Career success with our International Airline and Airport Management BSc
By choosing the aviation industry, you’ve picked a growing sector for career opportunities! International air passenger numbers are forecasted to double by 2042* which means the aviation industry needs professionals with sound business skills and a deep understanding of the entire industry.
Our new BSc International Airline and Airport Management at Surrey has been built with your employability in mind so you can take off in your aviation career.
With our excellent industry contacts, our world-leading research in the travel and tourism sector, and our outstanding global reputation for tourism, transport and travel studies, we’ll launch you as a high flyer in the aviation industry.
Your employability is at the heart of what we do
Surrey has nearly 60 years’ experience of training leaders in travel, tourism and hospitality and Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management is an Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) Centre of Excellence.
The University of Surrey is a member of Talent View Aviation Skills Recruitment Platform supporting recruitment and promoting early careers in the UK aviation industry.
The Royal Aeronautical Society has recently approved our MSc in Air Transport Management, reflecting our excellence in aviation education and alignment with industry standards.
We’ve developed this degree course closely with industry leaders to ensure that you graduate with a perfect blend of academic knowledge and practical skills to equip you to meet the present and future needs of the industry.
Guest speakers
We continuously bring in senior industry executives who are at CEO or vice president levels to give guest lectures to our students. High-profile experts and speakers who get involved in the course. Recent speakers include:
- Alex Cruz (former Chairman and CEO of British Airways)
- Sophie Dekkers, Chief Commercial Officer at easyJet
Rob Britton, former Managing Director for Marketing at American Airlines
- Professor Rigas Doganis, Air Transport Adviser to the European Commission, the UN and the World Bank
- Mark Breen (CEO of Oneiros Aerospace; ex CEO of Fly A Deal; ex COO of Oman Air; ex COO of Cebu Pacific).
Proximity to two of the world’s largest airports
We are situated halfway between London Heathrow and London Gatwick, airports which serve over 120 global airlines, with Farnborough Airport close by.
Our proximity to these airports allows us to develop outstanding links to the industry.
Placements
You’ll have the option to take one of our award-winning Professional Training placements that will prepare you for roles in the aviation industry.
An impressive 95% of our students who went on a placement were in graduate-level employment 15 months after completing their studies (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA).
Award-winning careers team
You’ll be supported by our award-winning Employability and Careers team with a programme of advice, guidance and careers fairs throughout your time as a student as well as up to three years after you graduate.
One hundred per cent of our Surrey Hospitality and Tourism undergraduate students go on to employment or further study after they leave us (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA).
Top jobs
The aviation sector offers a wide range of career opportunities and, on graduation, you’ll be ready to work in a wide range of roles including:
- Airport or airline operations
- Managers for airline, airport and other aviation businesses
- Airport retail management
- Import/export management
- Customs management
- Supply chain management
- Safety and security management systems
- Inventory supervision/management
- Purchasing management.