BA (Hons) International Events Management

Course Overview

The role of the events manager involves coordinating experts from a variety of fields. The BA (Hons) International Events Management degree aims to produce graduates who can engage with specialists in planning and executing a range of routine and complex events.

The programme will equip you with knowledge and skills relating to all stages in the events management process, from conceptualising and planning a project, through managing finances. marketing and operations, to delivering the event itself.

The international dimension is a theme running through all aspects of the course, and is underpinned by up to two semesters of study abroad and the optional study of an international language.

There is also an option to undertake a Placement Learning Project (PLP) on the programme involving 16 weeks' employment in an industry organisation.

Programme Structure

The 3.5 year degree provides a management overview of all the main functional areas of business and the events industry.

The programme is structured into four themes:

The event operations theme provides the central and unifying core of the programme, and concentrates on exploring the events management industry and the range of approaches to service operations and management

The business and management theme covers the essential business functions of marketing, human resource management and finance

The international theme places the degree in the international realm by offering you exposure to other languages and cultures through optional foreign language study and a compulsory Study Period Abroad

Through a range of elective modules, the special studies for events managers theme offers you the chance to either extend your main studies in greater depth or to explore more specialised areas related to your potential career destination

Study Methods

Classroom study at EBSL is combined with practical opportunity. All undergraduate students complete a minimum of 30 weeks of work experience during the duration of the course, which will give you hands-on experience in international business organisations.

This experience is invaluable both in enabling you to apply what you have learned and enhancing your employability upon graduation.

Languages are another key element of the BA (Hons) International Events Management degree. You can choose one language from our portfolio of nine, allowing you to build upon pre-existing linguistic skills or to study a new language at beginner level.

Business and language skills are combined during the compulsory Study Period Abroad. Choosing from over 90 partner universities worldwide, you will spend up two semesters overseas as part of your degree studies.