International Festival and Event Management (Hons) Edinburgh Napier University

Overview

The International Festival and Event Management (Hons) programme from Edinburgh Napier University has a number of compulsory and optional modules that feature throughout the duration of the course: these include options in marketing, entrepreneurship, tourism, hospitality, and gastronomy.

Quick Facts:

• Your first year will give you an introduction to key themes and concepts relevant to the operational aspects of event management, in a broader context of related industries. You will also learn mainstream business skills to help develop your knowledge of how businesses work.

• In year two you will learn about event design, and are assessed in a practical module. Other topics include sports events, and the management of venues and other facilities, which helps build on your foundation from year one. 

• The first half of year three sees you put events in their broader political context, as well as focusing on conferences and corporate events. The second half of year three has an industry focus, when you will either complete a 24-week work placement, or a consultancy based Live Project.

• Your final year is focused on your dissertation, a large-scale piece of independent academic research. Other modules focus on event sustainability, and strategic management.

Careers

On completion of your degree, you will be an effective communicator, with excellent problem solving and time management abilities, which may lead you to pursue a career in events and conference management, exhibition management or as an event team leader. As a graduate you may also go on to work at internationally renowned events such as the Commonwealth Games, Rugby World Cup, The Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.