Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management

The Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management is a two-year qualification at Australian Virtus Institute, listed on CRICOS as course 119235D. It sits at the diploma/advanced diploma level of the Australian Qualifications Framework, below a bachelor degree. You spend those two years learning how hospitality businesses actually run, rostering, food and beverage service, budgeting, stock control, staff supervision, and the compliance side of venues that serve alcohol and food. Assessment is practical as much as written, because that is how the industry hires.

Delivery is structured the way Australian vocational education usually is: you enrol in units of study, each carrying credit points, and you need to pass the set number of units to graduate. Most institutions run two or three study periods a year, so the two years can be paced around a semester or trimester calendar. Confirm the exact unit list and credit-point totals, and whether a work placement or industry hours are built into your course, on the official page before you apply.

Work-integrated learning is standard in hospitality. You are likely to spend time in a commercial kitchen, restaurant, bar or hotel front desk, either on campus or with an employer partner, logging the hours your qualification requires. That is where you pick up the things a classroom cannot teach: handling a busy Friday night service, dealing with a complaint, reading a profit-and-loss sheet for a single venue. Some students move into paid work in the same places they trained.

This course suits people who want to manage hospitality operations rather than just work in them. It suits school leavers who prefer hands-on learning to a three-year degree, career changers moving into hotels, restaurants, events or tourism, and international students who want an Australian qualification with a practical focus. If you are an international applicant, you will need to meet the institute's English requirement, IELTS Academic 6.0–6.5 overall is the common standard for coursework at this level, with TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1 Advanced and the institute's own English programmes accepted as equivalents. The Department of Home Affairs sets a separate English threshold for the Student visa itself. A Student visa lets you work up to 48 hours per fortnight while your course is in session, and the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) post-study work stream is available to eligible graduates. Tuition is published on the CRICOS register. Confirm all details, including current fees and intake dates, on the official page.

• Duty manager or shift supervisor in hotels, motels, resorts and serviced apartments.
• Restaurant or café manager, running rostering, stock, budgets and front-of-house teams.
• Food and beverage supervisor in pubs, clubs, function centres and licensed venues.
• Front office or guest services supervisor in accommodation businesses.
• Events or functions coordinator for venues, catering companies and conference centres.
• Banquet or catering operations roles in hotels and event suppliers.
• Small business owner or operator in cafés, restaurants, catering and tourism hospitality.

Australian employers in these fields include hotel groups, pub and club operators, restaurant groups, catering companies, event venues, resorts, and tourism operators in capital cities and regional destinations.