International Tourism, Hospitality and Events BSc (Hons) - Completion Award

This exciting new course allows you to top up your existing qualifications to an honour’s degree in two years full-time or three years sandwich, whilst benefiting from all that Northumbria University and the city of Newcastle has to offer.

This innovative course has been designed to give you the ideal balance between a broad understanding of business, whilst developing your specialist knowledge in international tourism, hospitality, and events within a global content.

This course supports your academic skills development and employability opportunities while providing knowledge of contemporary business management models and frameworks while developing the knowledge and skills necessary for employment within these dynamic sectors.

The course includes specialist modules that cover key issues for international tourism, hospitality, and event managers, as well as event design, planning and production, and addressing the global challenges and future of tourism.

There is also a module on international hospitality management, which will give you a wider perspective on operational practices and strategic decision-making processes.

Northumbria is the only university in the North East of England to be recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the Institute of Travel and Tourism, which is the UK’s professional body for the travel and tourism industry. 

There’s plenty of support for you to develop the academic study skills that are required. Whatever your background, we’ll help you take the more critical, deeper, and research-informed approach that’s needed for an honour’s degree at a UK university.

Modules & Learning

You will embark on a number of different modules in your first year including core modules to support your learning journey, and specialist modules within international tourism, hospitality, and events.

You will also have the option of undertaking an additional year in either placement, study abroad or a hybrid of the two. You will receive guidance on both opportunities led by your Programme Leader, supported by the Director of Employability and the Faculty Lead for Study Abroad.

The university provides significant guidance through our placement office and international partnerships team who enjoy successful relationships with a wide range of employers and global universities.

In your final year, you will be challenged through modules that allow you to take strategic consideration of business and management within an international tourism, hospitality, and events context, as well as a substantial research-based activity that is linked to a specific research problem within international tourism, hospitality, and events.

If you do not undertake the study abroad or placement option, you will be able to choose between either a management enquiry or a consultancy project with an external client as your final year research-based activity to ensure you graduate with ‘real-world’ business experience.

For those that have undertaken a study abroad or placement, you will also have the option of choosing a dissertation.

Whichever you choose, your programme leader will support you in selecting the right option for you and will work with the teaching teams to identify the different modules which best match your career aspirations.

Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, and workshops. There is significant emphasis on independent learning as well as self-directed and group activities as this course is, in effect, the final year of a degree course.

Teaching is backed up by a well-designed support system in order to ensure a successful learning journey and the development of the necessary academic study skills.

Extensive feedback, from both tutors and peers, is built into the course. Whatever your background, we’ll help you take the more critical, deeper, and research-informed approach that’s needed for an honour’s degree at a UK university.

Our assessment strategy is based on our understanding that everyone has different needs, strengths, and enthusiasms. Assessment methods will include a portfolio of work, group presentations and reflective statements.

Entry Requirements

Standard Entry

BTEC HNC or equivalent in a related subject.

If you have taken a BTEC HNC programme, we will usually expect you to have performed to an average of Merit standard.

International Qualifications:

We welcome applicants with a range of qualifications which may not match those shown above.

If you have qualifications from outside the UK, find out what you need by visiting www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry

English Language Requirements:

International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

*The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades in our English Language section: www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications