English Language Program (ELP)

If an international student applying to either school does not meet the English language requirements, the student can enrol with the Academy of English (Blue Mountains) which delivers the ELP courses on the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School campus. Students live with carefully selected homestay families in the local area.

Cert IV in Business Credit Transfer Entry

Students who have completed Certificate IV in Business delivered by the colleges of the Academies Australiasia Group in Sydney may be granted credit transfer for the first year business core subjects in any of the undergraduate programs.

Academies Australasia

The Academies Australasia Group of Colleges is owned and managed by Garratt’s Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange that has been operating for more than 100 years. Public listed status means that apart from having to meet the well regarded, carefully supervised standards of the international education market, Academies Australasia colleges must also comply with the strict financial and reporting regulations of the Australian Stock Exchange.

There are six colleges, each a separate company with its own licence to operate as an education institution - in Australia:

Academy of English (ELICOS) [Including Academy of English (Blue Mountains)
Australian International High School (Senior High School)
Academy of Social Sciences (Vocational)
Australian College of Technology (Vocational)
Clarendon Business College (Vocational)
Supreme Business College (Vocational)

Australian International Hotel School

The Australian International Hotel School (AIHS), founded in 1995, is sister school to Blue Mountains. It is located adjacent to the Parliamentary triangle in the heart of Australia’s capital city Canberra, and includes the historic art-deco Hotel Kurrajong, an award winning boutique heritage hotel which provides training for AIHS students under professional supervision as a living, learning laboratory.

AIHS offers exciting double degree and Masters degree study pathways to Blue Mountains students. After completing the Bachelor of Business (International Hotel and Resort Management) at Blue Mountains, you can complete a double degree at AIHS in just two extra terms. This means you can gain two Bachelor degrees in three years of study.

For more information about any of these programs, please visit www.aihs.edu.au

The University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (UQ) endorses the Bachelor of Business degrees delivered by the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School.

The School of Tourism at The University of Queensland is pleased to quality endorse these bachelor degrees. Our strategic partnership has brought benefits in both research and industry connectivity. The pathways between our institutions give all students a unique opportunity to experience an industry focused education in a Swiss styled hotel school environment combined with a leading tourism and hospitality program from a Top-50 world class university.
Professor Roy Ballantyne
Head of School, School of Tourism, UQ

As our strategic partner, The University of Queensland offers students study pathways. If you the Bachelor of Business degree (International Hotel & Resort Management) at Blue Mountains, you can apply to gain a double degree at The University of Queensland to graduate with a Bachelor of International Hotel & Tourism Management.