BA (Hons) Events Management with Internship at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

The BA (Hons) Events Management at Cardiff Met is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality and delivered in partnership with The Power of Events. The internship pathway adds a year in industry between the second and final year. It is taught at the Llandaff Campus.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Management | Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a year-long industry placement; 4 years with a foundation year; 5 years with both; also available part time (up to 6 years). | Intake: 2027 entry | Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers event experience and design, events in society, professional practice for events, people development, marketing and revenue and budgetary control. Year 2 adds live event management, large-scale event planning and research design, and Year 3 covers sustainability and ethics, innovations in live events, strategic leadership and a dissertation, enterprise project or consultancy project.

Career pathways

Graduates work in festivals, conferences, exhibitions, corporate hospitality, sports, fundraising, sponsorship and experiential marketing, across private, public and voluntary sectors.

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Entry requirements

Typical offer (year 1 entry): 112 tariff points. A levels: minimum three A levels at CCC, no specific subjects (Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject). BTEC National/Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM-DMM. T Level: Pass (C+) to Merit. IB Diploma: 2 x H5. Irish Leaving Certificate: 2 x H2 (higher level only, minimum H4). Scottish Advanced Highers: DD (Highers also considered). Access to HE Diploma: no specific subjects. GCSE: five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English Language (or Welsh First Language) and Mathematics (or Mathematics-Numeracy). A foundation year is available for applicants who do not meet the offer. Contextual offers are available. English language for international applicants: Academic IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all elements, or equivalent.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time home undergraduate tuition fee; may increase by any level permitted by the Welsh Government. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,000 a year (2026/27). Full-time international undergraduate tuition fee. Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a year-long industry placement; 4 years with a foundation year; 5 ye

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