University of Sunderland

MSc Tourism and Events Full-time

University of SunderlandOn campus, United Kingdom

Course overview

The MSc Tourism and Events will allow you to advance your career with an internationally respected qualification, and it's designed to build strategic expertise and industry-ready skills. This course combines a social science approach to tourism and events with an emphasis on employability and job-specific skills. You’ll study modules that'll deepen your understanding of how tourism and events shape economies, cultures, and communities worldwide.

In the final phase of the course, you'll undertake a major individual project aligned with your interests and career aspirations, offering the opportunity to specialise and stand out to future employers. Our teaching is enriched by: This MSc is intellectually rigorous and professionally rewarding. It requires dedication and independent thinking – qualities that employers value highly.

As a result, an MSc can fast-track your career, opening doors to senior positions in the sector. With this qualification, you’ll have a competitive edge in the g

Key highlights

  • Combines a social science approach with employability and job-specific skills
  • Explores how tourism and events shape economies, cultures and communities
  • Major individual project aligned with your interests and career aspirations
  • Final project offers the chance to specialise and stand out

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:2 — or above

Scholarships

  • We Care Postgraduate Bursary

    The We Care Postgraduate Bursary awards £2,500 cash to eligible postgraduate students.

    Up to £2,500

Careers this course leads to

  • Events manager
  • Tourism development officer
  • Destination marketing manager
  • Conference and exhibition manager
  • Tourism policy officer
  • Festival manager

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,250 per year | International: £19,000 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Sunderland, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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