Further your career as a leader

This is the ultimate way for aspiring hotel and hospitality professionals to pursue management success.

Our Postgraduate Diploma is perfect for students who already have a degree and want to either start or further their careers.

 

How this program can help you?

Stand out from the crowd

The PIHMS Postgraduate Diploma blends business management theory and operational training in a hotel environment and also includes Paid Industry Placement leading to excellent career opportunities.

This program will give you the right skills and work experience to set you on a fast track into management positions and become a success.

Business and Management

Being a hotel, hospitality, or tourism professional requires you to assess different situations and make decisions quickly, with a particular focus on ensuring a positive experience for your guests.

The PIHMS Postgraduate Diploma will prepare you with the latest Hotel practices and business skills,  allowing you to create an environment that provides an exceptional experience for your guests. Additional skills in leadership, communication, and critical thinking, will ensure you will be in high demand with businesses in New Zealand and globally.

Learn by doing in our Hotel Campus

PIHMS is a fully operating simulated hotel campus.

Operational training

Students train in the PIHMS hotel campus for part of their training. Gain an understanding of how the different departments within the hotel operate and function.

Guaranteed Hotel job with Paid Industry Placement*

As part of the Postgraduate Diploma, we find you a guaranteed paid hotel job so you can gain the right New Zealand work experience and industry contacts before you graduate.

• 25% of students are employed in supervisory positions during the Paid Industry Placement
• 62% of postgraduate students are recommended for supervisory positions by the Paid Industry Placement hotel

Become employable in New Zealand

Gain valuable quality work experience in New Zealand as part of your course.

Don’t let your existing qualifications and experience go to waste

The PIHMS Postgraduate Diploma is designed to enhance your existing skills and knowledge gained from previous qualifications and work experience. Paid Industry Placement is an essential component of the course and provides the pathway from education to long-term employment. At PIHMS our Paid Industry Placement programme sources appropriate employment for all students.

Lecturers who help you succeed

You will get to know our experienced, knowledgeable, and friendly lecturers as mentors helping shape your future. They are dedicated and committed to your success.