MSc Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus) at University of Glasgow

Programme overview

The Management & Sustainable Tourism MSc combines study at the Glasgow and Dumfries campuses to build skills for creating sustainable tourism strategies that benefit communities and conserve natural resources. Semester 1 is at the Adam Smith Business School in Glasgow and semester 2 at the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability in Dumfries.

Department: Adam Smith Business School | Duration: 12 months full-time | Intake: September | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core courses include Business Finance, Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management, Events Management, Managing Creativity and Innovation, Managing Strategic Change, Operations Management, Service Delivery Risk and Resilience and Tourism Sustainability And Climate Change; semester 3 is a dissertation or project in Glasgow or Dumfries.

Career pathways

Graduates can take specialist managerial roles in leisure, tourism, heritage and cultural industries, generalist management roles in industry, commerce and the public and private sectors, or pursue doctoral research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Postgraduate entry: 2.1 Honours (or non-UK equivalent) in any subject. English language (applicants from non-majority English-speaking countries): IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no subtest below 6.0; also accepted: TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic (test centre), Cambridge C1/C2, Oxford ELLT, LanguageCert Academic, Duolingo and other listed tests at published minimums; test must be within 2 years 5 months of start and met in a single sitting. International application rounds for September 2027 entry: Round 1 1 Oct to 5 Nov 2026; Round 2 6 Nov to 17 Dec 2026; Round 3 18 Dec 2026 to 4 Feb 2027; Round 4 5 Feb to 25 Mar 2027; Round 5 26 Mar to 13 May 2027; Round 6 14 May to 8 Jul 2027. UK applicants: 24 August 2027.

Domestic applicants: GBP 15,309 for the whole programme (2027/28). Full-time tuition (Home & RUK) Source

International applicants: GBP 31,515 for the whole programme (2027/28). Full-time tuition (International & EU) Source

Intake: September

Duration: 12 months full-time

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