BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Course Overview
The BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship at LSCAHM is a UK Level 6 honours degree delivered over three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme is aligned with UK enterprise practice recognised by the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and treats hospitality, tourism, events and food business as one commercial start-up landscape.
By graduation you are running a costed business plan, negotiating with landlords and suppliers, and completing a year-two placement inside a UK hospitality operator ahead of a final-year capstone pitched to a working investor panel.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and CMI enterprise themes.
- Year-two placement in a hotel, restaurant, event operator or tourism business.
- Investor-pitch clinic with a practising hospitality investor at capstone stage.
- Business-planning modules covering concept, brand, unit economics and growth.
- Central London classrooms with online mirrors for working founders.
What You Will Learn
- Design a hospitality concept from brand pillars through to operations manual.
- Build a full financial model with monthly cash flow and covenant tests.
- Negotiate premises, licence and franchise terms with landlords and partners.
- Register a business with the local authority and manage first-year compliance.
- Design marketing across social, direct, PR and partnership channels.
- Recruit, roster and coach a small hospitality team.
- Pitch to angel investors, family offices and franchise partners.
- Write and defend a final-year capstone business plan.
Who This Course Is For
- Aspiring founders launching a first hospitality, tourism or food-business venture.
- Family-business successors preparing to lead the next generation.
- Working practitioners moving from employment into ownership.
- International applicants building UK-recognised hospitality-entrepreneurship credentials.
Career Pathways
- Café Owner
- Restaurant Operator
- Hospitality Brand Manager
- F&B Business Development Manager
- Event Manager
- Wedding Planner
- Tourism Manager
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year for aspiring founders, with independent operators, investor networks and franchise groups actively meeting students.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement outlining your venture idea.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, which is exactly the map a founder needs.
Central London places independent operators, food markets and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, sharpening every business-plan iteration.
Apply for BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship
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