BA in Hotel Management
Course Overview
The BA in Hotel Management is an LSHRM full honours degree running over 36 months (with top-up routes available for holders of a Higher Diploma), inside the Hotel Operations and Front Office department. The programme covers hotel strategy, rooms division, revenue management, hospitality finance and hotel-technology systems, and is delivered with a placement year in a UK hotel or international operator. It is aligned with sector references from the Institute of Hospitality, HOSPA and the Chartered Management Institute.
By graduation you will be a placement-tested hotelier able to hold hotel operations conversations at deputy-manager level and enter the graduate schemes of London hotel groups and international operators.
The BA is built around an honours-level dissertation or capstone that is scoped with an industry mentor and connected to a live problem inside a UK or international hospitality business. Applicants develop primary research, analysis and recommendation skills used in graduate schemes.
Cohorts include school leavers, top-up applicants moving up from Higher Diploma and international applicants seeking a UK honours degree in hospitality. LSHRM's international office supports overseas applicants with visa, mode-of-study and placement guidance so the cohort remains genuinely global across the three-year study period.
Key Features
- Full BA honours syllabus aligned with the Institute of Hospitality and CMI
- Coverage of hotel strategy, rooms division and revenue management
- Placement year in a UK hotel or international operator
- Case exercises from London cluster and international operators
- Structured leadership project across an academic year
- Aligned with HOSPA financial and USALI vocabulary
- Direct articulation into the LSHRM MSc in Hotel Management
- Focus on the front-office and rooms-division interface that shapes every London hotel arrival
What You Will Learn
- How to hold hotel operations conversations at deputy-manager level
- Rooms division, front office and reservations at strategic level
- Revenue management, USALI and departmental profit
- Hotel technology and systems at manager level
- Guest-experience strategy across a placement environment
- Structured leadership project across a full trading year
- Owner, brand and cluster stakeholder management
- Reporting on hotel KPIs at general-manager level
- How front-office and rooms-division decisions shape guest reviews and revenue outcomes
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers targeting a graduate-scheme hotelier career
- Higher Diploma holders taking a top-up honours route
- Career changers targeting hotel operations leadership
- International applicants seeking a UK BA in Hotel Management
- Applicants planning to progress into an LSHRM MSc
- Applicants building a full honours record ahead of an MSc or executive career move
The BA is built around an honours-level dissertation or capstone that is scoped with an industry mentor and connected to a live problem inside a UK or international hospitality business. Applicants develop primary research, analysis and recommendation skills used in graduate schemes.
Career Pathways
- Hotel Operations Manager
- Deputy Hotel Manager
- Rooms Division Manager
- Front Office Manager
- Duty Manager (Graduate Track)
- Assistant Hotel Manager
- Hotel General Manager (Graduate Track)
The LSHRM careers team supports Bachelor students with placement introductions across London hotel groups, luxury operators and international brands, plus graduate-scheme applications.
LSHRM's articulation model means every Certificate and Diploma leads cleanly into an Advanced Diploma, Higher Diploma and full honours degree, with Master's routes for those aiming at general management, executive and consultancy roles.
LSHRM's careers office runs employer-branded workshops each term with London hospitality recruiters, and applicants are individually coached on CV, LinkedIn and interview technique. Graduates who leave LSHRM with an active application portfolio typically report shorter time-to-first-role than applicants entering hospitality without structured LSHRM support.
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
Cohorts include school leavers, top-up applicants moving up from Higher Diploma and international applicants seeking a UK honours degree in hospitality. LSHRM's international office supports overseas applicants with visa, mode-of-study and placement guidance so the cohort remains genuinely global across the three-year study period.
Why Study at LSHRM
LSHRM is 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. Every LSHRM programme is aligned with recognised UK professional bodies including the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and the British Institute of Innkeeping.
LSHRM's articulation model means every Certificate and Diploma leads cleanly into an Advanced Diploma, Higher Diploma and full honours degree, with Master's routes for those aiming at general management, executive and consultancy roles.
LSHRM's London base gives applicants direct visibility of one of the most competitive urban hospitality markets in the world, and cohorts benefit from a curriculum written with reference to the daily working reality of London and UK-wide operators.
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