Programme Overview - Degree: Bachelor in International Hospitality Management (Awarded by British University Vietnam)
- Programme duration: 4 years (Full-time)
- Intake: April and September
Globally work-ready
Teaching Excellence
Internship opportunities at 5* hotel from 1st year
Delivered 100% in English
Our Bachelor in International Hospitality Management is designed to prepare students for management role in the exciting and fast-paced hospitality industry both domestically and globally. The programme not only ensures our graduates are provided with specialist knowledge in the areas ranging from food and beverages, room division to accounting, marketing and human resources, but also focuses on equipping them with managerial skill sets to be ready for management and leadership position or even start their own business in this field the instance they graduate.
Delivered in a highly practical teaching and learning approach, our students will engage regularly with top employers in the hospitality industry and are exposed to multiple opportunities to explore the field in action. With flexible learning timetable – 3 months study and 3 months off, students will be encouraged to go on internship where they can gain professional work experience to strengthen their competencies in the real-world working environment and be ready to pursue their career opportunities worldwide.
Course structure 
Year 1
Year 1 – English – Listening
– English – Reading
– English – Writing
– English – Speaking
– Business Skills
– Physical Education
– Fundamental of Cuisine
– Fundamental of F&B
– Introduction to Hospitality
– Hygiene & Sanitation
– English for Academic Purposes
Year 2
Year 2 – Beverage Studies
– Applied F&B Services (Alternate: Kitchen and F&B Class)
– Business Communication
– Room Division Operations (Alternate: Front Office/Housekeeping)
– Physical Education
– Vietnamese modules
– Professional F&B Service (Alternate Kitchen and F&B Class)
– Room Division Management (Alternate: FO/HK)
– Wine Studies
– Computing for Hospitality 1
– Introduction to Management
Year 3
Year 3 – Principles of Marketing
– Introduction to Accounting
– Menu Design & Costing
– Quality Standard Management
– Employability, and Reasoning techniques
– Computing for Hospitality
– Physical Education
– Vietnamese modules
– Project Management (CSR)
– Convention & Banquet Sales
– Employability, and Reasoning techniques
– Employability Enterprise, Entrepreneurship & Citizenship
– Intergrated Marketing Communication
– Managerial Accounting
Year 4
Year 4 – Human Resources Management
– Employability (Enterprise, Entrepreneurship & Citizenship)
– Premises Planning & System Design 1
– Food Sociology
– Research Methods
– Industry Research
– Hospitality Business Plan
– Law for Tourism & Hospitality
– Organisational Behaviours
– Premises Planning & System Design 2
– English – Listening
– English – Reading
– English – Writing
– English – Speaking
– Business Skills
– Physical Education
– Fundamental of Cuisine
– Fundamental of F&B
– Introduction to Hospitality
– Hygiene & Sanitation
– English for Academic Purposes
– Beverage Studies
– Applied F&B Services (Alternate: Kitchen and F&B Class)
– Business Communication
– Room Division Operations (Alternate: Front Office/Housekeeping)
– Physical Education
– Vietnamese modules
– Professional F&B Service (Alternate Kitchen and F&B Class)
– Room Division Management (Alternate: FO/HK)
– Wine Studies
– Computing for Hospitality 1
– Introduction to Management
– Principles of Marketing
– Introduction to Accounting
– Menu Design & Costing
– Quality Standard Management
– Employability, and Reasoning techniques
– Computing for Hospitality
– Physical Education
– Vietnamese modules
– Project Management (CSR)
– Convention & Banquet Sales
– Employability, and Reasoning techniques
– Employability Enterprise, Entrepreneurship & Citizenship
– Intergrated Marketing Communication
– Managerial Accounting
– Human Resources Management
– Employability (Enterprise, Entrepreneurship & Citizenship)
– Premises Planning & System Design 1
– Food Sociology
– Research Methods
– Industry Research
– Hospitality Business Plan
– Law for Tourism & Hospitality
– Organisational Behaviours
– Premises Planning & System Design 2
Programme outcomes At the end of your studies you should be able to:
| Programme Aims | Programme
Learning Outcomes |
|
| 1 | 1.1 | Organise food service based on set standards, monitor operational implementation and control outcomes. |
| 1.2 | Control compliance to standards and procedures in room division. | |
| 1.3 | Plan procedures and set SOP to achieve given outcomes. | |
| 2 | 2.1 | Comply with the hospitality code of conduct and demonstrate industry values. |
| 2.2 | Stimulate and motivate colleagues. | |
| 2.3 | Modify actions with respect to local cultural, environmental and legal matters. | |
| 3 | 3.1 | Keep abreast of trends and overall changes in the hospitality industry and wider market. |
| 3.2 | Collaborate effectively with other departments to achieve common targets. | |
| 4 | 4.1 | Present yourself and your team in the best light through effective presentation skills. |
| 4.2 | Write professional documents (reports/proposals) targeted to a particular audience. | |
| 4.3 | Design templates to communicate operational information effectively to all staff (updates, standards, target etc.). | |
| 5 | 5.1 | Ability to detect causes of successes and failures, and the potential consequences to all parties and stakes involved. |
| 5.2 | Understand the corrective actions that could be taken to resolve challenges. | |
| 6 | 6.1 | Develop ideas and actions to optimise the performance and profitability of your business. |
| 6.2 | Identify weaknesses in hotel operations management based on financial data or premises layout and develop actions plan. | |
| 6.3 | Identify weaknesses in marketing activities when compared with the marketing strategy, and suggest corrective action. |
Employability Students following the International Hospitality Management programme will be work ready for a supervisory role. BUV’s aim is to get the students to be ready to tackle daily operations and lead operational teams as much as front of the house and/or back of the house.
The English-taught programmes at BUV bring our future graduates opportunities to take internships or work at renown corporations such as JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi, Hilton, Intercontinental, Vinpearl or Sheraton.
BUV future alumni will have several advantages in their hands, fluent in English, verse in the practical aspects of service in F&B, housekeeping and Front Office, able to manage daily tasks as team leader in any operations department. All these will make them very valuable prospects for their future employers and not only in the Vietnamese, but also in international market.
Admission requirements Academic Requirements: Completed year 12 or equivalent
English Language Requirements:
One of the following:
- IELTS: 4.5 overall with a minimum of 4.0 in each component
- Complete IELTS Foundation Course at BUV
- BUV Placement Test result at Intermediate Level
What do our students say? 
1810 International Hospitality Management Cohort
I must say that I love my lecturers here, those who are very supportive, major-experienced and professional. They are willing to write several recommendation letters, spend time endorsing me on LinkedIn, or recommend me for certain opportunities. Their prompt support does contribute a lot to my career path. They not only teach me the theory, but they also share their working experience, which helps me a lot when I do an internship. Another thing that makes me fall in love with BUV is the student experience department, the SE team. This department does what its name says: enhancing the student experience. The SE team not only assists the students during the application and interview process for an internship, but also shows huge support whenever BUV students want to start a new project or an event.
Programme pass rate The first cohort will graduate in October 2022.
Fees & financial aid Fee
For the course starting on 1st January 2023 the tuition fees are:
| TUITION FEE | OTHER FEE* | TOTAL FEE |
| VND 520,280,000 | VND 130,080,000 | VND 650,360,000 |
*Other Fees include Educational Resource Fee and Student Affairs Fee.
Tuition Fee & Fee Policy
Financial aid
The British University Vietnam (BUV) scholarship fund was established in 2018 with the goal of giving students the opportunity to study UK undergraduate and graduate programs in an international standard educational environment in the country’s capital. With an aim to improve and increase accessibility to high-quality education, BUV has officially launched the fund valued at 46 billion VND in 2022 with hundreds of scholarships and financial aid made available.
You can visit our Scholarship page to find out more and check your eligibility.