School of Business - Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management

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

Growth for Singapore’s hospitality and tourism industries have been exceptional in the past year and is expected to strengthen together with Asia-Pacific countries as forecasted by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Against this backdrop, our students can be assured that future career prospects within these thriving industries will be greatly promising.

As pioneers of Hospitality and Tourism Diploma in Singapore, we are plugged into and can utilise a larger network of resources amongst our graduates within the local Hospitality and Tourism industry. You will eventually be part of this network of graduates who are established and well-represented in the multi-sectoral areas of this industry both locally and internationally.

Our course is distinctive as it is comprehensively structured around three core areas namely, Travel & Tourism, Air Transportation and Hospitality & Accommodation Management. This enables flexible transitions and versatile career options across all these sectors. Underpinning these specialist areas is an education which is also strongly focused on business management skills thus ensuring that you are work-ready for any business environment.

You will enjoy a well-established reputation amongst our industry partners because of the multiple disciplines within the course. These involve your active engagement in practical, service training sessions in our innovative and contemporary training restaurant, Temasek Culinary Academy and the finer points of etiquette training and grooming so that you will be able to exhibit a polished presentation in business and social settings.

Apart from these, many other opportunities also abound as you practice what you learn in simulated scenarios or in real-life industry-based projects due to our varied teaching and learning approaches. Along the way, you will develop critical and creative problem-solving skills amongst other life skills. These are the skills which will make you well sought after because you are highly adaptable.

There will be many defining experiences that you will encounter while in Temasek Polytechnic but one will stand out, and that is an overseas educational trip during which you will apply what you have learnt by making comparative analyses of the tourism industry of regional and international destinations. Your learning journey culminates in a 24-week attachment to a company which you will be guided to select. This final destination in your learning journey ensures that you are more than well-prepared to assimilate into the work-life of your chosen hospitality or tourism career.

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.

Temasek Polytechnic is the partner-institution of the University Nevada Las Vegas and the Culinary Institute of America. As a TP graduate, you will enjoy up to two years advanced standing when you enroll into degree programmes offered by these universities through the Singapore Institute of Technology. This is an excellent opportunity to obtain a well-recognised degree from two world-renowned universities, locally.

Minimum Entry Requirements

English Language (EL1)*	Grades 1-6
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, Introduction to Enterprise Development, 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

For Admission & Application Enquiries:

Tel: 6788 2000
Email: admissions@tp.edu.sg

For Course Enquiries:

Tel: 6780 5127
Email: bushotline@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.