The Hong Kong Polytechnic University — School of Hotel and Tourism Management
BSc (Hons) Scheme in Hotel and Tourism Management · Hong Kong
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/shtm/
▸ Career Outcomes & Industry Reputation — 96.8
| Metric | Value | Normalized | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outcomes.startingSalary | Not yet sourced | — | low | — |
| outcomes.employmentRate | 99.4 % | 97 | medium | Summary of Graduate Employment Survey 2023 (Degree Programmes) — First Destination by Department |
| outcomes.recruiterReputationScore | Not yet sourced | — | low | — |
- outcomes.startingSalary: No SHTM-specific starting-salary figure found for v1. A PolyU SPEED (School of Professional Education and Executive Development) BBA (Hons) in Hospitality Management page cites an average starting salary of HK$16,709/month (2024), but SPEED is a separate self-financed teaching unit from SHTM's UGC-funded BSc scheme, so that figure is not used here to avoid misattributing it to SHTM. A Hong Kong Standard article on Q1 2026 graduate hiring cites a HK$20,000/month median starting salary for the broader "tourism" hiring category, but that is an economy-wide sector stat, not SHTM-program-specific, so it is also excluded. Left blank pending SHTM's own program-level outcomes report.
- outcomes.employmentRate: Not directly published as a school-level rate, but computed from the SHTM row of GES2023's department breakdown using the survey's own stated formula. SHTM's First Destination breakdown: 161 employed, 8 further studies, 1 unemployed, 14 other (79.5% response rate; 184 respondents implied). Applying "Employment Rate = Employed / (Employed + Unemployed but seeking employment)" — the same formula GES2023 uses for its university-wide 98.7% headline figure, with further-studies and other/non-seeking graduates excluded — to the SHTM-only counts gives 161 / (161 + 1) = 99.4%. Flagged medium confidence because this is a maintainer calculation from raw published counts rather than a rate PolyU itself discloses pre-computed for SHTM.
- outcomes.recruiterReputationScore: Not scored for v1. Noted for context only, not used as an input: SHTM is ranked No. 1 globally in "Hospitality and Tourism Management" by ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for multiple consecutive years, and No. 2 globally in Hospitality and Leisure Management by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026. Neither ranking discloses a raw, program-comparable recruiter-reputation score.
▸ Academic Research & Faculty Quality — 100.0
| Metric | Value | Normalized | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| academicResearch.facultyPubCitationIndex | Not yet sourced | — | low | — |
| academicResearch.facultyStudentRatio | Not yet sourced | — | low | — |
| academicResearch.researchFundingUSD | Not yet sourced | — | low | — |
| academicResearch.hasPhDProgram | 1 boolean (1=yes, 0=no) | 100 | high | Doctor of Philosophy in Hotel and Tourism Management — Entrance Requirements and Application Documents |
- academicResearch.facultyPubCitationIndex: Not yet sourced for v1.
- academicResearch.facultyStudentRatio: Not yet sourced for v1.
- academicResearch.researchFundingUSD: Not yet sourced for v1.
- academicResearch.hasPhDProgram: SHTM's own site confirms both a PhD and a Doctor of Hotel and Tourism Management (D.HTM) research-postgraduate program; SHTM is widely regarded as having one of the field's largest and most research-active doctoral cohorts.
▸ Admissions Selectivity — 7.1
| Metric | Value | Normalized | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| admissions.acceptanceRate | Not yet sourced | — | low | — |
| admissions.satActEquivalent | 163.5 JUPAS admission score, Best 5 HKDSE subjects with subject weighting (not SAT-equivalent; recorded as the local admission metric) | 7 | medium | JS3310 — Bachelor of Science (Honours) Scheme in Hotel and Tourism Management — JUPAS admission score |
- admissions.acceptanceRate: Not publicly disclosed in acceptance-rate terms. Hong Kong's JUPAS system reports first-year intake and offer counts rather than an applicant-to-offer acceptance rate; PolyU's JS3310 (Hotel and Tourism Management) JUPAS page lists a first-year intake of 74 places and Band-A offer counts of 75 (2024), 55 (2025), and 43 (2026), but does not publish total Band-A/B/C applicant volume needed to compute a comparable acceptance rate.
- admissions.satActEquivalent: Hong Kong undergraduate admission does not use the SAT/ACT; local applicants are admitted through JUPAS based on HKDSE (Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education) subject-level scores aggregated into a JUPAS composite admission score, with non-local/international applicants assessed via their own qualifications (A-Levels, IB, etc.) on a case-by-case basis. PolyU's own JS3310 JUPAS page lists an average admission score of 163.5 (2026/27 entry, Any Best 5 Subjects with subject weighting); third-party aggregation of JUPAS's own published scores separately shows a median of 160.5 / lower quartile 155.5 for 2024 entry and median 166.5 / lower quartile 163.0 for 2025 entry, so the figure fluctuates year to year and by statistic (average vs. median). Recorded as the JUPAS admission score itself rather than a false SAT-equivalent conversion, per project convention. Confidence set to medium given the year-to-year volatility of this figure.
▸ Internship / Placement Pipeline (no data yet)
| Metric | Value | Normalized | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outcomes.internshipPlacementRate | Not yet sourced | — | low | — |
- outcomes.internshipPlacementRate: Not yet sourced for v1. The BSc scheme includes industry placement components, but no disclosed placement-completion-rate percentage was found.