MA in Sustainable Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The MA in Sustainable Hospitality Management is a UK Level 7 research-informed postgraduate degree aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and Chartered Management Institute senior-practice themes. It runs one year full-time or two years part-time and prepares senior sustainability leaders to design and defend sustainable hospitality programmes across hotels, restaurants and event operators.
By graduation, students defend a substantial dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project that argues a sustainability decision from first principles and models its impact on carbon, cost, brand and guest loyalty.
Key Features
- Level 7 research-informed syllabus benchmarked to Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Management Institute senior guidance.
- Applied studios covering sustainable sourcing, energy, waste and reporting frameworks.
- Dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project supervised by senior sustainability practitioners.
- Research methods training tailored to sustainability, hospitality operations and consumer insight.
- Sponsor briefs available from London hotel groups, restaurant portfolios and event businesses.
- Named programme tutor across all three delivery modes.
- Access to Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality research networks.
What You Will Learn
- Design portfolio-level hospitality sustainability programmes.
- Build sustainability reporting and disclosure frameworks.
- Research hospitality sustainability behaviour using mixed methods.
- Structure sustainable sourcing, energy and waste reduction programmes.
- Lead cross-functional sustainability programmes with clean governance.
- Model sustainability investment against carbon, cost, brand and loyalty.
- Present sustainability business cases to boards, owners and investors.
- Coach senior teams through sustainability-led transformation.
Who This Course Is For
- Senior hospitality sustainability leaders moving into portfolio-level roles.
- Hotel group sustainability directors and restaurant portfolio sustainability leads.
- Graduates of hospitality Bachelor's programmes progressing into research-informed sustainability practice.
- Working professionals studying part-time or on distance mode while leading sustainability programmes.
- International applicants building UK senior-track hospitality sustainability credentials.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Sustainability Lead
- Sustainable Tourism Consultant
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Hospitality Programme Manager
- Group Operations Manager (sustainability track)
- Innovation Manager (Hospitality)
- Hospitality Strategy Analyst
- Guest Experience Director (sustainability-led)
The LSCAHM careers service partners with London hotel groups, restaurant portfolios, event businesses and sustainability consultancies to open sponsor briefs and senior sustainability strategy interviews for postgraduate students.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in a relevant 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 sustainability or hospitality experience are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement outlining your intended sustainability focus.
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, so sustainability is taught alongside operations, brand and guest experience context.
Central London places hotel groups, the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and HOSPA within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes support senior practitioners.
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