The innovative BSc (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism Management course combines core business and management studies with specialist hospitality and tourism modules. In business modules, students will explore the approaches and techniques vital to managing and running an international business. The specialist modules give students a detailed appreciation of the unique features, opportunities and challenges of the hospitality and tourism industries.
This Bachelor's course combines theory and practice to give students the chance to apply their knowledge, making use of case studies, business simulations and site visits. This balance gives them both the in-depth knowledge to thrive in international hospitality and tourism, and a broader range of transferable skills that can be applied to a variety of managerial and entrepreneurial roles.
The University of Surrey graduates are highly employable across a wide range of industries, not just within hospitality. Their specialist skills, including customer-oriented skills, make them ideal for service sector companies fast-track graduate recruitment schemes. Some of them choose to go into operational management roles, running hotels, holiday companies and resorts around the world. While, others specialize in marketing, human resources, IT and other head office positions in large hospitality and tourism-based corporations.
Many find excellent job opportunities such as:
- Graduate Management Trainee, Hilton Worldwide
- Product and Commercial Executive, Monarch Travel Group
- Voyage Management Trainee, Grosvenor House JW Marriott Hotel
- HR Coordinator, Sofitel London Heathrow
- Front Desk Management Trainee, Hilton Hotels
- Vita Futura Graduate Management Programme, Marriott International
- Graduate Trainee, Lexington Catering
In addition to holding senior/director positions in hospitality and tourism companies, graduates have also built successful, multimillion-pound companies of their own, such as Caper & Berry, Grazing, Planet Hollywood and TRI Hospitality Consulting.
