Why study with the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management

Flexible study options

You can study tourism, hospitality or event-related courses online with us anywhere and anytime. Whether you're a professional employee, business owner, manager, or busy parent, you'll find that our distance education study option and three study sessions per year give you the freedom to balance work, study, and your private life as you pursue your tourism-related career.

Finding a job

Southern Cross University tourism students are among the most successful tourism students in Australia at finding a job after graduation.^*

^*According to Hobsons The Good Universities Guide 2012 and Good Universities Guide to Postgraduate Courses in Accounting, Business and Law 2012, Southern Cross University postgraduate and undergraduate students in tourism and hospitality are in the top 25% nationally in these disciplines at successfully finding a job at graduation.

Personalised support

We have a dedicated and engaged student support team ready to help you with your study needs. It's about putting you as close as we can to our tourism, hospitality and events experts.

Experienced lecturing staff

Our experienced lecturing staff combine significant tourism, hospitality and events industry experience with innovative research activity. Several staff have received awards for excellence in teaching and the school is committed to fostering a culture that values teaching and learning.

Workplace internships

We recognise that if you have contacts within the tourism industry as well workplace experience, it will help you find a job in a competitive workforce. Most of our courses offer a 20-week volunteer or paid workplace internship with successful tourism organisations to make sure you graduate one step ahead.

Industry Advisory Board

All of our courses are informed and scrutinised by our Industry Advisory Board, which is composed of managers and executives of leading tourism organisations such as Emirates, Mulpha Australia and Carnival Cruise Lines.

Record of Excellence

All of our tourism, hospitality and events courses meet the standards set by the International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE). THE-ICE accredited institutions are highly regarded globally for their tourism, hospitality and events-related courses.

International exchange

For undergraduate students wanting to broaden their horizons, we offer an international exchange program, giving you the opportunity to study with one of our partner institutions overseas as you work towards your degree.

Where to study

If you study with us on campus you could be living at of one Australia's most popular tourism destinations. We teach out of two great Australian tourism meccas - Sydney and the Gold Coast - as well as Lismore and Coffs Harbour in the idyllic Northern Rivers of New South Wales.

You can also study abroad with one of our collaborating institutions in Singapore and Thailand.

Global outlook, international relevance

The fact that our courses are taught both in Australia and by collaborating institutions abroad, demonstrates they are relevant to the international market.

Updated: 07 May 2012