Tourism is a career that can take students anywhere. BA (Hons) International Tourism Management with Placement Year is recognised by the Tourism Management Institute (TMI) and is ranked inside the top 20 of the Guardian University League Table 2018 for tourism, hospitality and event management. It’s a four-year course, with international travel, exploring the latest tourism trends and practices as well as the sector’s sustainability, cultural influences, community engagement and impact on destinations worldwide.
As part of the University's enterprise and employability focus, students will be given many options to gain work experience. They can undertake internships during the summer, engage in multiple work shadowing opportunities, and take on a year long placement between their second and third year.
Many students also choose to broaden their horizons through the study abroad programme in their second year with one of the partner universities in Europe, North America or Australia. Some combine their language study options with a half-year of study in the language home country and then a further half year work placement in the same country. Without a doubt, they come back with excellent skills in a second language in addition to fantastic memories, experiences and career skills.
The University's partnership with Walt Disney World Resorts and the University of California Riverside gives students the chance to study and work in the United States of America on this fantastic internationally renowned programme.
