Macao University of Tourism

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Macao University of Tourism
澳門旅遊大學
Universidade de Turismo de Macau
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Former names
Macao Institute for Tourism Studies
(–2024)
Type Public
Established1995;29 years ago (1995)
President Fanny Vong, Ph.D
Location,
Affiliations GHMUA
Website www.utm.edu.mo OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 澳門旅遊大學
Traditional Chinese 澳门旅游大学

The Macao University of Tourism (UTM), formerly the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), is a public university in Macau, China. The university offers degrees in tourism, heritage and hospitality [1]

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Unlike most colleges and universities, this institute requires all year one students wear uniform to attend all classes.

History

The institution was in 1995 as the Institute for Tourism Studies (Chinese :旅遊學院; Portuguese : Instituto de Formação Turística). [2] Fanny Vong has been the president of the institution since 2001. [3]

The institution adopted its current designation of Macao University of Tourism on 1 April 2024. [4]

Schools

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One of the classrooms in Inspiration Building

EST (Tourism College)

The Tourism College, one of the schools of the Institute for Tourism Studies, offers the following four-year bachelor's degree Programmes:

  1. Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Arts Management,
  2. Bachelor of Science in Tourism Business Management,
  3. Bachelor of Science in Heritage Management,
  4. Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management,
  5. Bachelor of Science in Tourism Event Management,
  6. Bachelor of Science in Tourism Retail and Marketing Management.

Besides accepting local and international students, it also receives exchange students for a one-semester study.

ETIH (Tourism and Hotel School)

Tourism and Hotel School was initially established in 1982 and reported to the Macao Government Tourist Office. The school started with a small teaching body of 7 and offered 2 courses, namely, Reception and Housekeeping, at its temporary premises located next to the Pousada de Mong-Há. In the following years, more courses were added to the list such as culinary, languages and tour guiding.

In 1993, as a strategy to support tourism development, Macao government decided to create a higher education institute which would focus only on tourism education and training. A committee was established to carry out its preparation works, and 2 years later, in 1995, the Institute for Tourism Studies was born. At the same time, Tourism and Hotel School was integrated to the Institute.

Campus

The Campus of IFTM can be divided into the main campus and the Taipa campus.

Main Campus

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The main campus of IFT
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Buidliing of Educational Restaurant

Taipa Campus

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Old IFT Taipa Campus

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References

  1. "IFT - Institute for Tourism Studies". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  2. "IFT - Institute for Tourism Studies". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  3. "Fanny Vong, President of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies". Macao News. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  4. Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (n.d.). "IFTM to become UTM — 'Universidade de Turismo de Macau' (Macao University of Tourism)". UTM News Portal. Retrieved 2024-04-02.