Culinary Arts Management

University College Birmingham
Postgraduate PgDip Full-time 1 Year Hospitality, leisure, and tourismEvents management

About this course

Managing professional culinary enterprises is an exciting challenge. Blending artistry, technique and creativity with the demands of management and business requires a unique range of abilities. Our Culinary Arts Management postgraduate course will arm you with this advanced skill set, driving you towards a dynamic career in the culinary environment of the hospitality industry.

University College Birmingham is internationally renowned for food and hospitality training, and our course will enhance your knowledge of classical culinary technique and how to adapt it to the modern international culinary environment. Innovation, recipe and food product development will form key components of your study, while you’ll also learn how to meet changing consumer demands and research trends, as well as the challenge of managing culinary operations as profit centres.

Not only will you be supported on campus by our vastly experienced lecturers and our outstanding kitchen and food development facilities, but our master's course also gives you the chance to prove your culinary skills and knowledge in the industry through an optional placement for up to six months, setting the foundations for your career in senior management.

WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?

  • Work placement (MA only) – Take up our optional six-month placement and get your foot in the door within the food and hospitality industry before you even finish your studies

  • Expert tuition – Draw from our lecturers’ wealth of experience and keep up-to-date with the very latest industry developments and academic research

  • Excellent facilities – Develop and apply your skills within our industry-standard kitchen and restaurant facilities on campus

  • Award-winning university – Study at the highest-ranking university in the region according to student choice (Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023)

    FACILITIES University College Birmingham is renowned for its outstanding food industry training facilities. As a student on our Culinary Arts Management course, you will have access to our professional standard kitchens which are used regularly for prestigious competitions, as well as our Food Science and Innovation Suite which features the latest food testing and diagnostic technology, state-of-the-art development kitchen facilities and a bespoke sensory evaluation room.

    In addition, we have an AA Rosette Highly Commended restaurant on campus – Restaurant at Birmingham College of Food – which is open to the public and will arm you with hands-on skills, from serving fast food to silver service.

    Students on our postgraduate courses also have exclusive access to our dedicated postgraduate suite in McIntyre House, providing study and meeting spaces, PCs and other facilities.

    ACCREDITATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS This course is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality.

    PLACEMENTS Our course features an optional work placement for three to six months following completion of your taught modules, with opportunities in the UK or overseas. (PGDip students are not eligible for a placement during the course.)

    CAREERS AND PROGRESSION Examples of careers you could pursue following this course:

  • Restaurant manager

  • Food business owner/restaurateur

  • Catering manager

  • Product/process development scientist

  • Head chef

  • Chef

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    • Study Options

    This course is available in 4 study options:

    Part-time

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: PgDip

    Location: Birmingham

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: PgDip

    Location: Birmingham

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1.5 Years

    Qualification: MA

    Location: Birmingham

    Part-time

    Duration: 2.5 Years

    Qualification: MA

    Location: Birmingham

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    7220 Customer service supervisors
    1221 Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors
    1223 Publicans and managers of licensed premises
    1222 Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors
    6250 Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors
    3557 Events managers and organisers

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Birmingham
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Hospitality, leisure, and tourism, Events management

    Offered by

    University College Birmingham

    Birmingham

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