Admission
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirement for PgD / MSc
A bachelor's degree in the areas of hotel and tourism management, food and beverage management, recreation and leisure management, or the like;
OR
A bachelor's degree in areas other than those listed above; admitted applicant may be required to enroll in bridging course(s).
Both the International Food and Beverage Management and the International Gastronomy Management programmes are management-rich food studies programme. They are predominantly class-based teaching and is marginally related to practical cooking. As such, admission requires competencies in related fields of food studies - whether cooking ‘per se’ or not. These can be determined on a case-by-case basis. Bridging course(s) may be required.
Bridging Course(s)
Work Experience Requirement for PgD / MSc
a) 1 year of working experience at the supervisory or management level:
b) 2 years of working experience at the front-line level:
Students who fail to meet either (a) or (b) above may be admitted but will need to undertake a 640-hour non-credit bearing internship programme as a graduation requirement. Students who are working full time but fall short of the above requirements at the time of application may be waived the internship requirement upon providing adequate justification, and work experience can continue to be accumulated during the student’s course of study at IFT, subject to final approval of the Admission Panel. Nevertheless, official exemption will only be granted upon evidence of work experience fulfilment.
English Proficiency Requirement
One of the following proofs is needed if applicants are non-native English speakers or holders of bachelor’s or master's degrees awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English:
Type | Score |
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign | At least 550 for paper-based test or |
IELTS (the International English | A Band Score of at least 6.0 overall |