BA in Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The BA in Hospitality Management is a three-year honours degree delivered by LSHRM. It develops the full-spectrum management skills needed across hotels and resorts, covering operations, commercial, financial and human resource disciplines. The programme is aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and CMI reference points and provides an industry placement year.
By graduation you will have completed a hotel or resort placement and defended a capstone project on a management challenge, from department integration to property repositioning or commercial recovery.
The three-year syllabus walks you through the full-spectrum disciplines of hospitality management, from rooms division and F and B to commercial, finance and human resources. Year three centres on a defended capstone project, with an integrated placement year giving hands-on exposure to a hotel or resort operation.
Modules across the Hospitality Management programme are delivered in short weekly units with practical activities anchored to real hotel workflows, and every intake sits within a wider LSHRM cohort that combines learners from London, the UK regions and international markets. Tutor contact hours are protected across each week, with dedicated office-hour slots and asynchronous forum support so that Hospitality Management learners never lose momentum between modules.
On completion, Hospitality Management learners can progress into the LSHRM MSc, moving from full honours undergraduate standard into executive postgraduate territory without repeating material. Every Hospitality Management student is also supported by the LSHRM alumni network, which gathers hospitality professionals from London hotel groups, resort operators and hospitality technology firms across the UK and further afield.
Key Features
- Full BA honours syllabus with a hospitality placement year
- Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and CMI references
- Operations, commercial, finance and HR modules
- Departmental integration case studies
- Capstone management project defence
- Delivery online, on-campus and by distance learning
- Articulation into MSc programmes at LSHRM
- Full three-year undergraduate structure with placement integration
- Defended capstone project before academic and industry panels
- Guest lectures from London hotel general managers
- Access to LSHRM's wider operational and commercial community
What You Will Learn
- Coordinate rooms division, F and B and support functions
- Interpret hotel profit and loss statements and departmental margins
- Support commercial planning across pricing and distribution
- Handle human resource cycles in a hotel property
- Structure operations plans and annual budgets
- Manage cross-department projects during peak seasons
- Support brand standards and quality assurance rounds
- Present management content to hotel executive committees
- Handle F and B operations coordination at property level
- Support brand quality assurance rounds at a hotel property
- Handle labour productivity conversations across departments
- Support annual budget cycles at hotel property level
- Handle recruitment and retention conversations at property level
- Handle hospitality management content in the context of daily hotel operations, front office rhythm and duty leadership
- Handle hospitality management content with awareness of UK professional-body references
- Handle hospitality management content across on-campus, online and distance learning delivery modes
- Handle hospitality management content in the context of London hospitality employers
- Handle hospitality management content with cross-department awareness across a hotel property
- Handle hospitality management content in the context of career progression to the LSHRM MSc
Who This Course Is For
- A-level and IB students planning hotel management careers
- Higher Diploma holders topping up to an honours degree
- Working supervisors moving into management
- International students preparing for UK hotel careers
- Working supervisors progressing into hotel management
- International students planning UK hotel management placements
Career Pathways
- Hotel Operations Manager
- Rooms Division Manager
- Deputy Hotel Manager
- Assistant Front Office Manager
- Guest Experience Manager
- Hotel Coordinator
The LSHRM careers service supports Bachelor students with placement matching, panel interview drills and warm introductions to London hotel groups, boutique brands and international operators.
Past LSHRM Bachelor graduates have progressed into deputy hotel manager, hotel operations manager and rooms division manager posts inside London hotel groups, boutique properties and international operators.
Entry Requirements
- A-Levels (BBC or above) or IB (26+ points) or equivalent overseas qualifications
- A completed Higher Diploma or Advanced Diploma for top-up routes
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band under 5.5) or equivalent English proficiency
- Personal statement outlining career objectives in the hospitality sector
- Two academic or professional references
Why Study at LSHRM
LSHRM is the London School of Hotel and Resort Management - a specialist division of Harold International College of London focused on the operational and strategic disciplines that run modern hotels, resorts and integrated hospitality businesses.
Our curriculum is written by former hoteliers, revenue leaders, housekeeping directors and hospitality technologists, and delivered across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes to fit working professionals and international students alike.
The BA in Hospitality Management is written by former hotel general managers and operations directors, so it reflects the real balance of commercial, operational and people work.
LSHRM's core management content sits inside the wider Hotel Operations and Front Office department, so graduates leave with strong front-of-house grounding alongside their general management skills.
Apply for BA in Hospitality Management
Applications for the BA in Hospitality Management open on rolling intakes, with dedicated top-up cycles for Higher Diploma holders. Apply for your full LSHRM undergraduate hospitality degree. The programme sits at full honours undergraduate standard and is delivered by an academic team that continues to advise the wider hospitality sector. Support is available throughout the Hospitality Management programme from admissions to graduation, and every intake is supported by LSHRM course leaders and student services. Apply for your full LSHRM undergraduate hospitality degree with LSHRM admissions. Enrol Now
