Facts And Rankings

The International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS) is an award-winning higher education institution located on the Northern Beaches and in the Sydney city in New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1996, ICMS is a leader in industry-focused, quality education.

ICMS offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) with self-accrediting authority (SAA) in the Fields of Education (FoE) 08 Management and Commerce and 1101 Food and Hospitality. Courses in the FoE 02 Information Technology are accredited by the Australian Government’s Tertiary Education Quality Standards Authority (TEQSA).

WIL Facts and Rankings

Employment Rates

2025: 92% of students are employed upon their October 2025 graduation (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2025, conducted October 2025).
2025: 76% of students reported that their placement company indicated that they wanted them to stay on in the job (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2025, conducted October 2025).
2024: 96% of ICMS graduates are employed upon their November 2024 graduation (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2024, conducted November 2024).
2023: 76% of ICMS graduates asked to stay on at their WIL placement company after internship (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2023, conducted November 2023).
2023: 1 in 3 ICMS graduates secure a job at their WIL placement company (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2023, conducted March 2023).
2023: 100% of March 2023 ICMS graduates already have a job (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2023, conducted March 2023).
2022: 100% of ICMS international graduates have a job, 100% of ICMS graduates have a job or had a job within six months of graduation, and 98% of ICMS graduates have a job (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2022, conducted November 2022).
2021: ICMS’s full time employment rate tops Australia’s best ranked universities (QILT 2020 Graduate Outcomes Survey, results released 2021).
2019: ICMS is ahead of Go8 in the meaningful area of ‘skills development’ (QILT 2018 Student Experience Survey, results released 2019).
2018: Around 90% of our students graduate with a job in their field. (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2018, conducted November 2018).
2017: Top 10 for overall graduate employment in Australia (QILT 2016 Graduate Outcomes Survey, results released 2017).
2017: Overall graduate employment rate higher than the Go8 universities (QILT 2016 Graduate Outcomes Survey, results released 2017).
2017: 100% of our degree students graduate with industry experience.

Rankings

2025: Ranked higher than Australian public universities for peer engagement, teaching quality and skills development (QILT 2024 Student Experience Survey, results released 2025).
2025: Ranked #1 in Australia for undergraduate hospitality management (QILT 2024 Graduate Outcomes Survey, results released 2025).
2024: Ranked above Australian Public Universities in key areas such as postgraduate skills development and learner engagement in management and commerce (QILT 2024 Student Experience Survey, results released 2024).
2024: Ranked #1 in Australia for Tourism and Hospitality Graduates in Employment (undergraduate) (QILT 2024 Graduate Outcomes Survey, results released 2024).
2024: Ranked #1 in Australia for Tourism and Hospitality, Skills Development (First and Final Year) (QILT 2024 Student Experience Survey, results released 2024)
2023: Ranked #1 in Australia for Hospitality, Skills Development (QILT 2022 Student Experience Survey, results released 2023).
2022: Ranked higher than the Go8 in student satisfaction with rankings of 79.6% (postgraduate) and 82.4% (undergraduate) (QILT 2022 Student Experience Survey, results released 2023).
2022: Ranked 1st in NSW for Skills Development (First & Final Year, UG study area, Tourism, Hospitality, Personal Services, Sport and recreation) (QILT 2021 Student Experience Survey, results released 2022).
2022: Ranked 1st in NSW for Student Support (First & Final Year, UG study area, Tourism, Hospitality, Personal Services, Sport and recreation (QILT 2021 Student Experience Survey, results released in 2022).
2021: Ranked #1 for Good Teaching in Postgraduate Management and Commerce (QILT 2021 Student Experience Survey, results released in 2021).
2020: ICMS is ahead of Go8 in skills development (QILT 2019 Student Experience Survey, results released in 2020).
2017: Ranked #1 for Event Management and Hospitality Management in Australia, based on graduate employability (Event Management and Hospitality Management Research, commissioned by ICMS and prepared and conducted by the Kantar Group [Kantar Millward Brown] on 18 September 2017).
2017: Ranked #1 for Bachelor of Event Management and Bachelor of Hospitality Management in Australia, based on longest continuous industry placement, student professionalism, work ready students and industry training customer care (Event Management and Hospitality Management Research, commissioned by ICMS and prepared and conducted by the Kantar Group [Kantar Millward Brown] on 18 September 2017).

Student Satisfaction

2025: Students give ICMS a 92% recommendation satisfaction rate, which is above the national average of 76% reported by Universities Australia (ICMS Internal Graduate Survey 2025, conducted October 2025).

Industry Recognition

2025: Finalist in the 2025 Premier’s NSW Export Awards in the ‘International Education and Training’ category.
2025: Finalist in the 2025 AFR Higher Education Awards for the ‘Employability’ category.
2024: Finalist in the 2024 NRL Educator of the Year Award, as part of the NRL School to Work Awards.
2023: Finalist in the 2023 AFR Higher Education Awards for the ‘Employability’ category.
2017: Winner of the ‘Education and Training’ category in the 2017 Premier’s NSW Export Award.
2010: Winner of the ‘Marketing Excellence’ category in the Australian Business Awards.
2009: Winner of the ‘International Trade’ category in the 2009 Australian Business Awards.
2009: Winner of the ‘Education and Training’ category in the 2009 Premier’s NSW Export Award.
2008: Winner of the ‘Education and Training’ category in the 2008 Premier’s NSW Export Award.
2006: Winner of the ‘Water Management’ category in the 2006 Green Business Awards.
2005: Finalist in the ‘Education and Training’ category for the Australian Export Awards.
2005: Winner of the ‘Tourism, Education and Training’ category in the 2005 NSW Tourism Awards.
2005: Highly commended in the ‘Education’ category for the 2005 Premier’s NSW Export Awards.
2004-05: Winner of the ‘Tourism Education and Training’ category in the 2004-5 Australian Tourism Awards.
2004: Winner of the ‘Tourism, Education and Training’ category in the 2004 NSW Tourism Awards.
2004: Winner of the ‘Education’ category for the Premier’s NSW Export Awards.
2004: Winner of the Macquarie University Innovation Award for ‘Innovative Partnership’.
2003: Distinction in NSW Tourism Awards for ‘Business Excellence’.

Students

In 2024, there were 2,000 students studying at ICMS and Aspire Institute.
Students come from more than 50 different countries.
Four students have won of the Minister’s Student Achiever Awards: Emily Walsh (2019), Lorenzo Merriman (2018), Chelsea McKay (2017) and Kylie Evans (2010).

Campus

Two campuses: one in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and one in the Sydney CBD.
The Northern Beaches Campus in Manly is on the historic St Patrick’s Estate, built in 1889 as the first National Catholic Seminary in Australia.
There are nine beaches within walking distance of the Northern Beaches Campus, including Manly Beach, rated by travel website TripAdvisor as the ‘Best beach in Australia‘.
Sydney is consistently ranked as one of the most desirable student cities in the world.
On-campus residential accommodation currently offers beds for 280 students, both on and off campus.

Partnerships

International College of Tourism and Hospitality Management

2002: State Finalist in the NSW Training Awards for ‘Small Training Provider of the Year’.
2001: Winner of the NSW Training Award for ‘Small Training Provider of the Year’.
1998: Winner of the Tourism Training Australia Award for ‘International Training’.