Events and Hospitality Leadership MSc

The course is industry-inspired and forward-facing to meet industry needs. You will benefit from a mixture of theoretical input and practice to ensure the relevance of your studies to employability.

This means you’ll develop solid business principles, alongside contemporary sector knowledge, and plenty of hands-on experience working in areas related to your field of study.  

We will encourage you to take a strategic approach to various sectors of the industries. This will enhance your understanding of the ever-changing business, economic and social demands placed on these complex industries.  

Employer engagement will be embedded throughout the course both in the delivery of the curriculum and participative activities including trips, workshops, guest speaker sessions and work experience.

This will enhance your understanding of contemporary issues in the industry. Our reputation and East London base have helped us to develop valuable links to national and multinational organisations. These connections can provide opportunities for you to gain work experience and build your professional network. 

Your future career

The increasingly professionalised and globalised nature of hospitality, events and tourism industries means that employers are looking for management/leadership graduates with an academically informed understanding of these sectors as well as the critical and analytical skills needed to reflect upon and solve a range of management-related problems.  

Through a combination of academic rigour with practical engagement with innovative industry partners and applied research, this programme will equip you with the knowledge, strategic vision and competencies to take a leading role in your chosen workplace.

UEL is connected to a number of trade and professional associations whose membership comprises employers and operatives from across the hospitality sector. These include: 

• Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

• UK Hospitality

• Institute of Hospitality (IOH)

• London Food Board 

• Royal Academy of Culinary Arts (RACA)

• HR in Hospitality

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

What you'll learn

We consistently review and develop our courses and modules to ensure they are up-to-date with sector and industry graduate skills demands. Course structure, modules and options are subject to change.