Hospitality, Events, Aviation and Tourism
Travel to exciting locations, learn from inspiring guest speakers and engage with a vastly experienced teaching team.
Studying a degree in hospitality, events, aviation or tourism will enable you to gain unrivalled insights into a thriving industry that's one of the key players in international commerce.
You'll be based in the Reg Vardy Centre at the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's, a fantastic location within the vicinity of both the city centre and idyllic seafront. You'll have access to technical resources, dozens of work areas and a library that contains over 31,000 books related to business, economics, management, human resources, marketing, strategy and tourism.
Here we'll help you to stand out from the crowd with specialised modules that will enable you to study the areas you're most passionate about and work placement opportunities to help you gain invaluable experience.
To ensure that you're able to put theory into practice, your learning won't just be based in Sunderland. You'll have the opportunity to go on several field trips every year and we have visited famous international cities such as Prague, Barcelona and New York in the past, as well as interesting local spots such as Kielder Water and York.
Field trips are an incredible opportunity to get advice and develop your skills alongside industry experts working in some of the world’s most popular destinations.
Find out more about field trips and study abroad opportunities.
We have a diverse selection of courses for you to discover and choose your specialism. At undergraduate level, we have the newly developed Esports Event Management course, which is perfect for you if you're interested in Esports culture and the production of Esports events. Similarly, we also offer Events Management, which will allow you to begin developing your event production skills from day one. Within tourism and aviation, you'll also be able to choose from International Tourism and Hospitality Management and Tourism and Aviation Management depending on your interests.
At postgraduate level, you'll have the opportunity to build on the knowledge you've gained on your undergraduate degree with cutting-edge courses such as Sustainable Tourism, and the MSc Tourism suite with includes Tourism and Events, Tourism and Hospitality and Tourism and Aviation.
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Introducing… Esports Event Management
We’ve recently added to our portfolio of degrees by introducing BSc Esports Event Management. This is a highly specialised and exciting course that is suitable for students who want to be at the forefront of an industry growing more and more every day.
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Introducing... MSc Sustainable Tourism
We’ve expanded our Hospitality, Events, Aviation, and Tourism offering by introducing a new postgraduate course in Sustainable Tourism. This cutting-edge course will cover a range of topics around the sustainability of regions, cultures, and attractions.
Read more about about our MSc Sustainable Tourism
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Interested in getting into the Tourism and Hospitality industry? Studying at the University of Sunderland in the School of Hospitality, Events, Aviation and Tourism will allow you to see the world, learn from key industry figures and get the real-life experience you need, along with much more.
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