International Tourism and Hospitality Management with Foundation Year

International tourism and hospitality management addresses one of the world's largest industries, an industry that touches every country on earth and that depends fundamentally on the ability of its practitioners to work across cultural differences, adapt to diverse environments, and deliver experiences that meet the expectations of guests from many different backgrounds. Tourism and hospitality management requires both the strategic and financial knowledge to run complex organisations and the interpersonal and cultural skills to create genuine human connections with guests, clients, and colleagues from around the world.

At York St John University this programme includes a foundation year, a sandwich year, a year abroad, and work placement experience, making it four years in total and giving you a comprehensively international and professionally grounded education. The foundation year provides a supported transition into degree-level study, while the sandwich year and placements ensure that professional experience is built into your time at university rather than deferred until after graduation. The year abroad gives you direct experience of working and studying in another country, developing the cultural adaptability that international hospitality and tourism careers demand.

You will study the full range of management disciplines applied to the tourism and hospitality context, including marketing, financial management, operations, and the strategic management of destinations and organisations.

Graduates from international tourism and hospitality management programmes work in hotels and resorts, airlines, cruise companies, travel agencies and tour operators, destination management organisations, events companies, and food and beverage businesses around the world. The combination of management skills, cultural awareness, and professional experience that this programme provides is well matched to careers in international settings. Further study at postgraduate level in hospitality management, tourism, or business administration is an option for those who wish to move into more senior or specialist roles.