BA(Hons) Events Management: University of East London

About the programme

Events Management is a vocational programme, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. The programme is designed to you set up your own business or undertake freelance work but also designed to equip you with the skills sought by companies in sports, leisure and cultural industries, PR and publishing, museums and tourism industries, as well retail, conferencing and exhibition sectors. It offers you valuable knowledge and skills and culminates in the organisation by you of a real public event.

Career opportunities

These include conference and exhibition; planning, facilities management; arts, culture and heritage, leisure, sport and entertainment; and music management. This programme is also designed to assist students who want to set up their own events business or work in a freelance or consultancy capacity.

Admission requirments

• 200 UCAS tariff points or equivalent
• Pass in a recognised Access Course or International Foundation Programme
• In addition to the above, they require GCSE Maths grade C and English grade C or equivalents, unless competency is part of the qualification gained.
• They also welcome mature student applicants and those with relevant professional and vocational qualifications, and these will be dealt with on an individual basis and may require an interview.
• Students that apply to enter Year 2 or 3 of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL)) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement.
• In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) is required.