The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management

The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management has a vision of providing the thriving hospitality industry with a ready supply of talented and qualified management personnel. The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management is the only licensed higher education institution in the UAE offering accredited degree programmes in International Tourism and Hospitality Management.

The Academy has an academic association with Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne; one of the world’s most reputed hospitality management schools. The academic excellence of these institutes coupled with the incomparable property management strengths of Jumeirah, provides the Academy’s students with unrivalled advantages

.The Academy is strategically located in Dubai, the fastest growing location in the world in hospitality, travel and tourism. Dubai is also known as host to some of the world’s best-known hotel and restaurant chains. The Academy boasts of a renowned faculty, modern infrastructure and IT facilities that ensure students receive a world-class educational experience.

Every year the Academy attracts students from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and many other countries. This international mix of over 260 students from more than 40 countries around the world ensures a healthy sharing of cultures and ideas. The Academy’s faculty is also recruited internationally and each is a recognised figure in the field of tourism and hospitality.

The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management offers students five main programmes of study, BA (Hons.) in International Tourism Management, BSc (Hons.) in International Hospitality Management, AA in Business and Tourism, ASc in International Hospitality Operations and BTEC National Diploma in Hospitality Supervision. As part of the degree courses the Academy students undertake a minimum 5 months long internship. The internship can be undertaken both in the UAE and abroad. The BTEC National Diploma is a practical, work-related programme. Students learn by completing projects and assignments that are based on realistic workplace situations, activities and demands. As well as learning about the employment area they have chosen, they also develop the skills they need to start a career. Completion of the BTEC may lead to acceptance on the degree programmes.

The support of Jumeirah, the dynamic and rapidly growing luxury hospitality group and member of Dubai Holding provides the Academy’s students with access to superlative properties and a first hand practical experience of the tourism and hospitality industry. It also guarantees the Academy’s graduates promising careers within Jumeirah and other reputed hospitality and tourism organisations.

The Academy has been growing steadily from its initiation in 2001, and will later this year complete the construction of an extension consisting of state of the art auditoria, a number of additional teaching rooms, a large library and other specialized facilities for its students and faculty. The Academy also intends to launch specialized Masters programmes for the Hospitality and Tourism industries.

Mr. Ron Hilvert, Principal of the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management comments that; “The growth of the travel and tourism sector around the world has been spectacular and Dubai’s impressive growth in this industry has made Dubai a natural choice as the site for a world-class hospitality and tourism academy. With our distinctive links to Jumeirah and Dubai Holding, The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management offers continuous integration of theory and practice, something that no other hospitality school can equal. The Emirates Academy is a unique and dynamic institution, dedicated to an industry that provides unequalled career opportunities now and in the future.