There are hundreds if not thousands of hospitality schools in the world. It is overwhelming. Of course, there are many factors you need to consider when deciding where to get your education or degree in hospitality. Perhaps it is helpful in making your decision to know, which schools stand out from the rest by comparing how the programs/degrees at different universities and colleges ranks against each other.
Every year, there are several organizations that administer surveys and provide annual rankings of international hospitality and tourism degree programs. These organizations use different metrics and methodologies in conducting the surveys and determining the rankings. Some metrics are academic and employer reputation, citations, perceived global brands influence, specialization, percentage of international students enrolled, popularity of the study abroad and other criterion.
Here is a list of colleges and universities in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, United States and Canada that included in the rankings done by CEO World Magazine, QS Top Universities and Education.com. Please note that this list doesn’t reflect the current rankings, it is arranged alphabetically. The rankings change every year, if you wish to see the actual ranking in 2020, please visit the website of the organizations mentioned above.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration, J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The school was named after the founder of the Days Inn Hotel Company, Cecil B. Day after Day family’s donation to the school. The school has been providing hospitality education to prepare students for the demands of the hospitality industry since 1973. The school sees to it that their graduates are ready for management and administrative positions in lodging, food service, exposition, fairs, and private clubs’ careers.
The school is said to be the oldest, largest and the only dual-accredited (AACSB and ACPHA) hospitality program in Georgia and was also ranked among the top 30 hospitality and hotel management schools in the world by CEOWORLD magazine in 2016.
Center for Hospitality and Sport Management at the Drexel University
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States of America
The Center for Hospitality and Sport Management is composed of three academic departments: Culinary Arts and Food Science, Hospitality Management and Sport Management. The school has been earnestly helping its students in pursing their dreamed careers by taking all the chances to help them build an industry-relevant resume and a strong network before graduation. The school’s location in Philadelphia, the heart of the Mid-Atlantic region – between New York, Washington D.C., Boston, and Baltimore – is an ideal location that provides the students direct access to some of the most famous sports teams and organizations, restaurants, hotels, casinos, and food companies in the nation.
College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Alabama
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
The College of Human Environmental Sciences of University of Alabama housed the Department of Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management that aims to provide strong undergraduate programs in the areas of food and nutrition and restaurant and hospitality management and a strong graduate program in the area of human nutrition. The hospitality programs of the school which was established in 1985 are vastly dedicated in preparing the students as future leaders of the hospitality and tourism industries through intensive academic courses and work experience in approved practicum and internships.
College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism, University of North Texas
Location: Denton, Texas, United States of America
College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism is one of the eleven colleges and schools of the University of North Texas. It was founded in 1985 and is known as one of the largest and its hospitality and tourism programs are one of the best in the United States.
The Collins College of Hospitality Management, California State Polytechnic
Location: Pomona, California, United States of America
The college is part of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and was founded in 1973. Collins was said to be the first to offer hospitality program in California and has been hailed as one of the best in fact, it was ranked third in the nation by restaurant executives in 2010. The college is committed on its mission of advancing the field of hospitality management through its collaborative learn-by-doing approach to education, its profound appreciation of the diversity of backgrounds, ideas and cultures, and its active engagement in strategically integrating scholarship, service and applied learning.
Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston
Location: Houston & San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Hotel icon Conrad N. Hilton founded Hilton College in 1969. Hilton College, a prominent hospitality school, has received recognition from leading journals. The Hilton University of Houston, one of more than 530 Hilton Hotels worldwide, serves as the primary teaching facility for the College. Built in 1975, the full-service, 86-room hotel with 25,000 square feet of flexible banquet space and a full-service restaurant underwent a $12.5 million renovation in April, 2010. The hotel also houses numerous classrooms, three computer labs, a student-run restaurant and coffee shop, a library and hospitality archives, and several food science labs – including a food safety lab and a beverage and product evaluation lab.
Approximately 80 percent of the College’s hotel employees are students. The hotel is consistently ranked in the top five percent of guest satisfaction scores among all Hilton-branded hotels, worldwide.
The University of Houston, located in one of the largest cities in the United States, provides hospitality students a wide variety of internship and job opportunities. The college emphasizes experimental, real-world learning opportunities.
School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York, United States of America
The School of Hotel Administration (SHA) is established in 1922. It is one of the three accredited business schools in Cornell University’s College of Business located in Ithaca, New York. It has been dedicated in its mission of creating and disseminating knowledge about hospitality management through teaching, research, industry relations and service for more than 90 years.
SHA has the only hospitality program out of the eight private institutions of Northeastern United States in the Ivy League and is accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). The school was also ranked as the No. 1 Hospitality and Hotel management school in the world for 2015 by CEOWORLD magazine.
Culinary Arts, Hospitality & Restaurant Management Division, University of Alaska Anchorage
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
Culinary Arts, Hospitality, Dietetics & Nutrition Division designed an innovative and timely program that prepares its students to be ready in all aspects to get to work not only for an entry level job but also into managerial positions.
Dedman School of Hospitality, Florida State University
Location: Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
The school was founded in 1947 and is said to be the first school to offer hospitality and tourism management program in the state of Florida. As a trusted education provider, the school does its utmost to equip the students to help them globally succeed in the industry. The school put emphasis on experiential way of learning to complement with the traditional way of teaching.
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
The department is housed in Isenberg School of Management in the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Since its very opening, the department has been receiving favorable feedbacks coming from various hospitality employers and that is mainly because of the department’s unwavering commitment of producing competent and knowing graduates.
Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management is one of the hospitality schools accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The school was established in1946 and has remained steadfast to its prime mission of preparing its students for their future leadership roles in this competitive hospitality industry.
International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Fairleigh, Dickinson University
Location: Taeneck, New Jersey, United States of America
The school was founded in 1942 and serves the hospitality aspirants in various locations. The School has two main New Jersey campuses in Teaneck and Madison, and five off-site locations at Atlantic City, Jersey City, Mercer County, Ocean County, and Wyndham International in Parsippany. In addition to the New Jersey locations, they have an international campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. The School has also developed a broad network of programs and partnerships with schools and universities in Europe, South America and Asia. The school has been committed in using every opportunity provided by the industry or the education to prepare the students in assuming key positions in the future.
The school is recognized as one of the top ten hospitality management programs in the country by The Best Schools.org. and rated by the Princeton Review’s Gourman Report as one of the top fifteen 4-year hospitality management programs in the United States.
Johnson & Wales University’s Hospitality College
Has campuses on the following location: Providence, Rhode Island, North Miami, Florida, Denver, Colorado and Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
The school of hospitality is part of the university’s College of Management. The school does its best to provide an innovative hospitality program that will take the students into a successful career in all facets of this fast-paced industry. The program is offered at various campuses and each of them is in a thriving hospitality hub, so the students have great access to various opportunities inside of the classroom and beyond.
The university is accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC), through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
Kendall College School of Hospitality Management
Location: Chicago, Illinois, Unites States of America
The school was ranked as #20 in CEOWorld’s rating of the top 50 Global Hospitality Management Schools based on a survey in 2020 of 18,000 hospitality recruiters and senior managers of luxury hotels around the globe. The school prepares its students into any aspects of opportunity the hospitality industry might offer. This college successfully blends traditional classroom and learning styles with actual, hands-on projects and internships. The school’s hospitality program is ranked number one for preparing students for hospitality careers by Chicago Michelin Guide Restaurants.
Rosen College of Hospitality Management University of Central Florida
Location: Orlando, Florida, United States of America
The hospitality program of the university kicked off in 1983 and thereafter struggled series of realignment until a major change came up in 2000. It was when, Harris Rosen, the owner of Orlando-based Rosen Hotels and Resorts and to whom the school was named after, donated a big amount of cash and a huge lot for the added development of the program. The Mediterranean resort style campus is now independently operating at Orlando, Florida, approximately 30 miles away from the main campus. Orlando’s renowned hospitality and tourism industry complements the hospitality program of the school. Students may have every ounce of opportunity to learn and work in one of the industry’s leading market.
School of Hospitality Business Management, Washington State University
Location: Pullman, Washington, United States of America
Consistently ranked among the top 5 percent of the 170 similar programs in the nation, the school remains committed on preparing its students to be all set with the upcoming opportunities in the industry. The school’s programs are designed to prepare the students to succeed on managing any or all of the following: operations, revenues, sales, service, and event planning and consulting.
Penn State School of Hospitality Management
Location: University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
The school’s programs are designed to give the students the necessary leanings and trainings enough to prepare them in their future management positions. People behind the school worked hand-in-hand to make sure that students gain the theoretical, managerial, quantitative, organizational, and technical skills they need to become responsible leaders in the hospitality industry.
School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration at the Oklahoma State University
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America
The school has been offering hospitality program to the aspirants in the hospitality industry for almost eight decades now and such program was recognized as the eighth best hospitality program among the top 100 hospitality and tourism programs in the world by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research. The recognition was based on the aggregated facts gathered by the 11 leading journals for hospitality and tourism from 2002-2006.
The school strongly adheres to its prime purpose of producing hospitality leaders through research, superior teaching, and innovative experiential learning.
School of Hotel & Restaurant Management at the W. A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
School of Hotel & Restaurant Management (SHRM) at the W. A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University has been known as one of the leading providers of quality hospitality graduates. The school thrives by ensuring that it has innovative curriculum to keep track with current trends of the industry and by maintaining strong allies for an easy access of internship and job opportunities of the students. SHRM is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Hospitality
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Hailed as the largest provider of tourism, hospitality, sport and recreation management education in the Philadelphia, the school continues to keep on offering quality education since its establishment in 1998. In fact, it has acquired an accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Related Professions (COAPRT).
Stout School of Hospitality Leadership, University of Wisconsin
Location: Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States of America
Ranked as the number ten best hospitality and hotel management schools by CEOWorld magazine of New York, the school produces and will continue to produce quality graduates whose knowledge and skills are based on a comprehensive curriculum that combines traditional teaching with practical experience.
The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech
Location: Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States of America
The hospitality program was first open in 1987 and had become an independent department in the same year. For many years the school has mustered appreciations from various hospitality companies in which the graduates have been working. The employers are pleased on how the school had trained the graduates to be ready on woks, confident and up to with challenges.
The school’s undergraduate programs are accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and its graduate programs are ranked as one of the best.
The School of Hospitality Business, Michigan State University
Location: Michigan, United States of America
Michigan State University’s School of Hospitality Business took off for the first time in 1927. The school does not only adhere with its mission of producing future hospitality leaders but also assures for a good relationship and connectivity between students, alumni and faculty
William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada
Location: Las Vegas, United States of America
The college was named after an American businessman and founder of Harrah’s Hotel and Casinos, William Fisk Harrah in 1989 after the school had benefited the donation from his widow. However, before that, the university had been already offering hotel management program in 1967 and later became the College of Hotel administration in 1969.
The college has a very favorable location in Nevada- only few blocks away from Las Vegas Strip, the world’s greatest hospitality laboratory. The school takes advantage of its location for its students to really feel how it will be working in the industry.
EUROPE
César Ritz Colleges Brig Campus - Switzerland
Location: Le Bouveret, Lucerne and Brig – Switzerland
César Ritz Colleges, Brig Campus is one of the three campuses of the César Ritz Colleges in Switzerland that provides international hotel and tourism management education. The school is located in the town of Brig-Glis, the largest German-speaking town in the Valais region and a great place where one can enjoy restaurants and bars.
César Ritz Colleges Switzerland is the first and the only hotel management school in Switzerland to receive the tedQual certification, a recognition developed by the World Tourism Organization (WTO).
EcoleHôtelière de Genève
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
The school was founded in 1914 but named as EcoleHôtelière de Genève in 1966.The school aims to provide the hospitality, catering and service industries with qualified professionals who are capable of assuming key roles in a company. EcoleHôtelière de Genève was ranked as the 10th best hotel school in the world based on a study conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS).
Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Acknowledged as the world’s earliest and certainly the oldest hospitality management school, EHL was founded in 1893 by Jacques Tschumi. The school takes pride of providing first-rate education to the young talents of the hospitality industry and in fact has garnered various accreditations and recognitions.
EHL is accredited as an Institution of Higher Education, issued by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC, USA), an accreditation that assures that the school has conformed with higher education standards and assists credit transfers and degree recognition coming from American institutions. EHL is also the only hospitality school in Switzerland that offers training as part of University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO), assuring for the school’s program’s fineness and protection by the Swiss law. The Executive MBA in Hospitality Administration program of the school has passed for an accreditation of Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (AAQ).
The school is regarded as the best in the world with respect to job placement around the globe based on a study conducted by TNS Sofres in 2007, 2010 and 2013 with managers and recruiters from the hospitality industry. The school also claimed as the Best Hospitality Management School in the international competition of the Worldwide Hospitality Awards in 2013 and 2014.
Glion Institute of Higher Education
Location: Glion & Bulle, Switzerland, London, United Kingdom
Founded in 1962 by Walter Hunziker and Frederic Tissot, Glion has keep hold on the traditional Swiss hospitality while adjusting its programs to align those with the current and future development of the hospitality industry.
The school was named as the Best Hospitality Management School in the World” at the Worldwide Hospitality Awards (WHA) in Paris in 2015, and received the award for “Best Innovation in an Academic Program” in 2016.
Hotelschool The Hague
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Founded in 1929, the school has been applauded by various awarding bodies for its commitment of providing high-end hospitality education. The school was ranked number 12 of the Top 50 Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools in the World by CEOWORLD Magazine in 2016. It is also ranked among the top 5 hospitality schools worldwide for preparing students unto international career on a survey performed by TNS Global. “Caterer & Hotel keeper” stated in 2006 that the school is one the best three international centers of hotel management.
IHTTI School of Hotel Management, Switzerland
Location: Neuchatel, Switzerland
HTTI School of Hotel Management is part of Swiss Education Group which is composed of 5 schools on 7 campuses throughout Switzerland. With all the developments in the hospitality and tourism industry, the schools stayed flexible and opened to the changes to make sure that the graduates are work ready in whatever fields of the industry.
IMI International Management Institute- Switzerland
Location: Luzern, Switzerland
Founded in 1991, IMI International Management Institute- Switzerland is committed on helping its students on realizing their desired careers in the fast changing hospitality industry. The school geared the students with the knowledge in both theoretical and practical aspects, flexibility and qualities of a potential leader.
International Hospitality Management School Vatel – France
School Location: Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nimes, France
Vatel is providing hospitality and tourism education in the four continents in the world and actually has 35 campuses worldwide but the very first school was founded in France in 1981 by Alain Sebban.
The school’s advocacy of providing quality graduates to join the industry’s workforce had earned recognitions from industry professionals. Vatel succeeded on winning its first Worldwide Hospitality Award in 2003 and thereafter continued to win series of Worldwide Hospitality Awards like Best Professional Success” and “Best Educational Innovation” categories.
International Hospitality Management School Vatel – France has programs only in French.
Les Roches International School of Hotel Management
Location: Crans-Montana, Switzerland
The school has received numerous recognitions from different agencies and is accredited by the Commission on Institutes of Higher Education (CIHE) of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Les Roches is committed on providing the students the competence to work on all levels of positions and in any fields of the hospitality industry.
Les Roches Marbella International School of Hotel Management
Location: Marbella, Spain
Established in 1995, Les Roches Marbella International School of Hotel Management is a branch campus of Les Roches Switzerland. As a branch of Les Roches Switzerland, Les Roches Marbella shared a common commitment on providing the students the competence to work on all levels of positions and in any fields of the hospitality industry.
The school is accredited by the Commission on Institutes of Higher Education (CIHE) of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
The school has been providing quality hospitality and tourism education for over 60 years and has garnered appreciations from the industry sectors. It won as the number one in the UK’s Guardian University Guide 2017 and the Complete University Guide 2017 and number four in the UK‘s The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017.
The Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH)
Location: Passugg, Switzerland
The school started out preparing potential hospitality leader since 1966. It prepares its students to be work ready and responsible by emphasizing practical experience to complement with the theoretical learning in its curriculum.
University School of Hotel Management and Tourism (CETT)
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Established in 1969, University School of Hotel Management and Tourism (CETT)– Spain is now one of the acknowledged leading providers of quality hospitality, tourism and gastronomy graduates.
ASIA
European International College (EIC)
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Established in 2006, EIC facilitates the success of every student by providing hospitality programs relevant to their growth and desired careers. The academic program of the college is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research in U.A.E.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Location: Kowloon, Hongkong
Established in 1979, Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management is now one of the best and the largest hospitality and tourism schools in Asia and continues to evolved to be known of providing first-rate hospitality and tourism programs not only in Asia but also worldwide.
The school was awarded with McCool Breakthrough Award from the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education primarily because of the establishment of the Hotel ICON, the school-owned teaching and research hotel.
Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
Location: Chennai, India
IHM is a widely renowned hospitality school that prepares students since 1963 to be work ready in their chosen field of hospitality. The school’s quality programs had received recognitions and awards from different awarding bodies.
Among the awards are the following:
- National Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Education by MOT/NCHMCT
- Padmasree P. Ananda Rau Memorial Award
- Everest Masala Company-Rolling Trophy
Les Roches JinJiang
Location: Shanghai, China
Ranked as No.1 hospitality management school in China for an international career by TNS Global Survey 2013, Les Roches JinJiang (LRJJ) continues to offer first-rate hospitality programs that equipped students with the competence necessary for their career advancement.
LRJJ is accredited by Shanghai Education Evaluation Association (SEEA) for Sino-Foreign Cooperative Institutions and as a branch campus of Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland, the school is also accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC) through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.The school uses English and/or Chinese as a major instruction.
The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Established in 2001, EAHM is a hospitality school which is an integral part of Jumeirah Group, a luxury hotel company and an associate of the highly distinctive Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland. The school offers quality undergraduate and graduate programs that are accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the United Arab Emirates, Institute of Hospitality in the United Kingdom and International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE) in Australia.
The school’s excellence is manifested in the following awards:
- Dubai Quality Appreciation Programme Award
“The Purple Sash with the Gold Order of Merit and Certificate of Excellence
Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA)
Location: Manipal – Karnataka, India
Ranked as one of the best hospitality schools in India by GHRDC Hotel Management Institute Survey 2014, The Week – Hansa Research – Best College Survey 2014 and Outlook – Drshti Survey July, 2014, WGSHA offers par excellent graduate programs that lead its graduates into a promising career in the hospitality industry. The school’s programs are recognized by the International Hotel Association, Paris.
AFRICA
Central University of Technology - School for Hospitality, Tourism and Sport Management – South Africa
Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Named as the best higher education institution in South Africa by an independent survey of SA Tourism based on the three largest hotel groups in South Africa, the school stays on its goal of building adept hospitality leaders who excel from others with its competence and professionalism.
The school is an accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and member of South African Technology Network (SATN), national Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education Providers of South Africa (THEPSA) and also the Hospitality Education Providers of South Africa (HEPSA).
The International Hotel School – South Africa
Location: South Africa – Campuses located on the following: Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town
The International Hotel School (IHS) in South Africa offers excellent hospitality programs that are perfectly parallel to the current and future demands of the industry. Its program curriculum matches theories with practical applications for a much more meaningful learning experience.
IHS is registered with the South African Department of Higher Education and Training as a Private Higher Education provider and as provisionally registered Private FET (Further Education and Training) provider.
The Swiss Hotel School – South Africa
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Since its establishment in 1995, The Swiss Hotel School – South Africa remains still on its mission which is training every aspirant to be ready to thrive in the fast-paced and changing world of hospitality and tourism. The school offers hospitality programs that incorporates the Swiss hospitality tradition and delivers those with South African energy.
CANADA
ITHQ - Canada
Location: Montreal-Quebec, Canada
Founded in 1968 by the Government of Quebec, Quebec Tourism and Hospitality Institute ( ITHQ ) constantly adapt with the latest developments in the hospitality industry making sure that its programs are exceptionally responsive to the needs of the industry thereby producing quality and adept professionals.
SAIT Polytechnic – School of Hospitality and Tourism
Location: Calgary- Alberta, Canada
Awarded as one of the world’s 50 best hospitality and management school by the prestigious CEOWORLD Magazine, the school educates potential hospitality and tourism executives by training them theoretically and practically in the state-of-the-art facilities with industry’s respected lecturers.
AUSTRALIA
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS)– Australia
Location: Leura, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
BMIHMS is Australia’s first of its kind in promoting an internationally recognized hotel management program. Since its beginning in 1991, the school continues to thrive in providing quality hospitality programs responsive to industry’s changes.
BMIHMS is an accredited educational institution by:
- Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (national level)
- New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (state level)
- Institute of Hospitality
- The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism & Hospitality Education
The school offers the programs in the following campuses:
- Leura Campus. The practical learning center of the undergraduate students of Bachelor of Business Degree.
Sydney Campus. The executive business center designed for the postgraduate students of Master Degree programs and for the 3rd year undergraduate students.
SAIT Polytechnic – School of Hospitality and Tourism
Location: Calgary- Alberta, Canada
Awarded as one of the world’s 50 best hospitality and management school by the prestigious CEOWORLD Magazine, the school educates potential hospitality and tourism executives by training them theoretically and practically in the state-of-the-art facilities with industry’s respected lecturers.
Bond University
Location: Queensland, Australia
In respond to the booming demands in hospitality and tourism industry, Bond University with proudly designed a program that prepares every student to lead on global tourism and hotel industries. The program put emphasis on asset, revenue and human resource management within tourism and hotel businesses.
Edith Cowan University ECU
Location: Joondalop, Mount Lawley and South West – Australia
The School of Business and Law of Edith University offers excellent hospitality and tourism programs that provide extensive and quality education to the future industry professionals. They equipped the students with the necessary academic and practical trainings in its state-of-the-art facilities alongside with the proficient and experienced mentors.
Griffith University
Locations: Gold Coast, Logan, Nathan, Mount Gravatt and South Bank, Australia
The Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management of the Griffith University is one of the leading educational providers of the tourism and hospitality field in Australia. In fact, the department is now a member of the Queensland Tourism Hall of Fame for winning Queensland Tourism Awards for Excellence in Industry Education ten times since 1993. Other than that, it also garnered Australian Tourism Award in the Tourism Education and Training category
La Trobe University
Location: The university has the campuses on the following places: Melbourne, Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, City, Franklin St., Mildura, Shepparton, Sydney – Australia
La Trobe University keep track on the current developments brought by the budding tourism and hospitality industry and with that, the university offers a quality academic program concerning the said field. The program is explicitly designed to give students the competitive advantage to attain professional excellence.
Murdoch University
Location: Perth, Australia
Acclaimed as one of the best performing educational institutions internationally but more so in Australia, Murdoch University also offers exceptional educational training to the aspiring hospitality and tourism professionals. Its programs effectively combine theoretical and practical studies focusing on real-world applicability. As a research-intensive institution, Murdoch University is a member of Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia).
The Hotel School
Location: Sydney and Melbourne, Australia
Operating since 1989, The Hotel School Sydney partnered with the leading hospitality industry player Mulpha Australia and the famous Southern Cross University. This hotel school aimed to develop successful industry professionals equipped with hotel operational skills, management practice in the tourism and hospitality industry and the required skills of continuing studies in the competitive and fast-changing hospitality and tourism industry.
The University of Queensland
Location: St. Lucia, Gatton, Herston and Ipswich – Australia
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Law of the University of Queensland offer first-class hospitality and tourism programs that are specifically designed to provide students with theoretical and practical understanding with regards to the competitive and ever-changing worlds of local and international hospitality and tourism.
The university has four campuses spread throughout Queensland.
- St Lucia campus (Main Campus)
- Gatton Campus
- Herston campus
- Ipswich campus
Victoria University
Location: Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
Ranked as one of the world’s top universities, Victoria University’s College of Business also offers quality career-based hospitality programs. Students are trained to empower career development using work integrated learning approach as the school is committed to the end-goal of producing quality and work ready professionals. The university has campuses across Melbourne’s central and western regions and one campus situated in Central Sydney.
Victoria University campuses:
Footscray Park, St. Albans, Footscray Nicholson, City Flinders and City Flinders Lane, City King, City Queen, Werribee, Sunshine, Sydney and Whitten Oval.
William Blue College of Hospitality Management
Location: Sydney, Australia
Named as one of the leading hospitality schools in Australia, William Blue College of Hospitality Management has been operating since 1990. The college is one of the world’s largest higher education programs provider- Laureate International Universities. It offers the best hospitality programs that include specializations on culinary management, event management, tourism and hospitality management.
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