What is the duration of the MSc in Hospitality Management?

The MSc in Hospitality Management runs for approximately 12 to 18 months full postgraduate route. That timeframe covers the taught modules, applied coursework and the final assessment for the MSc in Hospitality Management.

What delivery modes are available for the MSc in Hospitality Management?

You can study the MSc in Hospitality Management either fully online or on-campus in central London. Online students receive the same taught content and assessment schedule as on-campus learners, so your MSc in Hospitality Management outcome is the same in either mode.

Is the MSc in Hospitality Management recognised by UK and international hospitality bodies?

The MSc in Hospitality Management is designed against UK and international hospitality benchmarks, including Institute of Hospitality (IoH) and Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) guidance. The MSc in Hospitality Management sits inside LSILHHM's aligned-with (not accredited-by) professional-body framework.

Who can apply for the MSc in Hospitality Management?

Entry to the MSc in Hospitality Management follows the standard LSILHHM Master (MSc / MA) route: A UK 2:2 (Lower Second Class) honours degree or overseas equivalent in any discipline; Applicants without a first degree may be considered with 5+ years of senior hospitality or luxury service experience. Full entry guidance for the MSc in Hospitality Management is covered in the Entry Requirements section above.

Are there flexible payment options for the MSc in Hospitality Management?

LSILHHM publishes tuition fees for the MSc in Hospitality Management at each intake, and payment plans are typically available. Contact the admissions team for current MSc in Hospitality Management fee bands and to check scholarship eligibility.

MSc in Hospitality Management | LSILHHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Hospitality Management equips you with practical competence across hospitality management inside a hotel operations setting, delivered by the London School of International Luxury Hospitality & Hotel Management (LSILHHM), a division of Harold International College of London. The programme runs for approximately 12 to 18 months full postgraduate route and is written against UK and international hospitality standards, with reference to bodies such as Chartered Management Institute (CMI), Institute of Customer Service (ICS) and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), giving you research-informed executive practice, dissertation work and board-level thinking for senior luxury hospitality leadership. Applied exercises across the MSc in Hospitality Management draw on the routines and standards used inside UK and international hotel operations businesses, so nothing you study feels detached from the industry.

Through applied case work, you will study a structured curriculum that connects rooms division to hotel operations and guest experience inside a hotel setting, so by the end of the programme, you will be prepared to operate at senior-manager and director-level, lead strategic projects, publish or present research and step into executive luxury hospitality careers. LSILHHM has built the MSc in Hospitality Management to reflect the day-to-day paperwork, systems and service moments that shape a modern city hotel operation.

Modern hotel operations businesses expect their people to combine service instinct with a working grasp of systems, brand standards and commercial reporting. The MSc in Hospitality Management is designed to develop both dimensions inside a single, coherent programme. The taught content on the MSc in Hospitality Management moves from foundation principles into structured practice, using briefings, checklists and mini case studies drawn from working hotel operations settings.

Key Features

Reference to British Hospitality Association (UKHospitality) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) sector benchmarks throughout the taught modules
Weekly live sessions with tutors drawn from senior hospitality, luxury service and travel practice
Curriculum aligned with UK and international hospitality standards, including Institute of Hospitality (IoH) and Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
One-to-one tutorial slots to unblock coursework and shape your assignment portfolio
Rolling intakes so applicants can join the programme at multiple points across the year
Delivered over 12 to 18 months full postgraduate route across online and on-campus routes at LSILHHM London

What You Will Learn

Apply the operational rhythm of a modern hospitality property
Contribute to duty-management, quality and audit routines
Coordinate front-of-house and back-of-house teams during service peaks
Handle service-recovery cases in line with brand policy
Coordinate rooms, F&B and front office teams to brand standard
Read a departmental P&L and identify low-hanging performance gaps
Manage guest complaints in line with brand recovery protocols
Interpret occupancy, ADR and RevPAR reports at a working level

Who This Course Is For

Working hospitality and luxury service professionals preparing for senior management
International applicants targeting UK postgraduate recognition
LSILHHM Bachelor graduates progressing directly into postgraduate specialisation
Career-progression candidates with five or more years of relevant experience

Career Pathways

Senior Resort General Manager
Senior Guest Experience Manager
Senior Hotel Marketing Manager
Senior Rooms Division Manager
Senior Housekeeping Manager
Senior Food & Beverage Manager

Every LSILHHM student on the MSc in Hospitality Management route is supported by our careers service, which covers CV and LinkedIn coaching, interview practice and structured introductions to UK resort operators, four-star and five-star hotel groups, London city-centre hotels active in our alumni network. The careers team works with you from the first term to shape a realistic post-programme plan and to align your assignment portfolio with the roles you want to move into next.

Master's graduates aim at senior management, director-level and consultancy roles, and often use their dissertation topic as a positioning tool for their next career step. Applied assignments on the MSc in Hospitality Management produce coursework that goes straight into an interview portfolio, so what you have studied is easy to explain to a hiring manager.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 (Lower Second Class) honours degree or overseas equivalent in any discipline
Applicants without a first degree may be considered with 5+ years of senior hospitality or luxury service experience
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band under 6.0) or equivalent English proficiency
A 500-word research statement covering the applicant's chosen area of hospitality specialisation
Two academic or professional references and a short interview

Why Study at LSILHHM

LSILHHM'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 senior luxury hospitality management, consultancy and executive roles.

LSILHHM is the London School of International Luxury Hospitality & Hotel Management , a specialist division of Harold International College of London focused on the operational, service and strategic disciplines that run five-star hotels, luxury resorts, boutique properties, luxury travel and premium tourism experiences worldwide. On the MSc in Hospitality Management specifically, that translates into a syllabus written by people who have run the operations you plan to work inside, and assignments that reference the routines used in leading hotel operations businesses.

Apply for MSc in Hospitality Management

Advance into executive luxury hospitality leadership with LSILHHM by applying for the MSc in Hospitality Management. Contact LSILHHM admissions to confirm MSc in Hospitality Management intake dates, entry requirements and delivery options for your circumstances, and secure your place on the next cohort. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the admissions team is on hand to answer questions on the MSc in Hospitality Management before you submit. On acceptance to the MSc in Hospitality Management, you will receive a personalised induction plan covering timetable, module access, tutor introductions and careers-service onboarding. Enrol Now.