Open doors to exciting and rewarding careers with bright prospects in the booming hospitality, business travel and tourism industries such as:

• Lodging - Hotels, motels, resorts
• Food service - Restaurants, cafeterias, cafes, fast food operations, contract food services, event food catering
• Clubs - Country clubs, city clubs, golf clubs, swimming clubs, health and fitness clubs
• Industrial areas - Transportation, airline food service, company cafeterias

• Events - Business conventions, expositions, conferences
• Entertainment and leisure - Theme parks, casinos, concerts, cinemas, arcades
• Travel and tourism - Travel agencies, airlines, airports, luxury cruise liners, tourist information agencies
• Allied fields - Equipment sales, retail operations, consulting, purchasing, education, cooking schools

Well-prepared for degree studies in the areas of hospitality business management and tourism via credit transfer.

Progress to the second year of UK's Staffordshire University business degree courses at DISTED:

BA(Hons) Business Management
BA(Hons) International Business Management
BA(Hons) Marketing Management

Year 1 (Semesters 1 to 3 / 44 Credit Hours)
Business Communication (3)
Communication English (3)
Food and Beverage Management (3)
Food and Beverage Service (4)
Food Production (3)
Housekeeping Management (3)
Business Organization (3)
Managing Front Office Operations (3)
Study Skills (3)
Supervision in the Hospitality Industry (3)
The Lodging and Food Service Industry (4)
Bahasa Kebangsaan A (MQA) (3)
Pengajian Malaysia (MQA) (3)
Pendidikan Moral / Pengajian Islam (MQA) (3)
 

Year 2 (Semesters 4 to 6 / 32 Credit Hours)
Business Law (3)
Foundation in Microcomputing (3)
Hospitality and Restaurant Accounting (4)
Industrial Training (4)
Introduction to Microeconomics (3)
Japanese Language (3)
Planning and Control for Food and Beverage Operations (4)
Practical Training (4)
Training and Development for the Hospitality Industry (4)

Year 3 (Semester 7 / 15 Credit Hours)
Accounting for Hospitality Managers (4)
Convention Management and Service (4)
Marketing in the Hospitality Industry (4)
Purchasing for Hospitality Operations (3)

How Long You Study
5 long and 2 short semesters over 2 years and 4 months totalling 91 credit hours.

When You Begin Studies
January, March, May, August or September

What You Need to Enrol
3 SPM credits.

Other equivalent qualifications are also accepted.

Forecast examination results are accepted for provisional admission.

Well-established and highly regarded college in Penang and very experienced in conducting tertiary courses.

Qualified, experienced, dedicated and caring lecturers.

Industry Advisory Panel comprising representatives from prominent enterprises assists in matching the programme with industry needs and employment market trends.

4 months industrial training at leading hotels and other hospitality operations.

Practical learning through study, instruction, experience or observing others.

Regular guest lectures by experts from the hospitality industry.

Part-time job opportunities in hospitality establishments.

Excellent academic and pastoral care to students.

Small class size with close personal attention by lecturers.

Close monitoring of students’ academic progress.

Ideal learning environment at the DISTED School of Hospitality Campus with state-of-the-art industry standard facilities.

Scholarships are available to Malaysian SPM / O-Level achievers.