Overview

The international tourism and events sector has witnessed phenomenal growth and significant change in recent years. With global opportunities and a range of career choices, there has never been a more exciting time to pursue a career in international tourism and events management. Our programme develops your cultural understanding of events and tourism, and how they impact on society and the environment. You will be equipped with business and management knowledge incorporating an international perspective.

This includes planning, marketing, and staffing through to risk assessment and securing funding to create, manage and deliver successful events and tourism initiatives. You will benefit from interactive and hands-on learning experiences, collaborating with businesses using social media, wikis and blogs, providing you with practical skills that you can carry forward into your career. You will also benefit from industry speakers, field trips and real-life business simulations that will provide you with networking opportunities, key insights and a competitive edge on entering the industry.

The Moffat Scholarship Awards, Moffat student scholarship funding of �3600 per year, is open to students of this course. The Moffat Scholarship awards support students pursuing a career in the travel, tourism or events industries. Since 1998, more than 300 GCU students have benefitted from the generous fund established by the Moffat Charitable Trust. In addition to financial support, Moffat Scholarship Award winners also have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience and enhance their CV working within The Moffat Centre, the UK s largest university-based consultancy and research centre for tourism and travel market research and business development.

Entry to the University Programme is open for students who have accomplished the SCQF Levels 7 & 8 or the International Graduate Programme at ISDC Academy.
Note: The Undergraduate Diploma comprises the ISDC International Certificate in Business and the ISDC International Specialised Diploma in Business qualifications which have been credit rated by the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) of Scotland at Levels 7 & 8 respectively on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) with 120 allocated SCQF credits at each level. Both qualifications enable students to progress to relevant undergraduate programmes of study in compliance with the entry requirements of individual universities in the UK with Credit Exemptions. In addition, both qualifications are at Level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).

Course Fee Structure