Professionally accredited by the Institute of Hospitality and established since 2002, our BA Events Management programme is widely recognised for its industry relevance and academic rigour. We offer a vocationally orientated progr​amme, with practical hands on experience and a rigorous management underpinning.​ The degree is designed to equip graduates with the extensive skills and knowledge required to enter a wide range of positions within this exciting and dynamic industry, which is currently worth over £40 billion to the UK economy. Our programme combines essential skills and knowledge in terms of our compulsory modules, with a range of optional modules to facilitate flexibility and employability in specific career areas. Through completing our programme you will become familiar with the techniques, specialisms and issues involved in staging a wide range of events, in addition to receiving a strong management education, transferrable to a range of sectors.

-Graduates will gain a management qualification that will provide excellent career and employment prospects in all fields of the events industry, which includes festivals, conferences, exhibitions, corporate hospitality, sports, fundraising, sponsorship, experiential marketing and more. Events Management is an expanding and exciting field; world cups, concerts, television spectaculars, cup finals, rallies, corporate events, extreme events, the list is endless. Cardiff Met graduates have secured employment in a range of organisations ranging from local authorities, to charities and a myriad of private sector organisations too. As all sectors of industry - public, private and voluntary - realise the benefits of professionally managed events in terms of contributing to project based and long term objectives, organisations within them are increasingly developing in house events teams or outsourcing projects to events management companies. All these activities, coupled with increasing public expectations and improved standards of facility and service, have created a need for trained and professional managers at all levels and across a broad range of disciplines.