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Hospitality and Culinary Arts at Sheffield Hallam University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information Course summary

  • Assess key trends in the hospitality and culinary arts sector
  • Emphasise sustainability and ethical business practices
  • Apply practical authentic real-world knowledge through hands-on techniques and culinary innovation
  • Analyse literature, theory, and global issues, applying this insight to complex culinary and hospitality challenges.
Managing hospitality and culinary businesses presents an exciting challenge, combining artistry, technique, and creativity with the responsibilities of management and business. Our MSc Hospitality and Culinary Arts Management will equip you with the advanced skills necessary for a successful career in the culinary sector of the hospitality industry. This MSc Hospitality and Culinary Arts course offers a distinctive approach, connecting science, business, and culinary arts knowledge. It empowers learners to think critically, navigate group dynamics, strategise, and tackle challenges with innovation and integrity. The unique learning environment enables students to effectively translate ideas into practical, commercial solutions. By doing so, it meets the demand for competitiveness in the international culinary arts and hospitality industries, producing well-rounded, innovative graduates. How you learn All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the real-world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive. You'll benefit from the expertise of our experienced lecturers and the excellent facilities on campus, including state of the art kitchens, food development laboratory spaces and our training restaurant where teaching and real-world learning takes place. You learn through:
  • Applying our unique teaching methodology to on-site courses, we foster a comprehensive understanding by emphasising product knowledge, technology, and context.
  • Empowering students with the ability to confidently navigate and manage diverse situations, our goal is to equip them for success.
  • Emphasising food, drink and restaurant business entrepreneurship, our course promotes students’ thinking critically, innovating, creating, and developing to reshape the gastronomy industry into a responsible and forward-thinking sector.
  • An on-site blended approach via lectures, seminars, workshops, practical sessions, live projects, case studies, conducting academic research and gamification/online simulation.
We want our students to constantly look toward the future, and grasp that shaping it requires proactive innovation. As a result, our course covers a range of specialised subjects, including:
  • Culinary management and service experiences
  • Responsible food, drink and society
  • Sustainable business strategy
  • Global tourism and hospitality operations
  • Research methods
You will also undertake kitchen laboratory research, a dissertation and an industry related project. Applied learning MSc Hospitality and Culinary Arts benefits from state-of-the-art facilities that allow you to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical way aligned to real-world challenges facing the hospitality and culinary arts sector. Our kitchens, laboratories and sensory suite mimic those found in the industry. The work experience option is highly regarded by employers as the premier opportunity to cultivate practical skills within the hospitality and culinary arts sectors, whether domestically or internationally. We provide robust support in finding placements, via employability workshops and a dedicated placement team, though the onus on securing the opportunity rests with the student.

Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances. Final year: Compulsory modules Culinary Management And Service Experiences Global Tourism And Hospitality Operations Responsible Food, Drink And Society Sustainable Business Strategy Elective modules Consultancy Dissertation

Assessment method

Coursework and practical assessment.

Entry requirements

Normally an undergraduate degree at 2:2 or above, in a related field. If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent.

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent.

Please click the following link to find out more about English language requirements for this course

https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/Tourism-and-Hospitality/MSc-Hospitality-and-Culinary-Arts/Full-time

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9535 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535 Year 1
Scotland £9535 Year 1
Wales £9535 Year 1
Channel Islands £9535 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9535 Year 1
EU £17155 Year 1
International £17155 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Our tuition fee for UK students on full-time undergraduate degree courses in 2025/26 is £9,535 per year. These fees are regulated by the UK government and therefore subject to change in future years. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200. If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found at https://www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/terms-and-conditions-and-student-regulations under student fees regulations. Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £17,155 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200. Please refer to our website for up-to-date information on costs and fees: https://www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/fees

Sponsorship information

Scholarships, discounts and bursaries may be available to students who study this course.

Hospitality and Culinary Arts at Sheffield Hallam University - UCAS