Colleges and Universities Recommended

Institute of Hotel Management Lausanne (IHM-Lausanne)

Founded in 1893, IHM-Lausanne is the only private hotel management school in Switzerland that is federally accredited as a Swiss university-level higher education institution, and its diplomas are recognized by both the Chinese government and the Swiss federal government. According to the survey, 25 of the world's top hotel managers are graduates of the school, so the school is known as the "cradle of the hotel manager". At the same time, the college's entry requirements are high, the native language of non-English and French students must be TOEFL score of 550 points or more, but also must pass the school commissioned a formal language center for the interview.

Australia

Australia is rich in tourism resources, the tourism industry is very developed, and the level of education of tourism professionals is also in a leading position in the world. Many famous universities in Australia, such as Victoria University, Firth University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and so on, have opened tourism, hotel management related majors, and generally provide TAFE, undergraduate and master's degree and other various academic levels of professional courses. The hotel management education in Australia focuses on the combination of theory and practice in the curriculum, and the 3-year undergraduate study usually has about 1 year unpaid internship. In addition, the Australian government allows international students in programs such as hospitality management to work in Australia for up to 18 months after graduation. Compared with Switzerland, the threshold for hotel management programs in Australia is relatively low, with a high school diploma and IELTS score of 6 required for undergraduate study; a bachelor's degree and corresponding language requirements are required for master's degree study, and no relevant educational background or work experience is needed.

College Recommendations

The University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (UQ), located in Brisbane, is one of Australia's leading universities, with nearly 30,000 students, including more than 2,000 international students from more than 80 countries. The University of Queensland is globally renowned for its teaching and research strength, and its School of Tourism and Leisure Management offers one of the university's most prestigious programs in tourism and hospitality management, including tourism, hospitality and leisure studies, global tourism business guidelines, tourism and sports systems, tourism sustainability studies, tourism risk management, etc., which are all taught by senior teachers with many years of teaching experience, emphasizing the organic combination of theory and practice. The program emphasizes the organic combination of theory and practice.

Ireland

Ireland, known as the "Emerald Isle", is a major European tourism country, along with Switzerland and the Netherlands. Tourism has become the country's economic pillar industries, due to a strong industrial base, Ireland's tourism education and research strength is not bad. Watervold Institute of Technology, Athlone Institute of Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology, Galway - Mayer Institute of Technology and many other institutions of higher learning in Ireland to provide undergraduate courses in hotel management. Ireland's hotel management program follows the European teaching model, all using English teaching, and provides one to two years of paid internships.

College recommendation

Shannon Hotel Management School

The school is a long history, high visibility of the hotel management professional school, the duration of four years, including two years of five-star hotel paid internships. Degrees are awarded by the National University of Ireland and are recognized by the International Hotel and Catering Association, the British Hospitality Association and others. The Shannon Certificate in Hospitality Management program focuses on the development of competencies for specific positions in the hospitality industry, with a high degree of specialization broken down into hotel finance, hotel marketing, hotel information technology management, hotel human resource management, and so on. Over the decades, the college has trained a large number of senior hotel management personnel, and the employment rate of its graduates has reached 100%.

Spain

Spain is one of the world's top ten tourist countries, the United Nations Tourism Headquarters is located in Madrid. Due to the rich tourism resources, the hotel and catering industry in Spain is well developed, thus driving the development of tourism education. At present, all kinds of colleges and universities in Spain are equipped with tourism, hotel management and other related professional courses, most of which are mainly undergraduate courses, and a few colleges and universities have professional master's degree programs. Chinese students go to Spain to study hotel management, not only can accept the world-class professional education, to become an international hotel management personnel, but also to learn Spanish, to become a scarce small language talent, double "identity" to make its employment competitiveness greatly increased.

Institutions recommended

Autonomous University of Barcelona

The university is a public university, recognized as one of the best universities in Europe. The university has a wide range of disciplines and fields of study, including master's programs in tourism and hospitality, which enjoy a high reputation in Spain. As the university itself owns a number of star-rated hotels, students can directly participate in paid internships. The university attaches great importance to the exchange of students and research results with foreign universities, and currently has more than 1,500 international students from all over the world, making the learning environment highly internationalized. In addition, the university has an affiliated language center.

Singapore

Singapore is known as the "Garden City" and is a center for international conferences and exhibitions, with a well-developed tourism industry and world-renowned hotel groups with branches in Singapore. Hotel management is a major feature of Singapore's higher education sector, with professional diplomas and certificates widely recognized by the world's top hotels. Institutions in Singapore adopt English and Chinese bilingual education system, and at the same time provide students with many practical opportunities. In addition, for Chinese students with limited financial means, the cost of studying hotel management in Singapore is relatively low.

College Recommendations

Singapore East Asia Business School

The school is an internationally recognized business school, featuring a hospitality and tourism management program, and is one of the two prestigious hospitality management colleges in Singapore. Students who study for two years can obtain an Advanced Diploma, and those who meet certain requirements can also go to the United Kingdom for a six-month paid internship, and those with outstanding results have the opportunity to complete a degree program in the United Kingdom and obtain a bachelor's degree from the University of Wales. In addition, the school has passed the Singapore government's private education quality level quality accreditation, and the courses it offers are simultaneously accredited by the UK's Higher Education Quality Assurance Agency's CATS, and their credits are recognized by colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Nations, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

France

France, with its superior natural environment and profound history and culture, is a globally renowned vacation mecca with attractions such as the Arc de Triomphe, Versailles, Notre Dame de Paris, the Eiffel Tower, and the Louvre. Therefore, France's tourism and hospitality industry is at the world's leading level, and the related professional education is also strong. France has a hotel and tourism management professional international association certification system, including the European Hotel and Tourism Management Degree Awarding Association, the International Hotel/Restaurant Association, the International Association of Hotel School Principals, the World Association for Tourism and Hospitality Education and Training, the International Hotel and Restaurant Association and so on. Compared with Switzerland, France's hotel management program has more reasonable tuition, relatively lower living costs, and more internships and work opportunities.

Colleges and Universities

Institut Vadale, France

The school is a multinational educational institution with more than 20 years of experience in hospitality education, with more than 10 branches in Canada, Russia, etc. In 2003, the school won the World Hospitality Industry (Best Training Program) Award, which is a testament to its outstanding achievements in the field of professional education. The school's teaching system is flexible, and all students can determine their own study program during the 5 years of study. For example, at the end of the 3rd year, students can obtain a European Bachelor's Degree and a Bachelor's Degree from a French public university, and at the end of the 4th year, they can obtain a European Master's Degree and a Master's Degree from a French public university. In addition, the university provides students with various opportunities to stay in Europe for work and internship.

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