Further your career as a leader
This is the ultimate way for aspiring hotel and hospitality professionals to pursue success in management.
Our Postgraduate Diploma is perfect for students who already have a degree and want to either start or further their careers.
How this programme can help you?
Stand out from the crowd
The PIHMS Postgraduate Diploma blends business management theory and operational training in a hotel environment, and also includes Paid Industry Placement leading to excellent career opportunities.
This programme will give you the right skills and work experience to set you on a fast track into management positions and become a success.
Business and Management
Being a hotel, hospitality or tourism professional requires you to assess different situations and make decisions quickly, with particular focus on ensuring a positive experience for your guests.
The PIHMS Postgraduate Diploma will prepare you with the latest Hotel practices and business skills, allowing you to create an environment that provides an exceptional experience for your guests. Additional skills in leadership, communication, critical thinking, will ensure you will be in high demand with businesses in New Zealand and globally.
Learn by doing in our Hotel Campus
PIHMS is a fully operating simulated hotel campus.
Operational training
Students train in the PIHMS hotel campus for part of their training. Gain an understanding of how the different departments within the hotel operate and function.
Guaranteed Hotel job with Paid Industry Placement*
As part of the Postgraduate Diploma we find you a guaranteed paid hotel job so you can gain the right New Zealand work experience and industry contacts before you graduate.
- 25% of students are employed for supervisory positions during the Paid Industry Placement
- 62% of postgraduate students are recommended for supervisory positions by the Paid Industry Placement hotel
Become employable in New Zealand
Gain valuable quality work experience in New Zealand as part of your course.
Don’t let your existing qualification and experience go to waste
The PIHMS Postgraduate Diploma is designed to enhance your existing skills and knowledge gained from previous qualifications and work experience. Paid Industry Placement is an essential component of the course and provides the pathway from education to long term employment. At PIHMS our Paid Industry Placement programme sources appropriate employment for all students.
Lecturers who help you succeed
You will get to know our experienced, knowledgeable and friendly lecturers as mentors helping shape your future. They are dedicated and committed to your success.
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Intake dates
Enrolment Dates 2024
- 29th January 2024
- 22nd April 2024
- 8th July 2024
- 30th September 2024
Enrolment Dates 2025
- 27th January 2025
- 14th April 2025
- 14th July 2025
- 29th September 2025
Enrolment Dates 2026
- 26th January 2026
- 13th April 2026
- 13th July 2026
- 28th September 2026
Length
1.5 year course (1 year study + 6 month paid industry placement)
Vacation dates
2024 - 2025
- 13th April 2024 - 28th April 2024
- 6th July 2024 - 14th July 2024
- 21st Sept 2024 - 6th October 2024
- 14th December 2024 - 2nd February 2025
- 13th April 2025 - 20th April 2025
- 28th June 2025 - 20th July 2025
- 13th December 2025 - 1st February 2026
Entry criteria
Applicants require an appropriate Bachelor Degree in either business, management or a related hospitality area. Degrees in other disciplines may be considered if the applicant has 2-3 years relevant hospitality experience at a supervisory level, or equivalent.
All applicants are interviewed.
Overseas students will also require an ESOL minimum of IELTS 6.5 (no band below 6)
Learn more about the entry criteria for the Post Graduate Diploma here
Postgraduate Diploma in Hotel Management
Course structure
How does this course help my future career?
A course that makes you a success
PIHMS is the only institute in New Zealand where you can gain a Postgraduate Diploma whilst training in an actual simulated hotel and get a guaranteed paid hotel job.
PIHMS equips you with the right skills, knowledge and experience that employees need for you to succeed. Learn more about graduation
Get a graduate job sorted while you are still a student
64% of Postgraduate students secure their first graduate job while they are still a student.
Get your dream tourism, hotel or hospitality job
94% of PIHMS Postgraduate students receive employment within 3 months of graduating from PIHMS.
Have a great career
83% of PIHMS Postgraduate students receive a promotion within one year of graduating.
Where can I go?
PIHMS postgraduate students have successful careers. There are many different career pathways in New Zealand and globally.
- Hotel Management
- Event Management
- Destination tourism
- Marketing
- Human Resources
- Revenue Management
- Start your own restaurant / Business
- Food and Beverage Management
- Front Office Management
- Business Operations
- Sales and Conferencing
- Air Travel
- Cruise Ships
- Learn more about graduating
Further Study
Fast track your career into senior leadership positions
Complete further study at PIHMS – Pathway to the Master of Hotel Management.
Postgraduate students have the opportunity to pathway to the PIHMS Master of Hotel Management. Successful Post graduate candidates typically enter the Masters programme at the research phase, significantly reducing the duration of the programme.
The tuition fees for Masters after completing your Postgraduate Diploma is $7542 excluding GST. All other visa, insurance administration and course costs apply.
- Learn more here
Life at the PIHMS Campus
Student life
Student life is all about working hard to set up your career and future life, but most importantly enjoying yourself while doing it.
Live, study and learn all in the same place at PIHMS hotel campus. It is the perfect hub to stay connected with other students and make life-long friends.
Accommodation
PIHMS accommodation is available and guaranteed for all Postgraduate students who require it.
Accommodation is $250 per week for Postgraduate students when staying nine months or longer. This includes all meals seven days a week – breakfast lunch and dinner. Learn more about accomodation at the PIHMS Campus.
'Once you start your diploma at PIHMS, you are not pigeonholed into hospitality or tourism forever, there are a lot of key transferable skills that you can apply to broader business management in any industries'
Kristine Kilpatrick
Craggy Range Vineyards Ltd HR Manager
PIHMS INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Postgraduate Diploma in Hotel Management
Domestic student fees
| Description | Cost |
|---|---|
| Administration fee | $750 |
| Tuition fees | $8,010 |
| Course related costs | $550 |
| PIHMS course related costs | $1,500 |
| Total fees payable to PIHMS | $10,810 |
| School lunch (compulsory if living off campus) | $800 |
Learn more about funding your studies through StudyLink and scholarship opportunities (link to Useful Information page).
International student fees ($NZ)
| Description | Cost |
|---|---|
| Administration fee | $750 |
| Tuition fees | $21,200 |
| GST on tuition fees | $3,180 |
| Course related costs | $550 |
| PIHMS course related costs* | $1,500 |
| Health insurance | $1,360 |
| Visa and/or variation of conditions (VOC) of application | $225 |
| Total fees payable to PIHMS | $28,765 |
| School lunch (compulsory if living off campus) | $800 |
Notes:
All fees are in New Zealand dollars and are inclusive of GST. We recommend paying via electronic bank transfer. We can also take EFTPOS or credit card payment. PHMS does not accept cash as a form of payment.
Personal expenses, such as laundry, are not included in the fees. We suggest that approximately $50—$80 per week is appropriate to cover personal expenses. Students on their Paid Industry Placement will need to budget for travel, accommodation and living expenses.
* PIHMS Course related costs PIHMS uniform, orientation week, student association fee ($50 annual fee optional).
** Accommodation Accommodation at PIHMS is optional and will be charged the rates shown above (including meals)*
** Lunches Compulsory if you live off campus. For further queries on the fee structure contact PIHMS student recruitment office: Phone: +64 6 968 1421 or email info@pihms.ac.nz
The Pacific International Hotel Management School reserves the right to make changes affecting policies, fees or curriculum without notice.