Course details

Summary

A hospitality degree can set you up for careers around the world. The Bachelor of International Hospitality Management is widely recognised in the industry and acclaimed by the country's top hospitality operators.

Hospitality careers cover everything from creating experiences for people in some of the world’s most exciting and exotic destinations to hosting, accommodating and managing events.

In the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management you learn to manage food and beverage, and accommodation operations and develop key skills in human resource management, strategic management, and sales and marketing. Your final year includes valuable workplace experience, working with an organisation on a project related to your studies.

If you’re interested in dealing with the staffing and training side of hospitality and tourism, the Human Resource Management major will give you the tools you need to find and develop the right people.

Hotels, tourism ventures, travel companies and restaurants have to find the right people for the job – the better their team is, the more customers enjoy their experience.

In this major you will develop the essential knowledge and skills required for the training, development and recruitment of personnel from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Key features:

Valuable workplace experience in your final semester
Learn skills in training and people management
Develop your problem-solving skills

Career opportunities:

Hospitality recruitment
Training and development
Employment relations
Human resource manager
Industry training advisor

Entry criteria

Applicants must be 18 years old and have obtained a qualification equivalent to New Zealand year 13.

Preferred New Zealand school subjects: All subjects are useful, in particular language rich subjects from AUT’s subject list

English Language requirements:

Minimum IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 overall with all bands 5.5 or higher; TOEFL iBT score of 80; Computer-based: Total score of 213 with a minimum essay rating of 4.0; Certificate in English for Academic Study (CertEAS) with B/B+ grade; GIE with B grade; CAE minimum overall score of 169; PTE minimum overall score of 50.