MA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Course Overview
The MA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship is a UK Level 7 research-informed Master's programme running one year full-time or two years part-time. It is aligned with UKHospitality, Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Management Institute senior standards, and is designed for founders, senior operators and investors moving into venture-track hospitality leadership.
By graduation, students are structuring investable hospitality ventures, running growth strategy for existing operators, and closing the programme with a dissertation, capstone or venture project written for a live founder or investor client.
Key Features
- Research-informed curriculum aligned with UKHospitality and Institute of Hospitality senior standards.
- Modules covering venture design, hospitality finance, brand portfolio and expansion strategy.
- Applied case studies from independent London founders and multi-unit operators.
- Weekly research seminars supported by named tutors from founder practice.
- Dissertation, capstone or venture project supervised by industry-active researchers.
- Structured pathway into Institute of Hospitality senior membership and founder networks.
What You Will Learn
- Design an investable hospitality venture concept and go-to-market plan.
- Read hospitality finance for founders, investors and lenders.
- Structure funding rounds across angel, VC, debt and grant sources.
- Design brand and multi-unit expansion strategy.
- Lead a founding team through opening and stabilisation.
- Model exit routes across trade sale, PE and franchising.
- Structure due diligence and investor reporting.
- Deliver a live venture project to a founder or investor brief.
Who This Course Is For
- Founders scaling an existing hospitality venture.
- Senior operators preparing to buy or launch their own business.
- Hospitality investors formalising sector expertise.
- Career changers from consulting, banking or PE moving into hospitality entrepreneurship.
- International postgraduate applicants targeting a UK MA in hospitality entrepreneurship.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Founder
- Group Operations Manager
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Franchise Development Manager
- Innovation Manager (Hospitality)
- Multi-unit Manager
- Hospitality Investor Analyst
The LSCAHM careers service partners with London founder networks, hospitality investors, incubators and multi-unit operators to open venture and senior progression conversations, and runs at least one industry-careers day each year focused on hospitality entrepreneurship.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in hospitality, business, finance or a related discipline.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with 5+ years of senior hospitality or founder experience are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or venture practice statement focused on hospitality entrepreneurship.
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, giving founders a holistic map of the sector they aim to build in.
Central London places founder networks, hospitality investors, UKHospitality and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes let founders keep trading while completing the MA.
Apply for MA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Enrol on the LSCAHM MA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship. Your dissertation or venture project will be supervised by practising founders and hospitality executives, admissions responds within one working day, and your programme tutor is named before induction. Enrol Now
