Master of Science in International Hospitality Leadership

Why this programme exists

Hotel groups expanding across Africa and the Gulf are short of general managers and multi property leaders who combine operational credibility with financial, strategic and people leadership, and they promote from a shallow pool. Experienced departmental managers in the region rarely have access to the leadership education that would carry them to the general manager's office. This taught, project heavy masters is built for practising hospitality managers moving into general and regional management: asset performance, revenue strategy, brand and owner relations, leading people at scale and the responsible use of intelligent systems, and it terminates in a real leadership project inside a property or group.

Admission requirements

A good first degree (second class or above) in hospitality, business or a cognate field with at least two years of hospitality management experience, or substantial hospitality management experience admitted through recognition of prior learning; plus a leadership case task scored against Capabilities C4 and C9. All applicants must demonstrate competence in English, the language of instruction, through their qualifications or an approved proficiency test under Part A. International and non standard qualifications are assessed for equivalence against the profile above under the Credential Portability provisions, so that a suitably prepared applicant may enter from anywhere in the world. Selection considers the whole application, including the structured admission task, and is conducted without discrimination under the University's admissions policy. Alternative pathways: recognition of prior learning against the admission profile under Part G, including substantial professional practice in lieu of the named first degree field. Online components require the Digital Readiness orientation under Part D6.