Business and International Tourism Management BA (Hons)
University of Chester
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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Explore one of the world’s leading, fast-moving and dynamic industries at one of the UK’s top tourism universities. This course is part of the hospitality, event management and tourism subject area where the University of Chester is rated 4th in the UK in the Guardian League Table 2025.We bring Business and Management to life with inspiring and real experiences. It’s a really competitive world in business today. We will equip you with much more than business knowledge. Your future employers are ...Read more

Explore one of the world’s leading, fast-moving and dynamic industries at one of the UK’s top tourism universities. This course is part of the hospitality, event management and tourism subject area where the University of Chester is rated 4th in the UK in the Guardian League Table 2025.We bring Business and Management to life with inspiring and real experiences. It’s a really competitive world in business today. We will equip you with much more than business knowledge. Your future employers are seeking skills that we develop with you. This means you leave us with experiences that should give you an edge at interview and in the workplace. We develop outstanding business professionals so that you can progress to a great career. In your International Tourism Management modules you will learn from industry experts and academics how places around the world benefit from and manage tourism, how it is marketed and how tourism businesses operate.Our course provides you with a broad understanding of international tourism in your first year before exploring more specialist topics in your second and third years when you will also expand upon your own areas of particular interest by selecting optional modules that connect tourism with aspects of events management, marketing or business.You will have a five-week tourism work placement in your second year and the chance to carry out an individual tourism management project that you have designed yourself in third year. These opportunities will help you stand-out when you apply for the job that will kick-start your tourism career. We work closely with the Tourism Management Institute and our industry partners to make sure that the programme is always up to date and gives you the skills that you will need for future success.The course is accredited by the Tourism Management Institute. We work closely with it and our industry partners to make sure that our modules are always up to date and give you the skills that you will need for future success.

WUSCA ranking:
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2/101
CUG Subject Ranking
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Source: Complete University Guide 2025
12th
CUG Ranking
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Source: Complete University Guide 2025
56th
What students say
J
Jazz
20 Nov 24

Chester is a nice homely place for a student with many things to do within uni and in the town. However, improvements could be a larger range of societies that aren't sports-based..Read more

23 Feb 24

Everyone is friendly. But I think we need more cameras on campus to keep us..Read more

Entry requirements

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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£9,250 per year

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£13,950 per year

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The mentioned fee is 2024/25 entry, there may be slight increase in 2025/26 entry.

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Jazz
20 Nov 24
Events Management and International Tourism Management (with Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)
Chester is a nice homely place for a student with many things to do within uni and in the town. However, improvements could be a larger range of societies that aren't sports-based...
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23 Feb 24
International Tourism Management (with Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)
Everyone is friendly. But I think we need more cameras on campus to keep us...
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