Your choice of a place to study can make a difference to the rest of your life, so it is not something to take lightly. If you are considering a career, or enhancing your career, in international hospitality and tourism, you will no doubt want to choose a school that is consistently ranked among the best in the world. The SHTM is only just over 40 years old, but in that short time it has developed at a remarkable pace to become a global
leader. The School's excellent reputation is confirmed by the numerous independent bodies that consistently rank it among the top hotel and tourism schools in the world.
Many different rankings are published by various sources worldwide, all based on various combinations of criteria such as research excellence, expertise, student options and graduate employment. To save time and effort in making your decision, the SHTM has compiled a list of its most important rankings in the
hospitality and tourism field for your reference.
#1 in Hospitality and Tourism Management
ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020
In ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020, the SHTM maintained its top ranking in the "Hospitality and Tourism Management" category, a place it has held for four straight years since 2017. This ranking by one of the most well-respected sources worldwide confirms the
School's outstanding reputation and commitment to global excellence in hospitality and tourism education and research.
#1 in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
University Ranking by Academic Performance 2019-2020
For three consecutive years, the Field Based Ranking produced by the University Ranking by Academic Performance Laboratory placed PolyU in the top spot in the "Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services" category in 2019-2020, 2018-2019 and 2017-2018.
#1 in Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism
Centre for World University Rankings by Subject
2017
The SHTM took top spot in the "Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism" category of the Centre for World University Rankings by Subject 2017. These rankings are based on the number of articles published in top-tier academic journals and reflect the quality of the institution's research output, an important measure of a university's success.
Building on the School's Strengths
The SHTM's worldwide reputation is
built on many strengths, so you can be confident that your decision to study here will be the right one:
- The School is constantly striving to scale new heights and live up to its motto – "Leading Hospitality and Tourism".
- Its distinguished international faculty of over 70 world-class academics from 21 countries and regions are not only excellent teachers and researchers but many of them are also active in the hospitality industry and hold executive positions in various tourism
organisations.
- It has a diverse student body consisting of more than 1,400 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Its world-class facilities include a ground-breaking teaching and research hotel, Hotel ICON, which opened in 2011 and is at the heart of the School's innovative approach to hospitality and tourism education.
- SHTM students enjoy making the most of PolyU's prime location in the heart of the booming Asia-Pacific region.
Your future starts here – at Hong
Kong's Hospitality School!
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