B.Sc. (Hons.) in Hotel and Restaurant Management

The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM) was established in 2000 within the aegis of IIMT as the first school of the institute. SHTM has been established in academic partnership with the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management (SHRM), Oxford Brookes University.

Course Details

Our hospitality and tourism management degree programme is designed to develop effective and innovative managers for the international hotel and restaurant industry of tomorrow. This programme offers flexibility and choice to individual students and at the same time ensures a vocationally relevant and academically rigorous programme of study. It provides the technical and managerial skills and knowledge necessary to secure appropriate employment on graduation. The terminal qualification is a BSc Honors Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the Oxford Brookes University. The Programme is not governed by the University Grant Commission (UGC), or the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).

Learning Teaching Pedagogy: The mission of both Oxford Brookes University and IIMT is to provide excellence through experience. The Institute therefore uses a number of learning and teaching approaches to achieve this end and prepare students for life long learning. In addition to formal lectures, the programme makes use of seminars, guest lectures, business games, case studies, simulations and projects. Students will have the opportunity to develop their vocational and managerial skills using our state-of-the-art hospitality facilities. The Institute provides extensive IT resources, including access to industry specific software and the internet at both campuses. Our learning and teaching approaches also help students develop transferable skills such as teamwork and communication skills, which are essential in a personal as well as professional context. Our faculty at both campuses are accomplished professionals and their knowledge of leading edge developments in the hospitality industry invigorates our teaching and ensures that all our students are exposed to the very latest thinking.

Lectures

Lectures provide the necessary theoretical framework and concepts and students will be expected to undertake prescribed reading on the topic area in advance.

Guest Speakers

The institute actively supports a variety of guest lecture programmes. Subject specialists from both hospitality and the wider business community lecture students on current topics, thereby ensuring exposure to the latest industry thinking and approaches.

Workshops & Seminars

Workshops and seminars are used as an effective means of demonstrating knowledge and understanding in a specific subject area. Students having undertaken in dependent or group research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their findings within a controlled environment.