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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Events Management

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Open to graduates from any discipline, this course provides you with the critical understanding and skills required to operate as an ethical, strategic, and reflective events practitioner. You'll gain teamwork skills and hands-on experience through organising live and virtual events.

Accreditations and partnerships:

  • A Greener Future (AGF)

By studying our MSc Events Management, you'll be equipped with in-depth knowledge and understanding of this diverse industry. You'll gain practical experience in designing, planning, marketing, managing, and evaluating sustainable events to generate a return on objectives.

Getting hands-on practical experience will help you to develop the core values, attributes and skills required to be a strategic, responsible, and reflective events practitioner, team player, and leader.

Develop wide-ranging expertise

Events management is coming of age as a discipline. Academic research and industry practice mutually inform each other to further the development of the industry and event studies. Our team of lecturers comprise both PhDs and lecturers with industry experience to offer you the latest insight.

Our MSc in Events Management brings together our established and internationally recognised expertise in event studies and business and management. This blend will give you solid grounding in the various concepts and issues, research techniques and examples of best and distinctive practice across this diverse field.

Gain relevant industry experience

The international events industry encompasses live and technologically produced and enhanced events and experiences, such as virtual and hybrid events and augmented and virtual reality experiences.

Events span a range of industry sectors including music, festivals, arts and entertainment, sports, and business. These range from small meetings and parties through to mega-events like World Expos, the Olympic Games, and the FIFA World Cup.

Throughout the course, you'll have opportunities to volunteer at a variety of events, allowing you to gain experience of working on different types of events within a variety of sectors of the industry. Previous students have volunteered at events such as St. Paul's Carnival, Bristol Light Festival, MEET South West, and the Commonwealth Games.

Any industry volunteering you engage in will count towards your required 40 hours of work experience. Our extensive network of industry connections may also present unique opportunities to learn about particular events or sectors you'd like to gain experience in.

For more information, including the most up to date module listing, see the entry for this course on the UWE Bristol website, by clicking on the 'visit website' button to the left of this page.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£10,750

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£16,750

Entry requirements

You will need: An honours degree (minimum 2.2) in any subject. If you do not meet the above requirement but have at least two years events management responsibility or experience as a consultant/sole practitioner and/or equivalent qualifications, we will consider you on an individual basis.

University information

The University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE Bristol) is a modern institution that puts students first and has been ranked Gold for its outstanding student experience (TEF, 2023). It is a university where ambition and determination are properly rewarded, thanks to outstanding facilities and tuition. Spread across three campuses, UWE Bristol is committed to excellence in both infrastructure and student experience. It boasts superb,...more

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