About
Come as a Student, Become a manager
Over the next decade, the international hotel and tourism industry is forecast to maintain its position as the world’s largest employer and the world’s largest provider of management positions. HTMi’s role is to prepare students for a management career in this, the most exciting industry today. HTMi is supported by a worldwide network of international hotel companies, whose representatives regularly visit HTMi to recruit on campus. HTMi graduates can be found in the leading hotel companies worldwide.
HTMi Vision: To be a Leading Hotel Management Institute in the World
The realisation of HTMi’s Vision is enhanced through its five Centres for Excellence:
The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management
The International Hospitality Research Centre Switzerland
The International Centre for Events Management Training Switzerland
The Centre for Culinary Management Switzerland
The Centre for Career Management
The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management
The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management provides high-quality education, training and work internships to all students.
Students gain Swiss-style diplomas for education and for training, followed by a Bachelor’s or MBA degree from universities with a long-standing tradition for excellence in degree-level education, all taught in English.
The Bachelor’s BSc (Hons) Degree is validated and awarded by Ulster University and the MSc Degree is validated and awarded by Edinburg Napier University. HTMi is accredited and recognised formally as a Higher Education Institution with EduQua, the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS) and the British Accreditation Council (BAC). The BAC is a full member of the European Association for Quality Assurance (ENQA). All undergraduate programmes and the MSc are accredited by the Institute of Hospitality.
The International Hospitality Research Centre Switzerland
The International Hospitality Research Centre Switzerland, at HTMi, is unique in Switzerland and is an excellent example of HTMi leading in research and Innovation. At HTMi, research is a key part of all courses and the Institute has its own international research journals: The International Hospitality and Tourism Student Journal and the Contemporary Issues in Hospitality Student Journal. Research is a key part of developing students’ analytical skills, which are essential to being an excellent future manager in the international hotel and tourism industry.
The International Centre for Events Management Training Switzerland
The Centre for Events Management Training Switzerland provides all students with a focus on training in various aspects of hotel events management. The importance of this relates to the very large revenue and profit from events in a hotel organisation. On-campus, each semester, there are a large number of events at all levels, including conferences, weddings and culinary events. The Centre also organizes groups of students to work at, and support, major international events like the Olympics.
The Centre for Culinary Management Switzerland
The Centre for Culinary Management Switzerland focuses on equipping students with the required skills and knowledge to operate within a kitchen environment, develop recipes and operate within the a la carte and banqueting restaurants, on campus, at HTMi. There is a special focus on European Baking and Pastry Arts, and the Centre has its own online Culinary TV, as well as an online recipe book, with many examples of excellence in culinary arts.
The Centre for Career Management
The Centre for Career Management at HTMi connects with all major international hotel companies and places students around the world. The Centre organises international hotel company recruitment events on campus, and career trips for award-winning students to leading hotel centres around the world and provides job searching skills and support for all students and graduates. The centre also organizes work internships in Switzerland for all HTMi students.
Mission & Vision
Come as a Student, Become a manager”.
To maintain this culture of learning excellence, HTMi staff rigorously applies a teaching and learning methodology of establishing learning outcomes for each subject, which is then assessed using formative and summative work. Teaching in a blended learning environment is in the form of lectures, seminars, tutorials and independent learning. Students are encouraged to actively participate in class, give student presentations and learn in student groups. Our ultimate goal is to develop each student to become an independent learner, with strong critical appreciation and research skills. Finally, all student work is monitored and evaluated by a system of double marking and external examination. Underpinning all teaching and learning is a strong English language and study skills support service.
the clear vision of HTMi Switzerland is to be a leading hotel management institute in the world. To do this HTMi Switzerland’s goal is to be a leading provider of professional hospitality management education, and to develop lifelong careers for students in the services sector.
The education culture at HTMi Switzerland is focused on student-centred learning and developing learning excellence in all our students.
This culture supports our mission of developing students to lead
Accreditation
Quality lies at the heart of all that HTMi does. It is an essential part of the Vision and Mission statements, and our goal as stated in our strategic vision.
We aim for a comprehensive and complete Quality cycle that is a part of all that we do. Each person who is a part of the team that constitutes HTMi is an important and committed part of the quality control process
HTMi’s curriculum and academic standards are developed to mirror Swiss, UK and International equivalents at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Our programmes are designed to ensure they meet the learning outcomes of our BSc (Hons) International Hospitality Management validated and awarded by Ulster University and our MSc Hospitality and Tourism Management validated and
awarded by Edinburgh Napier University. The review and evaluation process for our programmes consist of annual reviews by the Business Schools of our University partners plus HTMi draws on advice from our HILAB members, External Examiners and the Academic Advisor.
A vital part of the quality process is the external quality control of the programmes offered at HTMi and the Institute itself. Due to the nature of the programmes, being conducted in Switzerland with UK degrees at Bachelor’s and Masters’s levels then external quality controls are exercised through Swiss and UK bodies.
In Switzerland, HTMi is accredited as a Higher Education institution by the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS) through its educational division EduQua. This accreditation is renewed every three years with an annual review and visit by the EduQua auditors.
HTMi is accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC) as an Independent Higher Education institution The BAC is a full member of the European Quality Assurance Agency (ENQA).
The undergraduate and MSc programmes are accredited by the Institute of Hospitality (IOH). The IOH Accreditation confers on an organisation the international recognition of a quality standard in respect of programmes that are relevant to the needs of the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries and which meet accepted Institute of Hospitality benchmark standards. The accreditation of programmes helps to promote internationally recognised quality standards, assists in the mobility of labour and facilitates global recruitment
A further part of the quality process is that HTMi has an independent External Examiner for its sub-degree and postgraduate programmes, who has both extensive international experience and familiarity with the UK and International Quality Assurance. The External Examiner routinely attends each semester’s exam board and monitors all assessments and samples of graded work. The appointed external examiner from the Ulster University also attends all BSc (Hons) examination boards and reviews assessments, coursework, and module handbooks and reviews the moderation process as part of his responsibilities.
An important part of the quality assurance processes about the modules being taught is the feedback from students. HTMi has in place a system of internal teaching reviews that elicit anonymous responses from students on the satisfaction with each module being delivered. The results are used to provide feedback and guidance to the teaching team in the form of a formal report. The report provides the teaching staff with feedback to enable them to reflect on and improve their performance. The analysis also provides the Academic Director with hard evidence to support, counsel and where appropriate set targets with staff to secure improvements. In addition, the Institute operates several internal committees including the Course Committee, the Student-Staff Course Committee and the Student Representative Committee (SRC).
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1) HTMi Switzerland Campus
2) HTMi Australia
3) HTMi Dubai
4) HTMi Kazakhstan
5) HTMi Saudi Arabia
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