Fast Facts
Commencing
- Cairns: January, May, September
- Brisbane: January, May, September
Fees
$32,167.00^
^estimated annual tuition fee for a full-time study load
Plus Student Services and Amenities feeFee deferral and scholarships available if eligible
Currently displaying fees for 2025, which are subject to change in following years.
Duration
2 years full-time
Entry Requirements
AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a business or tourism-related discipline; or equivalent
Course Code
112304
Course detail
Learn from expert lecturers who are leaders in their fields. With a focus on sustainability, innovation and effective leadership, you will learn how to make decisions using critical thinking and analyse high-level issues.
Your career path could lead you to work in hotels and other tourism venues, as well as government departments or private companies in Australia and overseas. You could find employment as a duty manager, sales and marketing consultant, or human resources adviser.
This flexible course is available to study either part time or full time at JCU’s Brisbane campus (for international students), or full time only at JCU’s Singapore campus. View the handbook for more information.
About JCU's MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management
Enhance your employability or begin a successful career in tourism, hospitality, or the business world. Gain valuable managerial skills through your Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management - Master of Business Administration degree from JCU.
A Comprehensive Skillset
Gain the skills you need to be a leader with your MITHM-MBA (similar to an MBA in hospitality management or MBA in tourism). Move into management positions in tourism or the hospitality sector. Position yourself to be ready for a business career, or use your extensive training and experience to improve your current position and salary.
Develop specialist business skills within the tourism and hospitality environment. Understand the strategies that effectively shape tourist and guest behaviours so you can increase revenue and improve customer experiences.
A MBA in Hospitality Management with Extensive Experience
Gain practical insight into key issues through your MITHM-MBA (similar to a MBA in tourism and hospitality management course) at JCU. See first-hand how a changing world business environment affects the hospitality industry. Put principles of strategic innovation into practice and see how those principles work out in the real world.
Graduate ready to work and become valuable to employers with the experience you gain through your applied research project. Take part in research that makes a difference alongside leaders in the field. Then, plan your own research process to better understand the challenges facing these industries and the role you want to fill.
Protect the Future with an MBA in Tourism
Prepare to be a leader in promoting sustainable enterprises that protect our environment. See first-hand how corporate responsibility can impact on society and the environment and learn to be a force for positive change.
Take advantage of JCU's partnerships with key hospitality and tourism bodies to develop your cross-cultural communication skills. Deepen your commitment to economic justice for all and learn how tourism can work towards reconciliation and diversity. Analyse the history of business so you can effectively build on what works while changing what does not.
Develop Key Employability Skills
Be ready for the jobs of the future by learning critical analysis skills in a tourism management and business context. Use those skills to evaluate current practices and value systems; then use your evaluations to make reasoned recommendations for meaningful change.
Learn how to think outside the box and apply creative solutions to challenging problems facing the hospitality industry.
Become a more effective leader through your MITHM-MBA (similar to a MBA in tourism) studies. Improve your communication skills so you can present complex information to all different audiences. Learn how to take the initiative and work independently while also improving your skills in collaborative teamwork.
Combined degree – Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management and MBA
Be ready today for tomorrow through your MITHM-MBA (similar to a MBA in hospitality management) at James Cook University. Build on your current passions and skills and gain the experience and understanding you need to be part of a dynamic future.
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Inherent requirements
Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University’s learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please review the inherent requirements for the Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management - Master of Business Administration.
Advance your career and become a management-level professional with expert knowledge of business operations and administration.
Your career path could lead you to work in hotels, resorts, convention centres, and other hospitality and tourism venues, as well as government departments or private companies like airports, meetings, events and tour operators, in Australia and overseas.
Graduates can find employment in roles such as general managers, sales and marketing directors, human resources managers, event managers, convention services managers, front office directors, directors of catering, and managers of information technology.
Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD32,167.00
A variety of Scholarships are available to suit different student types.
Learn more about fees and financial support
Complete an online application through our Online Application Portal.
Applicants who wish to study in Brisbane should apply directly to JCU Brisbane.
Real stories
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Lecturer
Professor Gianna Moscardo
Tourism, Hospitality and Events
JCU Tourism is recognised as world leaders in tourism sustainability, visitor experience, and using tourism as a tool for regional and community development. You can gain professional skills in tourism and hospitality at the same time as you learn how to change the world to be a better place.
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Lecturer
Associate Professor Monica Jurin
Academic Director, Master of Business Administration
Elevate your executive skills with the JCU Master of Business Administration — navigating complexity, analysing data and optimising decisions strategically. Develop management proficiency across various areas including people, marketing, financials, operations, innovation, entrepreneurship and change.
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Lecturer
Associate Professor Carmen Reaiche
Business Director, Master of Business Administration
If you want to take your career to the next level and open doors you never knew existed, getting your MBA is the best decision you can make. Our MBA curriculum goes beyond theoretical knowledge, providing hands-on experience through case studies, internships, and networking opportunities with industry professionals.