With a degree in Events Management from QMU you can be sure that you are well prepared for a successful career in the exciting world of planned events, a business sector that spans the globe and that has become intrinsically linked to the development and expression of cultural identity, and which is increasingly involved via sponsorship to a wide range of major organisations and brands. The world of events is both intimate and expressive, and at the same time a major force in international commerce.

Our teaching professionals have close ties to the events industry worldwide and are up to date with all the latest news and developments in the sector. The majority of Events staff are also involved in ground-breaking research projects, present papers at a number of international conferences and regularly publish in academic journals. This means that means that the course content is cutting-edge and inspirational. For example, Events Management staff area currently carry out research investigating the link between human trafficking for the sex industry to large scale events such as the Olympic Games, with implications for planned events worldwide.

Moreover many QMU events professionals are major published authors within the internationally respected Wiley Events series of Event texts including Event Management and Event Marketing. Our teaching team are event specialists who will be able to connect you meaningfully to the world of planned events, and whose expertise will guide you through your time at QMU with an informed and steady hand.

Our courses not only focus on the Events industry, but on the skills and competencies required by the modern manager, and you will be able you to gather a wide range of transferrable skills such as making presentations, research techniques and using IT, further preparing you for the workplace. The special skills demanded of the events industry are at the centre of our teaching programme to allow our graduates to fit seamlessly into the events industry.

There are a number of benefits of studying at QMU, such as study abroad options. Many of our Events students take the opportunity to study a semester abroad. Previous students have reported the experience as exciting, useful and very interesting, particular to see how other countries deal with the issues of the subject, as the cultural identity of different parts of the world are very much wrapped up in the events that are used to express these values.