Overview
Our BA Hospitality Management degree will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to thrive in a growth industry that employs approximately 1.9 million people in the UK alone.
This course is designed to give you a great head-start in your hospitality career; it is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality.
You will enjoy placements and guest lectures held with industry leaders across the capital.
We prepare you for your degree during the foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject. You can then go on to study for a full undergraduate degree.
Our hospitality management degree will equip you with the knowledge and skills to plan, organise, and manage various aspects of the hospitality industry. This includes hotels, restaurants, resorts, event planning, and other related businesses. All of our tourism and hospitality management degrees are delivered by our Institute of Events, Hospitality and Tourism.
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What makes this course different

Highly rated by our students
96% of students surveyed on this course responded positively to questions on “Academic Support” in the 2024 National Student Survey. (National Student Survey 2024, Results published 10 July 2024)
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Make the most of London
You’ll be studying in one of the best locations in the world for the hospitality management business, and you’ll enjoy fact-finding trips to some of the capital’s most iconic locations.

Professional hospitality experience
Study work-based projects, learn from guest speakers, visit exciting hospitality organisations throughout the capital and build your professional portfolio.
Accreditation

Accredited by the Institute of Hospitality
The Institute of Hospitality (IoH) is a professional body for the hospitality, leisure, and tourism industry that accredits programmes that meet international standards for professional knowledge, skills, and understanding.
Course modules
Our extended foundation course is perfect if you want a degree in hospitality management but don’t have the standard entry requirements. We prepare you for your degree during the foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject. You can then go on to study for a full undergraduate degree.
In Year 1 of the hospitality degree, you deepen your understanding of service marketing, organisational management, and the global tourism and hospitality sectors. Core modules emphasise professional development, critical analysis of industry trends, and the application of theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios. This prepares you for diverse leadership roles in the dynamic hospitality industry.
In the second year, you will study core modules that cover different aspects of practical hospitality management, including service delivery, finance, leadership, and food and beverage management. You can choose from many optional modules that focus on themes such as e-business, destination marketing, social media, or events. You can do a work-based project that takes the form of a real internship at one of our industry partners, giving you practical hotel and hospitality experience.
Take an optional placement year, working in a hotel or hospitality venue, to get real-life work experience.
The third year is the overseas placement year for International Hospitality students or the final year for those taking the core BA programme. You will focus on an individual Research Project, Consultancy Project, or Enterprise Project (for Hospitality Entrepreneurship students), giving you the chance to apply your skills to a practical project of your choice. You will study core modules covering innovation and enterprise, conferences and events, and food culture with further optional modules to choose from.
NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.
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Your future career
The course covers a wide range of topics that are essential for a career in hospitality, hotel or tourism management. It also covers broader themes in business management that will root your understanding of hospitality in the wider business environment. This will help you to remain flexible in the job market and contribute more to your employer.
Industry links
The Institute of Events Hospitality and Tourism at UEL has links with a range of corporate bodies and entrepreneurs in the events and hospitality industry. This will help you make links for your future career in hospitality.
Graduate employers
Our students have access to many of the thousands of recognisable names throughout the capital and our links with industry stretch across the world. When you're not observing professionals in action, we'll be bringing them to you with a programme of regular guest speakers who will keep you informed and inspire you for the career that lies ahead of you.
Job roles
A hospitality management degree provides a solid foundation for a successful career in the hospitality or hotel industry, which is a rapidly growing sector of the global economy.
Roles you could go into include, service manager, event manager, project manager or customer service manager. You could work in marketing, events, customer service or day to day operations in a variety of venues.
Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.
Further study
You could do further study with us by doing one of the following courses:
- MSc Events and Hospitality Leadership
- MSc Sports Management
- MSc Sustainable Tourism Development & Management
Having a postgraduate degree could give you the edge and help you specialise further in a particular area of tourism or hospitality.
How you'll learn
When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, specialist facilities, such as the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.
Guided independent study
When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations.
Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, and specialist facilities, such as edit suites, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.
Academic support
If you need a bit of extra help with certain skills such as academic writing, English, maths or statistics, our Academic Tutors offer workshops, drop-in sessions and one-to-one appointments to help our students achieve their potential. You can receive advice and guidance on all aspects of the IT systems provided by the university from our IT Service Desks located on all three campuses.
Our Student Support hubs in Docklands and Stratford feature centralised helpdesks to cater for your every need. We also provide support and advice for disabled students and those with specific learning difficulties (SPDs).
Dedicated personal tutor
When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of the academic course team who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at UEL and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer.
Workload
Your overall workload consists of class and online tutor-led sessions, individual learning, and practical activities. The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module and activity. This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work. You will receive your personalised timetable at the beginning of the academic year depending on your course.
Your timetable
Your individualised timetable is normally available within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.
Class sizes
To give you an indication of class sizes, this course normally attracts 40 - 50 students a year. Lecture sizes are normally 40 plus students.
In workshops, you will be taught in groups of 12 - 15 students. However, this can vary by academic year.
How you'll be assessed
Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include group work, exams and individual work including essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities depending on the nature of the course. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides. You will always receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and how you can improve.
We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days, although you will receive immediate feedback following many of our face-to-face assessments.
Campus and facilities
Our campus and the surrounding area
Our waterfront campus in the historic Royal Docks provides a modern, well-equipped learning environment.
Join us and you'll be able to make the most of our facilities including contemporary lecture theatres and seminar rooms, art studios and exhibition spaces, audio and visual labs and a multimedia production centre.
Features include our 24/7 Docklands library, our £21m SportsDock centre, a campus shop and bookstore, the Children's Garden Nursery, cafés, eateries, a late bar, plus Student Union facilities, including a student lounge.
The University of East London is one of the few London universities to provide on-campus accommodation. Our Docklands Campus Student Village houses close to 1,200 students from around the world. We are well connected to central London and London City Airport is just across the water. We also run a free bus service that connects Docklands with Stratford campuses.
Who teaches this course
This course is delivered by the Royal Docks School of Business and Law
The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.
- Course leader
Henrik Linden
Department of Tourism, Hospitality & Events Management, Royal Docks School Of Business And Law - Course leader
Lynthon Musamadya
Department of Tourism, Hospitality & Events Management, Royal Docks School Of Business And Law - Course leader
Zoë Adjey
Department of Tourism, Hospitality & Events Management, Royal Docks School Of Business And Law
What our students and staff say

What motivates and inspires me is helping to provide opportunities for students from a range of backgrounds. I was from a working-class town, and nobody expected me to go into further education. However, I was given an opportunity to study at a widening participation university and I fell in love with my subject area and eventually went on to do my PhD."
Dr Michael Palkowski
Senior lecturer, sustainable tourism and development

I loved my time at UEL, the university promotes an inclusive environment with a wide range of opportunities for all. The lecturing is excellent, and the support offered helped me achieve a first."
Georgina Simmons
BA (Hons) Hospitality Management