About Hospitality Management (honours) in Cork Institute of Technology

Course summary

The programme builds on the strong foundations and applied knowledge of the Level 7 BBus in Hospitality Management. The programme focused on building the managerial and individual abilities that the student will require on into their future careers. The concentration of the programme is on the development of the student for future senior roles in Hospitality organisations and subsequently in general management. The programme develops the student’s facilities for critical thinking, decision making and problem solving, and for roles in industry which require innovation and strategic thinking. It includes examination both current and traditional issues that impact on the sector and has an emphasis of the international issues, environment, and the financial issues relation to the roles.

Career

Graduates have progressed to roles as diverse as Hotel General Managers, Business Consultants, Hotel Group Operations Managers, as well as senior roles in large corporate hotels, and Business owners.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Class 12 passed students from a recognized board including CBSE, CISCE or a state board
• All India Senior School Certificate or Higher Secondary Certificate/Standard 12 or Indian School Certificate (Year 12) as recognized qualifications

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS 6.5 overall (6.0 for Business programmes)
• IELTS 5.5 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)
• PTE 60 (63 for integrated programmes)
• PTE 55 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)