Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 5 senior-track qualification of 12 to 15 months delivered by the Hospitality Management department. It is aligned with senior operational themes referenced by the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Credit transfer into UK Bachelor's top-ups is confirmed at enrolment.
By graduation you will be running a hospitality department or small unit: covering rooms division, F&B, guest experience and commercial routines, and translating a general manager's targets into named team action across the operation.
Key Features
- Level 5 Advanced Diploma with confirmed Bachelor's top-up credit transfer.
- Cross-departmental modules mapped to the Institute of Hospitality and CMI themes.
- Live shifts across rooms, F&B, events and guest relations.
- Revenue-management and P&L reading clinics referencing HOSPA guidance.
- Named programme tutor across on-campus, online and distance modes.
- Capstone hospitality-management project sponsored by a hotel or restaurant operator.
- Careers introductions across UK hospitality operators.
What You Will Learn
- Running a rooms-division shift, from check-in through housekeeping coordination.
- Managing F&B operations, covers and beverage margins as an assistant manager.
- Reading a P&L, RevPAR and labour ratios as a hospitality department head.
- Coaching supervisors and floor teams through service breakdowns.
- Applying UK employment, licensing and food-safety frameworks in leadership routines.
- Managing guest complaints and reputation across review platforms.
- Coordinating events, weddings and MICE business with the wider operation.
- Presenting business cases to general managers and above.
Who This Course Is For
- Hospitality supervisors and duty managers moving to assistant manager.
- Diploma holders progressing on the Level 4 to Level 5 route.
- Career changers with 2+ years relevant experience.
- International hospitality professionals aligning to UK management standards.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Operations Manager
- Assistant Hotel Manager
- Rooms Division Manager
- Food & Beverage Manager
- Duty Manager
- Executive Assistant Manager (progression)
- General Manager (progression)
The LSCAHM careers service pairs Advanced Diploma students with UK hotel groups, restaurant chains, private members' clubs and members' hospitality operators.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant hospitality experience.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
- One academic or professional reference.
- Applicants with a portfolio of service references, ops projects or wedding/event work are encouraged to include them on application to the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM sits inside Harold International College of London and reads culinary, hospitality, tourism and events as one guest journey. Hospitality management at LSCAHM is taught with a joined-up view of the whole operation, because a hotel department head who understands only rooms or only F&B is running blind.
Central London places luxury hotel groups, restaurant chains, the Institute of Hospitality and HOSPA within a short tube ride of every classroom, and every intake joins the same weekly seminar with named programme-tutor support.
Apply for Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management
Enrol on a UK Level 5 Advanced Diploma at LSCAHM. Credit transfer from the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management into Bachelor top-ups is confirmed in writing at enrolment. Enrol Now.
