We offer you the opportunity to kickstart your career in this dynamic sector. Develop research skills, explore your passions through flexible modules, and graduate with in-demand expertise.
Register your interestThis course offers a blend of theory and practical experience, with close links to employers ensuring real-world applications. You’ll study modules like 'Fundamentals of Tourism, Leisure, and Hospitality,' learning the key concepts that drive business success.
Field trips, visits to regional events, tourist attractions, and companies will give you hands-on industry experience. Past destinations include Barcelona, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, and the World Travel Market. A full list of visits is provided at the start of the course.
As a member of the Institute of Hospitality, you'll gain affiliate status, access to resources, events, and a mentoring scheme. Membership in the Institute of Travel and Tourism offers networking opportunities, ITT events, and a chance to win prestigious awards, enhancing your career prospects.
For more information read the programme specification.
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Our passionate and dedicated staff will teach you through lectures, seminars, tutorials, open and resource-based learning, and supervised project and group work.
With a focus on learning independent study skills, you'll present your ideas to your fellow students, and work in groups to analyse the theories you're being taught. Plus, you'll go on residential field study visits throughout the degree.
You'll be marked on your written coursework, projects, presentations, practical exercises, and timed and multiple-choice examinations.
We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.
To study this course you need:
You should also have:
You must meet the minimum English Language Requirements to join the course.
APL is the term used when you get credit towards your course for something you learned in the past. It means you might not need to study all of the course including a module or number of modules.
This can come from:
If you think you could get APL, contact our Admissions team.
The annual fee for this course is:
For the 2024/25 academic year, even though you are classified as an International Student, EU nationals receive a £5,750 scholarship, which reduces the fees from £16,000 to £10,250. The discounted fee will be reflected in your offer letter.
Please note: fees may change in the next academic year.
Find out more about paying tuition fees, methods of payment, or read about the scholarships and discounts that might be available to you.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
This course gives you the knowledge you need for an exciting and successful career in a fast-paced, global industry with lots of job options. With close links to major industry experts, you'll learn using a mix of theory and practice that gives you the skills employers are looking for.
You'll graduate with a huge range of career options to think about, with many of our students going on to work in management. The kinds of jobs you could get with this degree include Hotel Manager, Tourism Development Officer or Resort Office Manager.
You'll have the chance to work for hotels, airlines, travel agencies, events organisers, heritage attractions, Local Authorities and other public sector bodies.
Plus you'll have vital transferable skills that give you an even wider choice of graduate-level work, or even going on to further study.
With this degree, you'll go on several field trips to tourism and hospitality sites in London, the North East and the UK as well as overseas to places like Dublin, Prague, Barcelona and New York.
If you've already done your Higher National Diploma (HND) or Foundation course, you could study the BSc (Hons) International Tourism and Hospitality Management (Top-Up) and bring your degree up to a full honours. This would only take one year of full-time study and can increase your career choices, helping you reach your goals faster.
Contact us to learn about getting credit for your studies from your previous education.
Visit the BSc (Hons) International Tourism and Hospitality Management (Top-Up) course.
The course is really wide-ranging which means I'll have a lot of options for when I graduate.
The International Tourism and Hospitality Management degree had everything I was looking for.
I honestly think that the experience I got meant I had the skills needed to get the job.
The most successful people never stop being students.
The course here was ranked in the top two in the UK so that was a big factor.
I really encourage anyone thinking about studying at the University to do it.
As a single mum the University allows me to study and have time for my little girl.
It's an opportunity to explore my love of travel and find a way of combining it with my career goals
There’s no reason at all that age should hold me, or anyone else, back.
I’m so excited to graduate and start the next phase of my academic journey.
I just knew it was the right place for me.
From 6 – 10 November, tourism and hospitality students enhanced their learning by taking part in a range of industry insight events, as part of the inaugural Hospitality Week at UoSiL.
Explore the UoSiL Hospitality Week
On 20 November 2023, staff and students from across the London campus came together to discuss men’s mental health and share experiences - with a series of talks, workshops, and networking activities.
Celebrate International Men's Day with us
In early November, tourism and hospitality students visited the Museum of London Docklands and received a presentation from museum staff - giving them valuable insight into the operation and outlining possible career paths in the sector.
Explore the Museum of London Docklands
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