BA (Hons) Sustainable Tourism Management Bachelor's degree at Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Sustainable Tourism Management at Falmouth University is taught in English and leads to a nationally recognised Bachelor's degree. Falmouth University, founded in 1902, is a recognised UK degree-awarding body.
About this course
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BA (Hons) Sustainable Tourism Management is a Bachelor's degree (BA (Hons)) at Falmouth University, based in Penryn Campus. It runs 3 years, studied full-time.
For Tourism, transport and travel graduates from this provider, 95% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, 50% in highly skilled roles, typical earnings around £22,000. (HESA Graduate Outcomes / LEO, via Discover Uni.)
For the typical curriculum, specialisations, career paths and graduate earnings for Business & Management, see the sections below.
Course evidence score
The arithmetic mean of the official measures available for this course: NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Limited evidence Published sample: 15; treat comparisons cautiously. Cohort 2022-23. Graduate Outcomes work or further study 95% (2022-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Published threshold met Discover Uni suppresses continuation data below its publication threshold. Cohort 2022-23. Continuation 90% (2022-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Curriculum & modules
Real modules published for this course, grouped only where the source gives a year, stage or level.
Year one 6 modules
- Designing the Guest Experience
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Explore guest motivations and experience journey mapping, with a focus on inclusive, accessible and high‑quality design. This module explores guest experience as a core element of tourism, hospitality, and events environments. You will understand why guests choose to participate in experiences, what shapes their expectations, and how organisations can design and deliver inclusive services that meet or exceed these expectations.
- Live Cultural Tourism Project
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Design and deliver a small‑scale cultural tourism experience in response to a live brief. You will have the opportunity to use Cornwall as your 'live laboratory' and throughout the module you will engage with and draw inspiration from its distinctive landscapes, architecture, crafts, and cuisine, as well as its enduring traditions, language, folklore, and deep sense of community identity.
- The Contemporary Tourism & Hospitality Landscape
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Examine current industry structures, trends, challenges and opportunities shaping tourism and hospitality today. You will also seek to position yourself in that environment and explore your own potential career ambitions. This process will help you understand how you can best target your own development during your time on the course.
- Innovation and Emerging Technologies in Tourism & Hospitality
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Explore the role of innovation and emerging technologies within an increasingly digital and rapidly evolving tourism and hospitality environment. You will deepen your awareness of how technological developments, creative approaches and digital systems influence organisational practice and shape the way experiences are designed, delivered, and managed across the sector.
- Live Hospitality Event Project
Module details
Plan and deliver a live hospitality‑focused event, working collaboratively within a real venue context. Within this module you will engage in the creation and delivery of the hospitality element of a live, on campus event. You will develop and apply a range of operational, organisational, and service focused skills that contribute to a well-coordinated and professionally delivered hospitality experience.
- Marketing and Content Creation for Tourism & Hospitality
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Develop a marketing and content creation campaign designed to meet the needs of an identified tourism or hospitality client. As you create your campaign, you will explore key concepts such as audience insight, value communication, and positioning, with a focus on producing engaging and impactful content.
Year two 9 modules
- Regenerative Tourism & Hospitality Development
Module details
Regenerative approaches signify an attempt to move beyond the notion of sustainability and actively create positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes for communities and places they engage with. Within this module, you will have the opportunity to explore how regenerative principles can be applied to tourism and hospitality development through the analysis of real-world examples, industry practices and emerging practice.
- Live Tourism & Hospitality Research Project
Module details
Design and conduct a live research project that responds to real‑world industry challenges. Research plays a crucial role in tourism and hospitality, enabling organisations to make informed decisions, respond to guest needs, understand market behaviours, and evaluate the impacts of their activities. Effective research helps generate meaningful, evidence‑based insights that can inform strategy, communication, and operational practice across the sector.
- Operations and Revenue Management for Tourism & Hospitality
Module details
Collaborative working can result in many benefits that are hard, if not impossible, to realise as an individual. Whether it is the mutual support and sense of togetherness that comes from positive team dynamics or the creativity and originality that comes from diverse team members working effectively together, teamwork is recognised as a crucial factor in organisational success. You will work on a live brief within a multi-disciplinary team and evaluate the experience using a team performance re
- Live Corporate Event Project
Module details
Deliver a corporate‑focused live event aligned with professional industry standards. You will examine aspects of the operational and strategic management of a corporate event and apply relevant processes through a live event project which targets a public audience. This could also be an opportunity to add some social value to the local community and/or work with a local business.
- Creating Wildlife & Nature‑Based ExperiencesOptional
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Develop your understanding of how to create meaningful and engaging experiences within a context that you are passionate about. Within this suite of studio‑based options modules, you will have the opportunity to explore how experiences can be developed across tourism and hospitality settings through an appreciation of real‑world examples, practitioner approaches and emerging trends.
- Creating Culinary, Craft & Artisan ExperiencesOptional
Module details
Develop your understanding of how to create meaningful and engaging experiences within a context that you are passionate about. Within this suite of studio‑based options modules, you will have the opportunity to explore how experiences can be developed across tourism and hospitality settings through an appreciation of real‑world examples, practitioner approaches and emerging trends.
- Creating Coastal, Activity & Adventure ExperiencesOptional
Module details
Develop your understanding of how to create meaningful and engaging experiences within a context that you are passionate about. Within this suite of studio‑based options modules, you will have the opportunity to explore how experiences can be developed across tourism and hospitality settings through an appreciation of real‑world examples, practitioner approaches and emerging trends.
- Creating Heritage, Arts & Music ExperiencesOptional
Module details
Develop your understanding of how to create meaningful and engaging experiences within a context that you are passionate about. Within this suite of studio‑based options modules, you will have the opportunity to explore how experiences can be developed across tourism and hospitality settings through an appreciation of real‑world examples, practitioner approaches and emerging trends.
- Creating Health, Wellbeing & Wellness ExperiencesOptional
Module details
Develop your understanding of how to create meaningful and engaging experiences within a context that you are passionate about. Within this suite of studio‑based options modules, you will have the opportunity to explore how experiences can be developed across tourism and hospitality settings through an appreciation of real‑world examples, practitioner approaches and emerging trends.
Year three 7 modules
- Crisis Management for Tourism & Hospitality
Module details
Develop decision‑making and resilience through applied crisis management simulations. This module highlights the importance of crisis management by facilitating the development of your management capability and ability to deal with complex crisis situations. You will also be required to consider crowd management issues in a range of contexts as well as venue and site management responses to various crisis injects.
- Live Tourism & Hospitality Enterprise Project
Module details
Utilising live involvement with tourism and hospitality professionals, you will create an original development stage enterprise that demonstrates your ability to think strategically, creatively and commercially. Drawing on the knowledge and skills you have developed throughout your degree, as well as industry input, you will explore how new enterprise ideas are generated, refined, and positioned within the contemporary tourism and hospitality landscape.
- Destination Image, Place, and Storytelling
Module details
Explore place identity, branding and narrative development within destination contexts. Within this module, you will explore how destination images are formed, challenged, and reshaped through cultural representation, media, visitor experience, and strategic communication. You will examine how place-based narratives, rooted in heritage, landscape, community, and identity, can be crafted to strengthen destination appeal and authenticity.
- Leadership and Organisational Strategy for Tourism & Hospitality
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Examine leadership approaches, organisational culture and strategic decision‑making. You will explore the relationship between leadership practice and strategic decision‑making, examining how different leadership approaches influence organisational culture, performance, and change. You will analyse how strategies are formed, implemented, and evaluated within tourism and hospitality settings, and consider how organisations respond to external pressures, competitive forces, and emerging opportunit
- Live International Destination Management Project
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Respond to a live brief from an international destination or tourism organisation. The complexities, nuances, and interconnectivities of international destination management call for a methodical but also creative approach to tourism management. International destination managers must respond to national, regional, and local policies whilst also balancing commercial drivers with socio-cultural and environmental impacts.
- Tourism & Hospitality Consultancy ProjectOptional
Module details
Understanding the issues and opportunities facing organisations, communities, and destinations. You have the option to choose a consultancy route and work directly with industry partners, clients, or stakeholders to respond to a real‑world challenge.
- Tourism & Hospitality Futures ProjectOptional
Module details
Alternatively, you can investigate emerging questions, unresolved debates and cutting-edge areas of practice that are shaping how the sector imagines and constructs its potential futures.
Source: provider course page. Modules can change; required/optional status, credits, descriptions and assessment are shown only when explicitly published.
Course in depth
What this course covers, who it suits and where it leads.
What you'll study
You'll study sustainable tourism from financial, organisational and strategic angles. A course like this typically progresses from foundations, how tourism firms operate, marketing principles, and business economics, through to operations, strategy and people management in Year 2. In Year 3, you'll specialise through options such as entrepreneurship, international business, digital business, consulting, marketing or people and HR, and complete a capstone project, often with a real client brief or dissertation. Throughout, you'll develop data skills and apply business concepts to tourism-specific contexts, building toward independent analysis of how organisations create and deliver sustainable value.
Who it's for
This course suits students interested in tourism, sustainability and business management. Most accepted students held A-levels or equivalent qualifications; the typical UCAS tariff band among recent entrants was 64–79 points. The course covers specialisations such as marketing, finance, HR, operations, strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, supply chain and consulting. Check the university's funding pages for details on bursaries and scholarships available to you.
Careers & job market
Across Business & Management courses nationally, 87% of graduates are in work or further study within 15 months of graduating, and 60% of working graduates are in highly skilled roles or further study. National graduate earnings data shows starting salaries of £24,000–£32,000 at 15 months; after three years, £21,250–£30,000; and after five years, £26,350–£37,200. These figures reflect the broader graduate population, not a guarantee for this course.
University & format
This BA (Hons) is studied full-time over 3 years at Falmouth University's Penryn Campus. Instruction is in English. Falmouth is a recognised UK degree-awarding body; its degrees are nationally recognised. The university holds a Silver award for teaching quality from the Office for Students' TEF 2023.
Student satisfaction
How students on this course answered the National Student Survey, by theme.
Share of students responding positively.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Applicant information
The next application dates for this course, followed by facts the provider publishes.
- 2027 entryCompleted applications can be submitted
Your application needs a reference before you can send it.
- 2026 entryFinal date for 2026 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2026 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
- 2027 entryEqual-consideration deadline
18:00 UK time for most undergraduate courses.
Show 5 later dates
- 2027 entryUCAS Extra opens
Applicants who used all five choices and hold no offer may be able to add another choice.
- 2027 entryLast day applications go directly to providers
Applications received after 18:00 UK time are entered into Clearing.
- 2027 entryClearing opens
Eligible applicants can see vacancies and release themselves into Clearing.
- 2027 entryFinal date for 2027 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2027 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
Professional placement year. Availability, selection and pay can vary.
See and book current events. Dates can fill or change.
Entry & how to get in
Who gets in
What recently admitted students actually held, official admissions data, not a stated requirement.
UCAS tariff of entrants
Grades are the A-level equivalent of each points band. Tap a band to check your own chances below.
Qualifications held on entry
| Qualification | Share |
|---|---|
| A-levels or equivalent | 90% |
| an Access course | 5% |
| No / unknown prior qualifications | 5% |
Entry & your chances
An honest read from the official entry data, plus your personal match.
Accepted students came in with a broad spread of qualifications and UCAS points. If you're worried about grades, this course has historically taken a wide range, and contextual offers may apply.
Will you get in? Plot your grades
Pick your predicted A-levels and watch your UCAS points land on the real spread of students admitted to this course.
Each bar is the share of admitted students in that UCAS-points band (lower → higher). Grades show the A-level equivalent.
Based on the official admitted-student tariff distribution. Many universities make contextual (reduced-grade) offers, so a result below the range doesn’t rule you out.
How to apply
Undergraduate applications go through UCAS. Here’s what matters for this course, the right deadline, the grades to aim for, and the steps in order.
- 1Register on UCAS Hub
Create your UCAS application and add this course. One application covers up to five choices.
- 2Write your personal statement
A single statement covers all your choices, so keep it broad enough for similar courses while showing genuine interest in this subject.
- 3Submit by 13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time
UCAS equal-consideration deadline for most undergraduate courses. Source: UCAS 2027 dates.
- 4Reply to your offers
When decisions are in, pick a firm (first) choice and an insurance (back-up) choice with slightly lower grades.
- 5Results day & confirmation
On results day (mid-August) your place is confirmed if you meet the offer. Just missed? Talk to the university, or find a place through Clearing.
Fees & funding
What this course costs and how UK student finance covers it.
Tuition per year
Standard capped home fee at English providers (2026/27); Scotland, Wales & NI differ.
Check fees at Falmouth University →For students who normally live in England
2026/27 Student Finance England figures. Maintenance support is means-tested and this two-point view is not an entitlement calculator. The course total uses its published length and home fee where both are available; a missing full-time fee uses the clearly labelled England-cap scenario, while part-time fees and unknown lengths are never guessed. Use the official calculator. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate systems: SAAS, Student Finance Wales, and Student Finance NI.
Starting on or after 1 January 2027?
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement is a separate system. A new learner’s tuition entitlement is currently stated as £39,160 (about 480 credits at 2026/27 fee levels), subject to prior study and eligibility. Check the official LLE guide.
Paying for it
- Tuition Fee Loan: can cover eligible tuition up to the applicable limit and is paid straight to the provider.
- Maintenance Loan: up to £10,830/yr away from home outside London (England, 2026/27), means-tested on household income.
- Repayment: 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below it; written off after 40 years.
- Earn alongside: most students work part-time in term, part-time roles on the StudySmarter job board.
England figures shown; Scotland, Wales & NI run their own schemes, check gov.uk.
Scholarships & bursaries you could qualify for
That does not mean no funding exists. Check the university directory for current amounts, eligibility and application dates.
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Careers & earnings
What Business & Management graduates actually earn, from real outcome data, 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.
Graduate earnings: this course
| When | Median | Typical range | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 months after | £22,000 | £20,000 – £27,000 | 15 |
| 3 years after | £22,500 | £17,000 – £25,500 | 40 |
| 5 years after | £25,500 | £20,500 – £31,500 | 40 |
Nominal earnings for graduates of this course/subject at this provider. Limited evidence. Published sample: 15; treat comparisons cautiously. Cohort 2022-23.
Graduate outcomes, 15 months on: this course
- 1Graduate / AnalystOn a scheme or first role · 0–2 yrs
- 2Specialist / ManagerOwning an area, marketing, finance, ops · 2–5 yrs
- 3Senior / Head ofLeading a function and a team · 5–10 yrs
- 4Director / FounderRunning a business unit or your own company · 10+ yrs
How pay grows: this course vs Business & Management nationally
National figures for Business & Management graduates, HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.
Work out your pay
Headline figures hide a lot. Calculate realistic take-home pay for this field by role, region and experience, then check your CV before you apply.
What happened to 100 students?
Choose an outcome to translate the published percentage into a simple 100-person view. Each dot represents one percentage point, not an individual tracked student.
were in work or further study
15 months after graduation
Source: Discover Uni, using Graduate Outcomes and continuation data. Cohorts: 2022-23. Limited evidence. Published sample: 15; treat comparisons cautiously. Cohort 2022-23. Each tab is a separate published measure; categories can overlap and should not be added together.
Value compared with similar courses
How this course’s 5-year median earnings compare with Business & Management courses at the same study level.
Compared with 3,421 courses with compatible official earnings data. This is a course-value comparison, not a quality ranking.
UK occupations graduates enter
Published graduate destinations, joined conservatively to UK SOC 2020, ONS pay and Skills England demand.
- Business and public service associate professionalsSOC 2020 35 · 40% of published destinations · ASHE median £38,760
- Administrative occupationsSOC 2020 41 · 15% of published destinations · ASHE median £27,006
- Sales occupationsSOC 2020 71 · 15% of published destinations · ASHE median £15,975
- Elementary occupationsSOC 2020 9 · 15% of published destinations · ASHE median £19,087
Discover Uni JOBLIST/JOBTYPE; ONS ASHE 2025 provisional, all employee jobs; Skills England Occupations in Demand 2025. SOC is shown only for an exact normalised label match; demand is shown only at exact four-digit SOC. Published sample: 35; response rate: 65%. Pay describes the occupation across workers, not a guaranteed graduate salary.
Job market & outlook
How Business & Management graduates fare in the labour market, and how AI is reshaping the work.
How AI is changing the work
AI doesn't replace the profession, it shifts it: routine tasks get automated, while judgement, working with people and using AI well become more valuable.
What AI takes off your plate
- Routine reporting and data pulls
- First-draft decks and copy
- Standard forecasts and reconciliations
- Scheduling and admin workflows
More human than ever
- Strategy and judgement under uncertainty
- Leading, negotiating and selling
- Sense-checking and owning what AI produces
- Relationships with clients and teams
The strongest graduates pair subject depth with the ability to use AI tools critically.
Roles & employers
Where Business & Management graduates typically go, indicative destinations from graduate career data. Each role links to live openings on the StudySmarter job board.
Roles graduates go into
Where they work
- Consultancies
- Corporate graduate schemes
- Retail & FMCG
- Startups & scale-ups
Jobs after this course
Current roles from the StudySmarter job board that suit Business & Management graduates.
Is this course right for you?
The essentials UK applicants ask about: finance, outcomes, entry and quality.
Student finance
For comparison, the standard full-time England tuition cap is up to £9,790 per year in 2026/27; the actual fee varies by course and provider. If you normally live in England, eligible students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan, plus a Maintenance Loan for living costs. Under Plan 5 you repay 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below that, and the balance is written off after 40 years.
Where graduates go
95% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £22,000. See the full breakdown in Careers & earnings above.
Your entry chances
Use the UCAS points calculator above to see how your predicted grades compare with admitted students, and whether a contextual offer could apply.
Official-data snapshot
Averaging the official measures published for it, this course scores 9.2 out of 10: NSS 89.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%.
Who studies here and in this subject?
Provider- and UK subject-level context.
Falmouth University
Business and management across the UK
HESA student record 2024/25. Counts are rounded.
Local crime-data context
A neutral snapshot around the published teaching location.
Around Penryn Campus
153 street-level reports returned within roughly one mile across 2026-04 to 2026-06.
Police.uk street-level API. Approximate locations, not confined to campus. England, Wales and Northern Ireland; not Scotland.
Is Business & Management right for you?
Tick what applies to you and see how good a fit it is.
International students
What applying to Falmouth University from outside the UK involves: fees, English, visa, funding and living costs.
Tuition fees
International tuition is set per course by Falmouth University; international fees are typically £12,000–£30,000/year for classroom subjects and higher for lab/clinical ones. You’re not eligible for UK Tuition Fee or Maintenance Loans, so plan for fees plus living costs upfront.
English language
Most UK undergraduate courses ask for around IELTS 6.0–6.5 (no band below 5.5–6.0), or an accepted equivalent. If you’re just short, most universities run a pre-sessional English course that counts towards the requirement.
Student visa
You’ll usually need a Student visa (Student Route). After you accept an offer the university issues a CAS; you then show funds for fees plus about £1,023–£1,334/month living costs and pay the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS access.
Scholarships & funding
Many universities offer international/global scholarships (often £2,000–£6,000/yr), check Falmouth University’s funding pages.
Living costs
Budget roughly £1,100–£1,400/month outside London and £1,400–£1,800/month in London for rent, food and travel; the figure also matters for your visa.
Working while you study
A Student visa usually allows up to 20 hours/week in term time and full-time in holidays, useful alongside study, though not something to rely on for fees.
Visa rules and fees change. Always confirm the current requirements with Falmouth University and gov.uk before you apply.
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