The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) said in a statement yesterday that it had signed a dual master’s programme cooperation agreement with The University of Queensland (UQ) last month.
The dual master’s programme, the statement noted, is a collaboration between the IFTM School of Tourism Management and UQ Business School. It aims to enhance the learning development and international exposure of IFTM postgraduate students, according to the statement.
The statement said that the programme gives eligible IFTM students an opportunity to transfer credits and complete the UQ Master of Tourism, Hotel and Event Management degree and IFTM master’s degree simultaneously within two years.
Students taking the dual programme can get “cutting-edge academic and teaching excellence in tourism, hotel and event management” provided by the two tertiary education institutions.
IFTM has been collaborating with UQ since 2012, with IFTM students having participated in semester exchanges with the university, the statement said.
The statement added that the Brisbane-based university is among the top universities worldwide, ranking 50th in the 2023 QS World University Rankings, and 8th in the world for Hospitality and Tourism Management in the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022, among others.
This undated handout photo taken last month and provided by the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) yesterday shows IFTM President Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan (second from left) and fellow IFTM representatives posing for a photo with unidentified representatives of The University of Queensland Business School.
