Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS)
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, officially opened in 1991 and today part of Torrens University Australia, was the first school in the country to offer an internationally recognised hotel management programme built on the Swiss hospitality education model.
A genuinely lived in learning environment
Undergraduate students study at BMIHMS's applied learning residential campus in Leura, in the Blue Mountains, where they live and study within a fully operational simulated hotel environment before completing business subjects at the Sydney campus in their final year. Every degree includes two six month industry placements, giving students a genuinely substantial block of real world experience well before graduation.
Recognised as Australia and Asia Pacific's leading hotel school
BMIHMS has been ranked the number one hotel management school in Australia by QS Rankings and in the wider Asia Pacific region by Kantar research, a reputation built over more than three decades of graduate success. Its Suzhou, China campus has separately been named the Most Respected Hotel School of China, reflecting how far the school's Swiss inspired model has travelled since 1991.
Studying at BMIHMS offers several distinct strengths:
- Australia's first internationally recognised hotel management programme
- Ranked the number one hotel school in Australia and the Asia Pacific region
- A genuine simulated hotel learning environment on the Leura campus
- Two six month industry placements built into every undergraduate degree
- An international campus network including Suzhou, China
A launchpad into hotel and resort leadership
Graduates move into hotel, resort and event management leadership roles across Australia and internationally, carrying with them a genuinely immersive Swiss inspired hospitality education. For candidates seeking a hospitality education built on real, lived in practice, BMIHMS offers a distinguished path.
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