University of Jammu started a two year full time Master’s Degree Programme in Tourism Management in the year 2001-2002. The programme was started as a part of the Management Studies. Within four years of existence, the Programme was able to establish its own  credentials among the academia and the industry loading into the success of the Programme, University of Jammu established Centre for Hospitality &Tourism Management on the 27th  July 2005, with an objective to develop tourism professionals and promote research. In year 2009, keeping in view the UGC requirements the degree has been renamed as Masters in Business Administration (Hospitality & Tourism). In the year 2009, the Centre was upgraded to the School of Hospitality &Tourism Management.

In the year 2010, the undergraduate programme Bachelors in Business Administration (Hotel Management) was also introduced to train the potential professionals required in Hospitality Industry. 

In pursuit of excellence, School of Hospitality & Tourism Management is committed to produce competent professionals, who are dynamic and responsible enough to assume offers in various managerial and administrative cadres in various tourism and related organisations, Students from all over the country to the channelize potential in the right direction and put up the concentrated effort, which are all organized and implemented to give practical dimension to the theoretical aspects in Tourism management.

Vision
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Department is dedicated to nurturing professionals who are committed to contribute towards the success of hospitality & tourism industry globally. We at SHTM believe in inculcating the values, which helps the young professionals to work with focused, intellectual and realistic approach towards life.
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Jammu works round the clock in helping students to realize their dreams. SHTM, today, is an established Institution, which develops among young budding professionals’determination and their ability to face the challenges.

School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Jammu is an icon in providing the best learning system with the following objectives:-

• To provide skilled manpower to the Hospitality and Tourism industry to bridge the gap between demand & supply.
• To train students in such a way so that they can get industrial exposure and attain purposeful goals.
• To provide world-class education in India with the help of experts from the industry as core faculty members.
• To inculcate the professional standards among our students as per the dynamics of the ever changing Hospitality and Tourism industry.
• To design and develop the curriculum through regular industry - academia interface.
   

Mission of the Department

To provide education at all levels in the discipline of hospitality and tourism of modern times and in the futuristic and emerging frontier areas of knowledge, learning and research both at local & international level and to develop the overall personality of students by making them not only excellent professionals but also good individuals, with understanding and regards for human values, pride in their heritage and culture, a sense of right and wrong and yearning for perfection and also imbibe attributes of courage of conviction and action.

CONTACT

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