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Culinary Arts Management (Taught)

4 Study options · PostgraduateUniversity College Birmingham

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2025-20262026-2027
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Course summary

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 should I choose Culinary Arts Management??

  • 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 master’s degree or postgraduate diploma, you will have access to our professional standard kitchens, award-winning restaurant and state-of-the-art food development facilities.

Ways to study this course

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  • University College Birmingham

Study options

  • MA • Full-time • 1.5 Years
  • PgDip • Full-time • 1 Years
  • MA • Part-time • 2.5 Years
  • PgDip • Part-time • 2 Years

Start dates

  • 09/2026
  • 01/2027

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