 / September 2025
Location
Course length
Full time: 3 years, or 4 if a work placement is chosen
Part time: up to 8 years
Department
Accreditation(s)
This course is accredited by A Greener Festival. A Greener Future is a not-for-profit company helping organisations, events, festivals and venues around the world to be more sustainable and reduce environmental impacts.
UCAS Tariff Points
104
Overview
The events industry is vibrant and fast moving and its contribution to the economy is growing. Our Events Management degree reflects the diversity of the industry covering:
- music concerts and festivals
- consumer fairs/shows
- sporting events
- organisational events, like conferences, trade shows and product launches.
You'll develop an understanding of the events management industry and how successful events contribute to business, social, cultural and economic environments. As well as the taught programme, you'll learn by delivering live events and develop transferable skills for a successful career, including:
- self-reflection and leadership
- effective communication with a wide range of stakeholders
- the ability to make informed decisions when operating under pressure.
By the time you graduate you will be able to:
- design, deliver and evaluate successful events
- gather, critique, evaluate and synthesise information
- manage your ongoing personal and professional development.
You may also be interested in Marketing and Events Management
How to apply
Wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS Tariff. The combination of A-level grades listed here would be just one way of achieving the UCAS Tariff points for this course.
Standard offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 104
A Level: BCC
IB Points: 29
BTEC: DMM
Contextual offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 88
A Level: CCD
IB Points: 27
BTEC: MMM
Further offer details
Applications are also welcomed for consideration from applicants with European qualifications, international qualifications or recognised foundation courses. For advice on eligibility please contact Admissions: admissions@brookes.ac.uk
If you don’t achieve the required tariff points you can apply to join a foundation course, like Foundation in Business or an international foundation course to help to reach the required level for entry onto this degree.
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
GCSE: English (grade C/4 or above), Mathematics (grade C/4 or above)
Please also see the University's general entry 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
If you do not meet the entry requirements for this degree, or if you would like more preparation before you start, you can take an international foundation course. Once you enrol, you will have a guaranteed pathway to this degree if you pass your foundation course with the required grades.
If you only need to meet the language requirements, you can take our pre-sessional English course. You will develop key language and study skills for academic success and you will not need to take an external language test to progress to your degree.
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.
Credit transfer
Many of our courses consider applications for entry part-way through the course for students who have credit from previous learning or relevant professional experience.
Find out more about transferring to Brookes. If you'd like to talk through your options, please contact our Admissions team.
Application process
Full time Home (UK) applicants
Apply through UCASPart time Home (UK) applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityInternational applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityFull time international applicants can also apply through UCAS
Tuition fees
Questions about fees?
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Tuition fees
Please note, tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
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.
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.
- For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page
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 are detailed below.
Optional costs
Additional costs | Amount (£) |
---|---|
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. BrookesBus travel is subsidised for full-time undergraduate students that are on a course with a fee of £9,250 or more, or living in an Oxford Brookes hall of residence. There is an administration fee for the production of a BrookesKey. |
From £10 |
Funding your studies
Financial support and scholarships
Featured funding opportunities available for this course.
All financial support and scholarships
Learning and assessment
This programme has been designed to provide a coherent and coordinated approach to progressive achievement of the graduate attributes that are necessary for a career in events management and for postgraduate study. Events management is core across the programme with subject specific modules being offered at levels 4, 5 and 6.

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 those shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Learning and teaching
With a strong vocational focus the programme incorporates live projects and practitioner involvement in the delivery and assessment of the modules. There is a mix of academic and practitioner input into teaching, assessment and feedback where possible. Practitioner involvement may work on a number of levels, through guest speakers, input into assessment task design, and assessing and feeding back to students on their problem-solving approaches and the practical viability of the solutions they devise.
Assessment
Assessment methods used on this course
Assessment tasks take a variety of forms, reflecting students’ varied learning styles, the programme’s learning outcomes, and the demands of an enquiry-based learning approach, including: individual and group assignments (including, for example, case studies, essays, reports, presentations, participation in product design, etc.) and, occasionally, time-restricted assessments. The need for formative assessment early on in the programme of study, and, indeed throughout the programme is recognised fully, together with the value of feed forward opportunities provided by the programme structure. Face-to-face feedback is used to supplement written feedback on at least one module at each level.
Study abroad
You may be able to go on a European or international study exchange while you are at Brookes. Most exchanges take place in the second year. Although we will help as much as we can with your plans, ultimately you are responsible for organising and funding this study abroad.
After you graduate
Career prospects
The events management industry offers graduates a wide range of opportunities in a variety of sectors such as music, arts, sports and corporate. On completing this course you will be ready to fit into a number of different functions within events, including organisational and planning roles, sales, marketing or financial roles. These roles could be in a range of organisations or with an events planning organisation, working either in-house or with an agency. Roles you may wish to consider are: event management and event marketing in a range of contexts, conference centre manager, marketing executive, charity fundraiser and wedding planner.
Student profiles
Our Staff
Alan McBlane
Alan is a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes and brings a wealth of industry knowledge to his teaching. His areas of expertise are Music Business, Events Management and Music & Live Events.
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