Degree-Awarding Authority
Your institution must hold the legal authority to award postgraduate qualifications in your jurisdiction (or have a validated pathway to do so).
How We Work:ISET designs curriculum and provides intelligence infrastructure. Partner universities deliver programmes and award degrees. Learn more
University Partnership Programme
Become a Partner
Join a growing network of universities delivering intelligence-led event tourism education. Full academic sovereignty. Zero curriculum development cost. Launch in 6–9 months.
Eligibility
Partnership Criteria
We seek partners who share our commitment to quality, innovation, and student outcomes. These criteria ensure a productive collaboration:
Quality Assurance Standing
You must be recognised by a national or regional quality assurance body (e.g. QAA, TEQSA, NZQA, SAQA, AACSB, or equivalent).
Faculty Capacity
A minimum of two academic staff with relevant expertise (tourism, events, business, economics, data analytics, or related disciplines) to deliver and assess programmes.
Institutional Commitment
Senior leadership buy-in — a named academic champion and administrative sponsor willing to shepherd the programme through internal governance.
Learning Infrastructure
An operational LMS, video conferencing capability, and student support systems. ISET provides the intelligence platform; you provide the teaching environment.
Shared Responsibility
What Each Party Contributes
ISET Provides
- Complete curriculum for chosen tier(s) — learning outcomes, module descriptors, assessment briefs, reading lists
- Access to EventZR Intelligence platform — 90,000+ events, 228 scored markets, 7 scoring systems
- Quality assurance framework and external benchmarking tools
- Industry guest speaker network and placement partnerships
- Co-branded marketing materials and international visibility
- Ongoing curriculum updates reflecting sector developments
- Faculty development workshops on intelligence-led pedagogy
- Student access to AI-powered research and analytics tools
You Provide
- Academic staff to deliver, tutor, and assess students
- Institutional accreditation and degree-awarding authority
- Student recruitment, admissions, and pastoral support
- Learning management system and physical/virtual teaching spaces
- Local regulatory compliance and quality assurance reporting
- Tuition fee collection and financial administration
Profiles
Ideal Partner Profiles
There is no single “type” of ISET partner. We work with institutions across different contexts, sizes, and strategic priorities:
The Ambitious Newcomer
An institution looking to differentiate through a genuinely novel programme area. You may have tourism or business faculties but no event tourism specialism. You see the strategic value of being first-to-market.
The Established Tourism School
An institution with a strong tourism or hospitality portfolio seeking to add a strategic, intelligence-led layer above operational training. Event tourism fills the gap between events management and destination strategy.
The International Business School
A school seeking distinctive postgraduate offerings in the experience economy. Event tourism sits at the intersection of strategy, marketing, economics, and cultural intelligence — a natural fit for MBA or MSc portfolios.
The Regional Polytechnic
An applied-sciences institution that values practical, portfolio-driven education. ISET programmes produce consulting-grade outputs, not just academic essays — ideal for institutions focused on employability.
Process
Next Steps
Submit an Enquiry
Complete our enquiry form with basic institutional details. No commitment — just an expression of interest.
Exploratory Conversation
A member of our partnerships team will schedule a 30-minute call to understand your context, ambitions, and questions.
Information Pack
We provide a detailed partnership pack including curriculum overview, financial model, and case for your governance committee.
Alignment Meeting
A deeper session with your academic leadership to map ISET curriculum against your institutional strategy and regulatory requirements.
Formal Agreement
If both parties wish to proceed, we execute a partnership agreement. Localisation and validation begin immediately.
Start With a Conversation
No commitment. No obligation. Just a thoughtful discussion about whether event tourism education is the right opportunity for your institution.