At a Glance
| Duration: | 3 years full-time |
| Qualification: | Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management |
| Application: | Admission Exercise following the release of the GCE O Level results, as well as directly through the Joint Polytechnic Special Admission Exercise (JPSAE). Students who are shortlisted through the JPSAE will be required to undergo an interview. |
Scholarship
Scholarships are available for outstanding students. For more information, please click here.
The Course
The hospitality and tourism industries hold the key to an exciting and dynamic future driven by people and technology. The Singapore Tourism Board estimates that 10,000 jobs will be available in these industries by 2009, painting a bright future for our students.
This course develops hospitality and tourism-related knowledge and core skills underpinned by a solid grounding in key aspects of business management. Going beyond textbooks, it incorporates the latest innovations in both the tourism and hospitality industries by incorporating into the curriculum real-life learning opportunities with industry partners at the Tourism Academy @ Sentosa.
A comprehensive overview of the industry is provided through a thematically organised curriculum revolving round key sectors of the industry: Travel Business, Destination Planning and Development, Service Skills Management, Lodging Business (for example, Hotels and Service Apartments), Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions, Event Management, Club, Resort and Spa Business. You will also be allowed to choose two elective subjects that will broaden your scope of knowledge about the hospitality and tourism industries.
Learning comes alive in the course through your active engagement in hands-on projects and practical training sessions at our training restaurant as well as other hospitality and tourism establishments on Sentosa. Your learning journey culminates in a 20-week attachment to a company which you will be guided to select.
The course ensures that essential knowledge is built up progressively. In your Freshman year, you will be exposed to foundational business, hospitality and tourism concepts. In your Junior and Senior years, you will be trained to develop higher-level skills in managing hospitality and tourism organisations.
Throughout the course, your ability to learn will develop through teaching and learning approaches that encourage creative thinking and problem-solving skills, and through the execution of industry-based projects and assignments. Life skills are also given prominence through subjects such as Business Etiquette and Service Excellence, in which you will learn how to interact with others in a business setting, and study the finer points of global citizenship and cross-cultural communication skills.
Career Opportunities
Being groomed for junior executive positions, you can choose to work in virtually any service sector. Many of our graduates find employment with the civil service, hotels, clubs, resorts, airlines, tour operators, museums, national tourism organisations, as well as businesses dealing with food services, events management, entertainment promotion, and exhibitions and conventions.
You will also have the option to further your studies in universities in Singapore and abroad with credit exemption or advanced standing. Our Diploma is well recognised by many renowned universities.
Minimum Entry Requirements
| English Language (EL1)* | |
| Mathematics (E or A) | Grades 1-6 |
| Any three other subjects, excluding CCA | Grades 1-6 |
To be eligible for selection, you must also have sat for at least one of the following humanities subjects:
Art/Art & Design, Business Studies, Combined Humanities, Commerce/Commercial Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Higher Art, Higher Music, Literature in English/Chinese/Malay/Tamil, Music or Principles of Accounts
* SPM/UEC holders must have a minimum grade of 6 for their Bahasa Inggeris (Paper 122/Paper 322)/ Communication English or English Language (for UEC holders).
See also the minimum entry requirements for:
Graduation Requirements
| Cumulative Grade Point Average | min 1.0 |
| TP Core Subjects | 25 credit units |
| Diploma Subjects | |
| Core Subjects | 90 credit units |
| Elective Subjects | min 6 credit units |
| Cross-Disciplinary Subjects | min 9 credit units |
| Total Credit Units Completed | min 130 credit units |
Cross-Disciplinary Subjects
Students are required to obtain a minimum of 9 credit units from the list of Cross-Disciplinary Subjects.
Further Education
For further education opportunities, please refer to http://www.tp.edu.sg/home/courses/advance.htm
Additional Information
Enquiries
For more enquiries, please feel free to contact us at:
Temasek Polytechnic
21 Tampines Avenue 1
Singapore 529757
Tel: 67878000 (Admission Hotline)
Fax: 67898220 (General Enquiry)
Email: admissions@tp.edu.sg
Sale of Prospectus
The prospectus for full-time diploma is on sale at the following for the price of S$7.00 per copy:
One Stop Service Centre
Temasek Polytechnic
Administration Block 9
East Wing, Lobby C, Level 2 (Plaza Level)
21 Tampines Avenue 1
Singapore 529757
Alternatively, you can request for the prospectus to be mailed to you. The cost is S$7.00 + S$2.50(local postage cost) for local addresses and S$7.00 + overseas postage cost for overseas addresses. You can send in your requests to corpcomm@tp.edu.sg
Please make your cheques/drafts* payable to "Temasek Polytechnic" and send it together with your request to:
Corporate Communications
Temasek Polytechnic
21 Tampines Avenue 1
Singapore 529757
* Foreign cheques/drafts drawn on overseas banks are not acceptable.
