About the School

Established in 1995 in close affiliation with the prestigious Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, the Australian International Hotel School in Canberra has maintained a world class reputation for the academic excellence and rigour of its programs and teaching.

AIHS has the distinction of being the only degree-awarding hotel school in the southern hemisphere that operates its own commercial hotel property on site, the four-star boutique Hotel Kurrajong, where students gain real-life training and experience as hoteliers.

All AIHS programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate level include skills-training and practice under professional supervision as staff of the Hotel Kurrajong. AIHS has a unique location in the heart of the Australian capital, Canberra, the centre of political power, a popular tourism destination and a well-recognised university city offering great student resources and lifestyle.

Canberra is also an ideal location to teach International Event Management as it plays host to national celebrations and major sporting, arts and cultural events.

The AIHS faculty brings high-calibre academic qualifications, research interests and senior industry experience to their teaching; AIHS is proud of its low student to faculty ratio providing high quality attention to students.

AIHS is a unique educational environment: a boutique hotel school with its own live training hotel. In an intimate campus setting, each student is nurtured and mentored as an individual to bring out their strengths as multi-skilled professional managers. And the results show in the calibre and success of our graduates whose education at the Australian International Hotel School has put them on the map for their global careers.

Canberra, Australia	Canberra, Australia

Tourism city

Canberra is Australia's only planned city and noted for its great architecture and well-laid out streets, parks and public spaces. Tourism icons include the National Convention Centre, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Library, the Questacon National Science and Technology Centre, the High Court, Lake Burley Griffin, and the National Zoo and Aquarium. The city offers the full range of accommodation including boutique and international brand hotels and apartments. One and a half hours travel south lies Australia's spectacular Snowy Mountains skifields and lodges and hundreds of beautiful beaches along the south coast. The campus is only a 10-minute taxi ride to the airport. Only two and a half hours drive north of Canberra is the vibrant harbour city of Sydney.

Student lifestyle city

The AIHS campus is close to playing fields, tennis courts, swimming pools, walking tracks, bike paths, cinemas, galleries, shopping, and great nightlife at clubs, bars and music venues. Nearby premier café suburbs and food and entertainment districts offer multicultural cuisine and award-winning restaurants. The city also offers a wide range of sporting and fitness venues and outdoor activities.

Campus

The AIHS and Hotel Kurrajong are located on National Circuit in the leafy quiet streets of Barton, adjacent to the parliamentary triangle and close to Canberra's business, cultural and tourism heart. The campus offers well-appointed, hotel-style accommodation for all students including a choice of dining venues. Training areas in the Hotel Kurrajong include a bar, terrace café, courtyard for outdoor functions, brasserie-style restaurant, commercial kitchen, function rooms and 26 heritage hotel rooms.

The campus also features:

• a choice of hotel-style rooms;
  
• wireless networking for students to use laptops;
  
• a gymnasium, student bar, student recreation room with cable TV, pool table, table-top football and other games;
  
• an outdoor barbeque area and basketball court;
  
• a choice of dining venues including a student dining room and access to the Hotel Kurrajong's brasserie restaurant and café; and
  
• a library and academic resource centre.