Macao University of Tourism
澳門旅遊大學 Universidade de Turismo de Macau | |||||||
Former names | Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (–2024) | ||||||
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Type | Public | ||||||
Established | 1995 | ||||||
President | Fanny Vong, Ph.D | ||||||
Location | , | ||||||
Affiliations | GHMUA | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳門旅遊大學 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳门旅游大学 | ||||||
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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]
Unlike most colleges and universities, this institute requires all year one students wear uniform to attend all classes.
History
[edit]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
[edit]EST (Tourism College)
[edit]The Tourism College, one of the schools of the Institute for Tourism Studies, offers the following four-year bachelor's degree Programmes:
- Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Arts Management,
- Bachelor of Science in Tourism Business Management,
- Bachelor of Science in Heritage Management,
- Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management,
- Bachelor of Science in Tourism Event Management,
- 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)
[edit]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
[edit]The Campus of IFTM can be divided into the main campus and the Taipa campus.
Main Campus
[edit]- Inspiration Building (啟思樓)
- Pousada de Mong-Há (望廈賓館)
- Team Building (協力樓)
- Educational Restaurant (教學餐廳)
Taipa Campus
[edit]- Forward Building (展望樓)
- East Asia Hall (東亞樓)
- It is a student dormitory
- Silver Jubilee Building (銀禧樓)
- SQ Building (SQ大樓)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "IFT - Institute for Tourism Studies". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ "IFT - Institute for Tourism Studies". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ "Fanny Vong, President of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies". Macao News. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ 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.