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Turn your passion for professional service into a global career. The growth of global tourism has ensured that hospitality is now one of the world’s biggest industries with a broad range of job opportunities available in every country.
You could be working in a five-star international hotel, an island resort, a lively city restaurant or a major tourist destination. A career in hospitality offers you both choice and security.
Developed in conjunction with leading Swiss hotel school César Ritz and featuring the most comprehensive practical training component in Australia, the ICMS Bachelor of Hospitality Management represents the next generation in hospitality qualifications. When you graduate from this degree you will possess the perfect blend of practical skill, theory and business acumen to take you to the top of your profession.
Subjects focus on core business skills with the addition of specialised hospitality management subjects. Business subjects include sales and marketing; agile leadership, collaboration and managing people; strategic planning and innovative problem solving; and financial literacy. In your specialisation subjects you will be exposed to the inner workings of the hospitality sector and develop skills in areas such as rooms division, gastronomy, and food and beverage.
Hospitality management and business subjects are supplemented by elective subjects from a range of business areas. Your choices include electives in marketing, international tourism, entrepreneurship, event management and sports management. This allows you to enhance your hospitality management degree with subjects that reflect your interests and ambitions.
At ICMS we believe that the best learning experience combines practical and ‘real world’ experience with a strong academic foundation. Work Integrated Learning (WIL) subjects are built into your degree, meaning you graduate with more than a degree – you’ll graduate with real world experience – and will have gained invaluable industry connections.
The ICMS Bachelor of Hospitality Management features the most comprehensive practical training program in Australia. This is next generation education that gets you in the workforce before you’ve even graduated. You’ll leave us with a strong understanding of business and hospitality principles, industry training and countless hands-on experiences. You’ll have everything you need to succeed in hospitality management. The rest is up to you.
We have an impressive network of hospitality industry partners. These leading companies provide our ICMS community with invaluable industry insight and experience. They help shape our qualifications and ensure they are in line with industry best practice. When it is time to embark on your industry training, we work closely with them to find a suitable placement that is the best fit for your skills, interests and professional goals.
Your industry training could take you to a major city, regional area or island resort in Australia. You could even take up a position in an international city. It is all part of finding the best placement for you. Not only is this an invaluable experience, it is also a chance to grow your professional network. For many of our graduates this experience introduces them to their future employers.
Our world-renowned partner, César Ritz Colleges, Switzerland, joined with us to develop this exceptional degree. Blending Swiss quality with the Australian flair of doing business, you will experience the best of hospitality, the traditional and the modern, to receive a superior hospitality education.
Theory is important, it will teach you the fundamentals you need to be a hospitality management leader. However, nothing is as valuable as putting your theory into practice. In addition to your industry training, you’ll gain hands-on experience through practical classes. You’ll also manage large-scale events with real clients and work in the Grand Dining Room (our on-campus training restaurant) and in the production kitchen. Field trips and site visits with our industry partners will get you learning from the best in the business.
At ICMS we have lecturers with international careers who are experts in hospitality. Guest lectures from our network of industry partners will keep your learning fresh, relevant, and up to date with the latest demands from industry and your future employers.
The Bachelor of Hospitality Management is career-focused, and aims to develop contemporary knowledge and skills needed for success. This means:
In your final year of the Bachelor of Hospitality Management, you will have the opportunity to participate in a ‘capstone’ subject to test your abilities in addressing contemporary issues or problems in the area in which you may forge a successful career.
A career in hospitality can literally take you anywhere in the world as you deliver experiences to people beyond their wildest dreams and exceed their expectations every day.
At ICMS we train you to be a leader in hospitality. When you graduate with an ICMS Bachelor of Hospitality Management you will have real-world skills, industry experience, and in-depth knowledge of hospitality management principles in practice. This will see you ready for a career that spans continents.
Your future career opportunities include:
The course information on this website is indicative of a typical study pattern only and is subject to change. Enrolled students will be made aware of changes to their course structure or subjects.Not all subjects are offered every trimester. The Academic Consulting Office can assist you with subject selection and structuring your course. A typical full-time study load is between 6 and 8 subjects per year (an equivalent to 24 credit points).
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You are now ready for a unique student experience.
At ICMS we are smaller than the traditional universities. This means your student experience will particularly special. You’ll make more friends than those at the big unis do. You’ll have fun going to the beach after class or heading into Manly to dance the night away during O-Week. This is the start of some thing amazing and we hope that you’ll have the best years of your life!
Your student experience will be an experience like no other … but there are some things no-one tells you!
With the wisdom of experience, here’s some advice – things we wish we know when we were in your position – to make the most of your student experience.
Once you’ve accepted your offer you can relax! Enjoy your summer knowing you have done it. You’ve finished high school, you’ve received a great offer and you have done all the right things to get accepted.
It might feel like your whole future is being dictated by how you did at school and who you were then, but it really means very little in the uni scheme of things. The past is done. From now it’s all about your future.
And now it really is YOUR future. Your choices.
In a way, everything that happens after you receive your Letter of Acceptance resets your life and is an opportunity to thrive and excel in something you really care about.
A great way to learn what uni life is like is to connect on social media even before you start. You can see what’s happening on campus and you might even make some online friends before you begin!
Follow the ICMS Instagram and Facebook pages. You might also think about getting a head-start on your career gaols by setting up your LinkedIn profile and interacting with your uni there too.
Even though you’ll only studying a couple of days a week you still need to work hard. You’ll have assignments and assessments which will help to see how you are going. Not all unis offer support services like ICMS does. If you are lucky enough to have access to these services, make sure you make use of them if you feel you need them.
At ICMS we WANT you to succeed. With the smaller classes at ICMS your lecturers will pick up if you are being challenged with any aspects of your studies and will suggest you seek extra support. It might be something as simple as learning proper referencing techniques or it could be help with maths, English language skills or even just general wellness. If you are happy at uni and getting the appropriate support when you need it, you will succeed.
Remember that whilst maintaining your high school friendships is great, we can sometimes rely on our established friendships at the cost of forming new ones.
There are heaps of clubs and sports what you can get involved in at uni. This is where you will meet likeminded people and develop those friendships that will last a lifetime. At O-Week you’ll have a chance to walk around and sign up for anything that sparks your interest. And if the club you were hoping to join doesn’t yet exist, then start one!
Finding new and interesting people to introduce to your existing friends could also have other benefits that go beyond socialising, like establishing the foundation for a strong professional network.
Of course, your formal coursework is important, but so is engaging with it in more practical way helps you understand it better.
At ICMS you will have plenty of opportunity to engage with industry professionals. Take all those opportunities offered to you at ICMS. Speak to people and find out what their roles involve, ask them about internship opportunities and make a great impression. That way, when the Work Integrated Learning Team meet with you to organise your internship you will already have a good idea or where you’d like to go and what sort of role you’d like to do. Your Internship (Work Integrated Learning) will be one of the most important subjects you do at ICMS. You’ll find out about yourself, you’ll get clearer about your goals and you’ll make loads of important contacts. If you can get a head-start on this by networking in your preferred industry; shadowing people with jobs you’d like to do; creating a side project; or doing some volunteering, then you will position yourself as a top candidate for a great internship experience!
Working while studying can be demanding but any work experience is better than none when it comes time to hit the job market. Working while at uni will help you learn how to balance responsibilities, how to be independent and it gave you a different perspective.
Just make sure that earning an income doesn’t come at the expense of your studies as long term you earn more throughout your life when you have a degree! And if it all gets too much remember that you do not have to study full-time. As a domestic student, you have the opportunity to tailor your study load and can be flexible in when you study!
When O-Week begins, it means a new batch of first years are about to start their studies. Forget what you’ve learnt about starting uni from clichéd US college movies. In reality, everyone starts off a little nervous and unsure of what they are supposed to be doing.
So, come along to as many O-week events as you can and make it your aim to meet at least three new people at each event. For example, if you are standing in a queue take the opportunity to chat to the person next to you. Ask them about what degree they are studying and where they are from. If they are from a different country realise that this might be their first time away from their family and if you are local they will be so grateful for a warm welcome to Australia. Check out Important Dates
At the O-week commencement ceremony and cocktail party takes place on the Wednesday evening of O-week and is a key moment of your life – one that you will remember for years to come – so make the most of it. Have fun. Meet people. Be open and friendly and you’ll find that you get back what you give out.
Uni will teach you the theory and skills necessary for a job, but it’s so much more than that. It’s a time for growth, making lifelong friends from around the world, and having the best years of your life.
Make the most your student experience – study hard, play hard and embrace all the opportunities presented to you and most of all – enjoy it.
We’re excited to see you on campus soon!