| Qualification: | Graduate Diploma |
| Level: | 7 |
| Dates: | 2025 Semester 2: 26 May to 25 July 2025 Semester 3: 04 August to 03 October 2025 Semester 4: 13 October to 12 December 2026 Semester 1: 12 January to 13 March 2026 Semester 2: 23 March to 22 May 2026 Semester 3: 01 June to 31 July 2026 Semester 4: 10 August to 09 October 2026 Semester 5: 19 October to 18 December |
| Duration: | One year full-time Part-time study is also available |
| Location: | |
| Credits: | 120 |
Are you looking for professional development or an opportunity to learn more about Hotel Management?
SIT’s Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma programmes are designed for students with an undergraduate degree (or relevant experience) who are wanting to transition into the hotel industry, or current hospitality professionals looking to progress into higher management positions by gaining formal qualifications in the hospitality industry.
This course will develop your skills and knowledge in strategic hotel management, tourism and hospitality management, entrepreneurship and event management. You will learn to understand, apply and communicate principles and concepts relevant to hotel management in order to function as a professional practitioner at a senior level in the industry or progress to further study.
Level 6
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ must complete three of the following:
MKT676 Services Management & Marketing
HTM601 Contemporary Tourism
HTM607 Employment Relations and Law for Tourism & Hospitality
HTM610 Facilities Management
MAN632 Operations Management
MAN633 Human Resource Development
Level 7
Compulsory Papers:
HTM704 Contemporary Issues in Hotel Management
MKT776 Event Management
MAN734 Strategic Management
MAN735 Advanced HRM
ETH760 Business Ethics
This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.
International Fees can be found here.
Upon successful completion of this programme you will be well suited for employment in a senior level position (eg. supervisory or management) within the accommodation, hospitality and tourism-related sectors, including hotels, resorts, restaurants, events and convention centres. You could also consider setting up your own small business, or progressing to further study.
Entry is open to degree graduates who have graduated from a bachelor’s degree programme or those who can demonstrate equivalent, relevant, practical professional or educational experience in a related discipline.
English Language Requirements
Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following
NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or
an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or
Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA),or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL);or
Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand,,Australia,Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters' Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or
Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment
IELTS test - Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5
TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score 5 TWE)
TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 60 (with a writing score of 18)
Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools or C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill.
OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 4 (Academic) b) Level 4 (Academic)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 50 with no band score lower than 42
Language Cert - C1 Expert International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than distinction in any band
* New versions of some NZCEL qualifications, and in some cases new qualifications, were published on 13 June 2017. These are intended to replace pre-existing versions and qualifications, which have been given expiring status until discontinued on 31 December 2019. (a) denotes expiring (b) denotes current
Every candidate for the qualification of Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management is required to follow the satisfaction of the Board of Studies, a programme of study for a minimum period of one year.
The overall programme of study for every candidate requires 120 credits for successful completion of the qualification.
To be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management, students will have been credited with all required papers and electives as specified in the schedule of papers.
A student completing the Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management will normally be expected to complete the one-year programme (full-time equivalent) within four years.
(Please note: students failing to attend for 80% of timetabled programme hours may forfeit Zero Fees entitlement).
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT – QUEENSTOWN CAMPUS SCHEDULE OF DATES AND PAPERS STUDIED YEAR 2025
Group A:
Group B:
MKT676 Services Management & Marketing
OR
HTM601 Contemporary Tourism
MKT776 Event Management
Group C:
MAN734 Strategic Management
MAN 735 Advanced Human Resource Management
Group D:
MAN632 Operations Management
OR
MAN633 Human Resource Development
ETH 760 Business Ethics
For more information on required and recommended textbooks for this course please refer to the textbook list here.