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International Tourism Management with Professional Practice Year BSc (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

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UCAS CODE: N843

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Luton Campus 1

  • Study mode

    Sandwich / Placement

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

This dynamic course builds your theoretical knowledge and practical management skills while exploring key global issues; environmental challenges; sustainable tourism; and new and developing technologies. You experience real-world situations through real-life industry scenarios, field trips and an optional industry placement in the UK or abroad. Our ethical approach looks at the business of tourism and its impact on environmental and cultural preservation.


Professional Practice Year

Take your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.


Facilities and Specialist Equipment

- Access to Harvard Business Publishing’s international learning resources, providing immersive simulation software to aid your learning such as Semrush (Marketing), Sage and Refinitiv Workspace.- Our simulation software ‘Simulate’ allows you to take control of your own airline and gain key insights into airline management. - You gain competencies in key digital skills such as Excel through SIMnet, our Microsoft Office training platform. - Excellent Learning Resources Centre with an extensive library, giving you access to a wide range of academic and industry knowledge including e-journals, e-books and information databases as well as traditional printed books.


Partnerships and Collaborations

- The University of Bedfordshire is a member of the Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE), the subject association for tourism in higher education in the UK. It represents universities that are leading providers of tourism programmes.


Your Student Experience

- Take advantage of local industry-relevant employment opportunities such as London Luton Airport, TUI, EasyJet, Luton Hoo Hotel, and leading hotel brands such as Hilton, Ibis and Marriott. - Benefit from our Aviation Job Fair, attended by airlines and airports, providing opportunities to explore further employment or internships. - Attend talks from international tourism professionals from across the world, broadening your understanding of what is possible in the field. Recent speakers have had influential positions at EGL Tours, London Luton Airport, Enterprise Rent-a-car, Wizz Air, and the Cuban Tourist Board. - Field trips are organised in conjunction with the Student Union’s Tourism and Aviation Society and may include visits to London Luton Airport, TUI, Olympic Park and the World Travel Market.

Application deadline

29 January

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University information

University of Bedfordshire

  • University League Table

    129th

  • Campus address

    University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton, Luton, LU1 3JU, England

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