BA in Sustainable Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The BA in Sustainable Hospitality Management is a three-year honours degree delivered by LSHRM. It combines full hospitality management with a strong sustainability specialism, covering resource management, sustainable service design and stakeholder communication across hotels and resorts. The programme aligns with UKHospitality, HOSPA, Institute of Hospitality and IWFM references.
By graduation you will have completed a placement inside a sustainability-active hotel group and defended a capstone project on integrating sustainability with commercial and operational performance.
The three-year syllabus combines full hospitality management with a strong sustainability specialism, from resource management and sustainable service design to stakeholder communication and ownership reporting. Year three centres on a defended capstone project, with an integrated placement year giving hands-on exposure to a sustainability-active hotel or resort operation.
Modules across the Sustainable 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 Sustainable Hospitality Management learners never lose momentum between modules.
On completion, Sustainable Hospitality Management learners can progress into the LSHRM MSc, moving from full honours undergraduate standard into executive postgraduate territory without repeating material. Every Sustainable 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 sustainable placement
- UKHospitality, HOSPA, Institute of Hospitality and IWFM references
- Sustainable service design and resource management modules
- Stakeholder engagement workshops
- Capstone integrated sustainability 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 hospitality sustainability practitioners
- Access to LSHRM's wider sustainability community
What You Will Learn
- Integrate sustainability with commercial planning cycles
- Design sustainable service experiences across the guest journey
- Coordinate resource management programmes across departments
- Interpret carbon and resource metrics for reporting
- Handle stakeholder engagement on sustainability topics
- Support certification programmes across recognised schemes
- Manage hospitality supply chains with sustainability lenses
- Present integrated sustainability content to executive committees
- Handle integrated sustainability targets alongside commercial goals
- Support carbon accounting programmes at hotel property level
- Handle sustainable procurement conversations with suppliers
- Coordinate certification submissions across recognised UK schemes
- Handle guest and team engagement on sustainability programmes
- Handle sustainable hospitality management content in the context of daily hotel operations, front office rhythm and duty leadership
- Handle sustainable hospitality management content with awareness of UK professional-body references
- Handle sustainable hospitality management content across on-campus, online and distance learning delivery modes
- Handle sustainable hospitality management content in the context of London hospitality employers
- Handle sustainable hospitality management content with cross-department awareness across a hotel property
- Handle sustainable hospitality management content in the context of career progression to the LSHRM MSc
Who This Course Is For
- A-level and IB students planning hospitality sustainability careers
- Higher Diploma holders topping up to an honours degree
- Working hoteliers integrating sustainability into leadership
- International students preparing for UK sustainability programmes
- Working hoteliers integrating sustainability into leadership tracks
- International students planning UK hospitality sustainability placements
Career Pathways
- Sustainability Officer
- Hotel Operations Manager
- Guest Experience Manager
- Property Operations Manager
- Deputy Hotel Manager
- Facilities Manager
The LSHRM careers service supports Bachelor students with sustainability-active placements, integrated CV coaching and introductions to hotel groups and ownership-side ESG teams in London.
Past LSHRM Bachelor graduates have progressed into sustainability officer, hotel operations manager and property operations manager posts inside London hotel groups and ownership-side ESG teams active across the UK.
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 is co-authored with hotel general managers and ownership sustainability leads, so it teaches integration across commercial, operational and sustainability lines.
LSHRM's integrated sustainability content sits inside the wider Hotel Operations and Front Office department, so graduates leave with strong operational grounding alongside their sustainability specialism.
Apply for BA in Sustainable Hospitality Management
Applications for the BA in Sustainable 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 Sustainable 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
