Tourism and Events Management, BA, with industry placement

Course summary

Give your career a head start with the UK’s longest-established tourism degree. Our BA (Hons) Tourism and Events programme has an outstanding reputation with industry organisations. It also offers year-long placements and internships with some of the world’s most prestigious tourism-related businesses. From the start, you’ll acquire up-to-date knowledge of how today’s tourism and events sector works. You’ll also develop your understanding of the complex relationships linking tourism and events to society and the environment, studying this exciting sector in depth from both an economic and cultural standpoint, and how these relate to its three key components: tourists, destinations and businesses. Northumbria is the only university in the North East of England to be recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the Institute of Travel and Tourism – the UK’s professional body for the travel and tourism industry. We’re also a member of the Association for Events Management Education (AEME) that advances events education in the UK and overseas. The course is covered by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation for Newcastle Business School.

For a full list of the modules on your course, please access the course pages at www.northumbria.ac.uk