PhDs and Masters
Taught Masters
MSc in Sustainable Tourism and Event Management
ATU offers a suite of postgraduate online part-time programs in Sustainable Tourism and Event Management. For more details and to apply, visit:
Master of Science in Sustainable Tourism & Event Management (Online)
Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Tourism & Event Management (Online)
Certificate in Sustainable Tourism & Event Management (Online)
Certificate in Sustainable Tourism & Event Measuring and Monitoring (Online)
PhDs and Masters by Research
Research that has a regional impact is a key driver of STORYATU. To achieve this, we create a culture of academic rigour that encourages the investigation of new ideas taking multi-disciplinary perspectives. We have established links with national and regional tourism agencies and collaborate with international and national industry partners.
The STORYATU team are experienced in supervising postgraduate research students, please contact us if you wish to explore your options. We also offer funded PhD scholarships in tourism and events studies, which we advertise in the national press and the ATU website.
Some examples of our past completed PhD and Masters include:
- Tourists as vectors of potential Biosecurity threats in Ireland (PhD)
- An examination of Local Authority sustainable planning for events (PhD)
- Longitudinal analysis of Local Authority tourism planning in Ireland (PhD)
- Supply and demand of sustainable tourism in Ireland; Destination management (PhD)
- Constraints on the development of rural tourism enterprise (PhD)
- Knowledge transfer in Irish food tourism networks: Adding value through trust-based co-operation (MRes)
- Protecting and promoting archaeological sites: Best practice for sustainable tourism along the WAW (MRes)
- The role of SOP’s in intra and inter organisational knowledge transfer in the hospitality industry along the WAW (MRes)
- Best practice in the creation of authentic, creative cellar-door visitor experiences in the Irish craft beverage tourism sector (MRes)
- A Green Print for managing impacts of tourism attractions (MA)
- Sustainable tourism in Northwest Connemara (MSc)
- An analysis of the provision of third level tourism education in Ireland (MA)
- Sustainable tourism planning a comparative of Sligo and Donegal County Councils (MSC)
- If you would like to know more about postgraduate opportunities, see www.atu.ie
Undergraduate Programmes
Our postgraduate PhDs, Master by research and MSc in Sustainable Tourism and Event Management programmes are supported by a suite of full-time undergraduate programmes in tourism, event management and hospitality offered across ATU campuses in Donegal, Sligo and Galway:
- Business in Tourism (Level 6) Galway campus
- Event Management with Public Relations (Level 6, 7 and 8) Galway campus
- Heritage (Levels 6, 7 and 7) Galway campus
- Hotel and Hospitality Operations (Level 6) Galway campus
- International Hotel and Hospitality Management (Levels 7 and 8) Galway campus
- International Tourism and Event Management (Level 8) Sligo campus
- International Tourism Management (Level 8) Sligo campus
- International Tourism Management (Level 7) Galway campus
- Tourism & Hospitality Operations (Level 7) Donegal campus
- Tourism and Event Management (Level 8) Sligo campus
- Tourism Destination Marketing (Level 8) Donegal campus
ATU also offer a range of one-year tourism, hospitality and event part-time and online programmes aimed at industry professionals including:
- Customer Centric Selling for Tourism (Level 7) Donegal campus
- Leading Transformation & Change in the Tourism Sector (Level 7) Donegal campus
- Revenue Management for Tourism Enterprises (Level 7) Donegal campus
- Social Media & Web Marketing for the Tourism Sector (Level 7) Online
- Tourism Talent Management & HR Strategy (Level 7) Donegal campus
