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.

The Tourism major covers advanced knowledge of tourism principles, conservation, heritage, operations management, tourist behaviour, and planning and development.

In New Zealand, and around the world, tourism operators are realising how important it is to create sustainable tourism practices – they recognise the need to protect the environment and heritage buildings to attract customers.

Study the Tourism major in the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management and develop skills that are essential in today’s tourism industry.
Key features:

Valuable workplace experience in your final semester
Gain in-depth knowledge of the tourism sector
Create marketing strategies to attract tourists

Career opportunities:

Management roles in:

Tour operators and attractions
Airlines
National and regional tourism orgnisations
Inbound tour operators
Travel agencies

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.