2021 Ratings: The best universities for tourism and hospitality
Thefield of hospitality includes areas of study such as tourism management, ecotourism, culinary management, international tourism, food studies, and management of resorts, restaurants and hotels. With international travel having been disrupted, there has been a boom in domestic tourism.
The increasing profile of niche trading sectors such as ecotourism, cultural tourism, wine tourism and sport tourism has created growth in the industry, and new markets continue to emerge, including heritage tourism and Indigenous tourism.
Courses in this field are largely vocationally oriented, so many require you to work in on-campus training facilities and include compulsory periods of industry placement.
Our ratingslook at specific strengths of Australian universities, giving insight to support and guide decision-making when choosing a university.
We have over 116 undergraduate courses in tourism and hospitality listed on our course search. This month, we looked at the universities that ranked highest inoverall experience, learning resources and student support.
This rating looks at the proportion of students who were satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience. Griffith University in Queensland ranked highest with a satisfaction rate of 92.5%, followed very closely by Australian Catholic University (ACU) with a satisfaction rate of 92%.
This rating looks at the proportion of students who were satisfied with the learning resources provided by their institution. It is based on students’ average ratings of teaching spaces (including lecture theatres, laboratories and tutorial rooms), student spaces and common areas, online learning materials, computing and IT resources, assigned books and notes, laboratory or studio equipment and library facilities.Charles Sturt Universityranked highest with a satisfaction rate of 93.3%, followed closely by Melbourne’sSwinburne University of Technologywith a satisfaction rate of 92.6%.
This rating looks at the proportion of students who were satisfied with the support they received from their institution. It is based on the extent to which students felt they received support to settle into study; experienced efficient enrolment and admissions processes; felt orientation activities were helpful; and found administrative staff and services, career advisers, academic or learning advisers, counsellors, financial advisers and health services to be available and helpful.Griffith Universityranks again, taking the top spot with a satisfaction rate of97.3%, followed byThe University of Notre Dame Australia, which scored 90.3%.
View all 2021 rankings for tourism and hospitality— filter by state, or level of study to view both undergraduate and postgraduate ratings.
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