BA (Hons) Business Management and Tourism with Placement Year

• Focus on the latest theory, perspectives and approaches to solve real problems for real businesses



• Benefit from our partnerships with regional, national and international organisations



• Study a curriculum aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and with UNESCO core sustainability competencies embedded within all stage of the programme



• Benefit from our strong employability focus to ensure you are ‘work-ready’ for graduate entry positions or self-employment



Why study Business Management and Tourism?
Explore current trends in tourism to be able to critique current issues and propose business solutions for the future. You’ll analyse the concepts and characteristics of tourism in relation to contemporary trends in destination management, niche tourism products, and the wider business environment. You’ll study a wide range of business issues across tourism, marketing, supply chain, finance and enterprise to gain a thorough understanding of key business issues.

Industry integrated learning
We place great emphasis on real-world learning throughout the degree. You’ll make the links between theoretical business frameworks and the practicalities of the real business world with support from our academic team, who have a broad range of experience across key business areas.
We have developed extensive links with the business community and professional bodies to enhance the practical focus of the degree. You’ll regularly engage with employers as guest speakers, and students visit employers to engage in live project work. Employers also provide real life business issues as the basis for your assessments in a number of modules, meaning you’ll have the chance to work with real businesses on real projects before you graduate – adding valuable skills to your CV.

Sustainable tourism
The programme is designed to contribute to environmental, social, governance and economic concerns and contribute to the achievement of responsible and sustainable development as articulated by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The goals are embedded in the programme content along with the UNESCO sustainability competencies and all modules are mapped to goals and competencies. This allows our students to become future generators of sustainable value for business and society, working towards a sustainable global economy ethically and responsibly.

How you will learn
Our teaching methods will be varied, interactive and engaging. You will take part in:
- formal lectures


- tutor-led and student-led seminars


- one-to-one and small group tutorials


- work experience and consultancy projects


- self-directed study


- optional placement and internship opportunities


- joint projects with overseas students.


Careers
You’ll graduate as a tourism specialist with a wide range of business knowledge, so you’d be well placed for rolls across the tourism or wider business sector in roles such as:
• Project management



• Analysis



• Consultancy



• Accountancy



• Operations



• Human resource management



• Marketing



• Sales



• Logistics



• Finance.

Based solely on more than 24,000 student reviews, we were named Uni Compare's University of the Year 2027, and voted 1st in the UK for employability and 2nd in the UK for course quality. Not only that, but 97% of students would recommend the University of Derby*, which we can offer you industry-relevant teaching, state-of-the-art study spaces, multi-award-winning accommodation, and a welcoming, inclusive community.

*Uni Compare 2027