Adelaide University
Master of Tourism, Events and Hospitality Management
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Get hands-on experience running real events, learn to apply a sustainability perspective in your work and gain credibility and an advanced qualification for international roles on the world stage.
Course overview
This degree explores professional challenges and opportunities across the tourism, events and hospitality industry. The program is broad and future-focused, tailored to boost the career prospects of working professionals and help newcomers enter the sector.
You’ll build the contemporary management skills needed to lead operations and meet business goals. You’ll take courses on sustainable tourism, destination management, festival management and how to leave a lasting legacy with your events.
You’ll collaborate with industry partners on real-world projects. Learn all about digital innovation, data analytics and marketing. Understand how to cater to diverse audiences in a globalised industry. Get practical experience through a placement. Design and run a real event.
When you graduate, you’ll be up to date on global trends, leadership strategies and market demands. You’ll be ready for high-impact careers as an event director, destination manager, hotel manager, tourism policy planner or consultant.
Key features
- Study in Australia’s vibrant ‘Festival State’, full of rich cultural life and sporting events.
- Learn all about the visitor economy sectors, including emerging digital innovations.
- Build industry knowledge, skills and experience.
- Develop, plan and deliver actual events.
- Collaborate with industry partners on practical projects and internships.
- Design, conduct and analyse relevant research in the field.
Key facts
What you will study
Students must complete 96 units comprising:
- 78 units for all core courses.
- 6 units for all work-integrated learning.
- 12 units for electives.
Each course is worth six units.
Complete 78 units for all of the following:
- Accounting Principles for Decision Makers
- Entrepreneurial Thinking
- Foundations of Tourism and Hospitality
- Tourism and Hospitality Enterprise Management
- Festival and Event Management
- Managing Venues and EventScapes
- People, Leadership and Organisational Performance
- Marketing
- Managing Tourism and Hospitality Operations
- Digital Innovations in Tourism, Events and Hospitality
- Marketing for Tourism, Events and Hospitality
- Sustainable Destination Management
- Event Leveraging and Legacy
Entry requirements
Admission criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must have achieved at least one of the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate they fulfil any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.
- A completed bachelor's (AQF level 7) or bachelor's honours (AQF level 8) degree or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution; OR
- A completed nested or related graduate certificate (AQF level 8) or higher or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Adelaide University is committed to recognising the contribution of students’ prior learning towards their program requirements.
Credit may be granted for formal, informal and non-formal learning, with guidance on eligibility provided to prospective students in a clear, transparent and publicly available credit framework.
Credit determinations will be:
- Evidence-based, equitable and transparent.
- Academically sound.
- Applied consistently, fairly and subject to review.
Credit will be granted for prior learning that is relevant and equivalent to the learning required for the courses for which credit is sought.
Credit will only be granted if it:
- Maintains the credibility and integrity of the program for which credit is sought.
- Does not contravene the conditions of the program’s professional accreditation.
- Does not disadvantage the student’s ability to achieve the expected course or program learning outcomes.
For more information, contact the university or visit its website.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
You might be a hotel manager at Four Seasons, Montage or St. Regis. You could coordinate eco tours on the Great Barrier Reef. Perhaps you’ll run the next Adelaide Festival pop-up, like the Royal Croquet Club, Barrio, Lola’s Pergola or SOHO Supper Club.
You could also be a:
- Tourism Policy Planner
- Destination Manager
- Cruise Line Corporate Executive
- Sustainability Consultant
- Airline Hospitality Manager
- Chief Experience Officer
- Luxury Real Estate Development Manager
- Corporate Events Director
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative annual fee in 2026: $36,000 (domestic full-fee paying place)
Fee-paying programs require the full tuition fees for your study, which can be deferred partly or in full to a FEE-HELP loan. Where the duration of the program is less than one year, the total cost of the program is displayed.
A student’s fee may vary depending on:
- The number of courses studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of courses.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
You may also need to pay the student services and amenities fee.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students.