Event Management with Foundation

Our BA (Hons) Event Management degree will provide you with first-hand knowledge of the thriving and exciting global events industry, helping you to build your practical experience to support your career progression. You'll learn how to create and manage successful events that can contribute positively to social and economic development, building your confidence throughout the three years as you progress from working at events to eventually managing and producing them.

You'll be encouraged to apply your vocational and academic knowledge to plan, design, and deliver events - gaining essential skills and a clear progression to employment opportunities in the event section, such as the management of festivals, trade shows, civic events, sporting spectacles, weddings, and conferences.

You'll learn from a team of leading academics and practitioners with strong experience in the event sector and strong industry links to regional, national and international events. You can also benefit from a mentoring programme with course graduates, who now work in various roles across the industry.

There are many opportunities to gain experience beyond the course, such as attending guest lectures, participating in University events, and taking advantage of multiple work experience opportunities. And you'll be studying in the heart of Southampton, a key events hub on England’s south coast.

If you’re looking to study our event management degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the business and law foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the business and law foundation year.

This course also offers the option of a placement year. A placement year allows you to put what you've learned in your first and second years into practice in the workplace, gaining valuable real-world work experience before you graduate. Our course and placements teams will help you find the perfect industry placement in your chosen field.

Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for students who want to build a career within the event sector. Previous students have studied a wide variety of subjects during school or college. The unifying theme among our students is a passion for creating and managing exciting events, regardless of previous experience or study.

We welcome international students who wish to study this global sector at a UK university. We also support mature students who may have previously worked on events and now wish to formalise their experience with a degree qualification. Mature students may also include those with experience in a different sector who are now seeking a career change.

What does this course lead to?
You'll graduate from this course with the essential skills needed for a wide range of career destinations, including the management of festivals, trade shows, civic events, sporting spectacles, weddings and conferences.

Our graduates have gone on to work with Festival Republic, Hemming Group, British Sailing, Camp Bestival, Hanson Wade, Download Festival, Collaborate Global, Silent Disco King, and Sony Music Entertainment among many others.

Our focus on transferable skills means that many of our graduates have also built successful careers in other sectors such as marketing, project management, business development, and media. Graduates also progress to further study at postgraduate level, or start their own companies.

Don't wait for the future. Build it. At Solent, every module is built around real-world learning, so you graduate with practical skills, confidence and experience — not just theory.

Our career-ready revolution is transforming the way every course is designed, taught and connected to the world of work, to ensure your degree prepares you for the career you want. This isn't a tweak. It’s s a complete shake-up of what your university experience should be, using five key elements: learning by doing from day one, a timetable that fits real life, strong links to industry, an outstanding student learning experience, and careers support for life.

Our world-class facilities are also built with your future career in mind, and include the renowned Warsash Maritime School, Solent Sports Complex with advanced science labs, animation and 3D modelling studios, plus applied mechanics and composites labs.

And when you're not in class? Southampton has it all — shopping, culture, live music, football, cricket, festivals and markets, plus tiny Thai cafes, ghost walks and record fairs. It's friendly, walkable, and one of the most affordable student cities in the UK. With a diverse community and societies for every interest, you'll find your tribe here too.

Register your interest now and join the career-ready revolution.