BA in Hospitality Leadership
Course Overview
The BA in Hospitality Leadership is a UK Level 6 honours degree running three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available. The programme is aligned with Institute of Hospitality management standards, Chartered Management Institute leadership guidance and UKHospitality operational themes, and includes a structured year-two placement in a hotel group, restaurant business or hospitality operator.
By graduation you are running a full hospitality leadership brief across strategy, workforce, operations and guest experience, closing with a final-year capstone or dissertation suitable for graduate leadership programmes, manager-in-training pathways and hospitality operations shortlists.
Key Features
- UK Level 6 honours award aligned with Institute of Hospitality and CMI leadership standards.
- Placement year across hotel groups, restaurant businesses and hospitality operators.
- Leadership modules across strategy, workforce, operations and guest experience.
- Final-year capstone or dissertation supervised by senior hospitality leaders.
- Small cohorts with named programme-tutor support and executive guest speakers.
- LSCAHM careers service linked to hospitality graduate leadership programmes.
What You Will Learn
- Design and lead hospitality strategies across single-unit and multi-unit operations.
- Interpret hotel and restaurant P&L and operational dashboards.
- Manage cross-functional teams across rooms, F&B, sales and marketing.
- Apply CMI leadership frameworks to hospitality contexts.
- Build workforce, engagement and retention plans across hospitality units.
- Model guest-experience journeys across brand and service touchpoints.
- Evaluate change, crisis and reputation-management briefs.
- Present strategic leadership recommendations to boards and investors.
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers targeting a graduate career in hospitality leadership.
- Working supervisors and duty managers seeking a Level 6 leadership credential.
- Advanced or Higher Diploma holders progressing to full honours in leadership.
- International applicants seeking a London-based BA in hospitality leadership.
Career Pathways
- Hotel Manager
- Hospitality Operations Manager
- General Manager (Hotel/Restaurant)
- Guest Experience Director
- Duty Manager (Senior)
- Multi-unit Manager
- Hospitality Programme Manager
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry day each academic year connecting undergraduates with hotel groups and restaurant businesses running graduate leadership programmes, and refreshes curriculum against Institute of Hospitality and CMI guidance.
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 covering your leadership interest.
- 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, and central London places hotel groups, restaurant businesses, the Institute of Hospitality and CMI within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Every intake joins the same weekly seminar structure with named tutor support, and live leadership briefs run through every year.
Apply for BA in Hospitality Leadership
Applications for the BA in Hospitality Leadership are open now across on-campus, online and distance learning cohorts. Apply for the LSCAHM Bachelor's programme with industry placement included and admissions responds within one working day. Enrol Now.
