Student review [#89857] for Tourism
at RMIT Vietnam

As a former student of Tourism and Hospitality Management at RMIT Vietnam, I have a fairly comprehensive view of the program – from the study content, teaching methods to the personal development environment.
✅ Outstanding strengths:
International and professional learning environment:
The 100% English program, with many lecturers and classmates from different countries, helped me improve my communication skills, critical thinking and cross-cultural teamwork – extremely important factors in the global service and tourism industry.
Modern, updated curriculum:
Courses such as Tourism Destination Management, Service Quality, Event Planning or Hospitality Operations all reflect current industry trends. In particular, many courses use simulation models and real case studies from businesses (for example: hotel management, building experiential tours, handling crises in the tourism industry, etc.).
Encourage creativity and strategic thinking:
Not only do students learn how to operate services, they are also trained to analyze trends, forecast tourism demand, and design sustainable destination development strategies. This is an advantage if you want to pursue management or project development positions in the future.
⚠️ Points to improve:
Lack of early industry exposure:
Although there is an internship in the final year, the program generally lacks regular field trips to real tourism and hospitality businesses. If you do not proactively seek out more opportunities outside, it is easy to fall into a situation where you only study theory without clearly understanding the real working environment.
Not fully utilizing the network of business partners:
RMIT has the advantage of industry connections, but I don’t see many in-depth workshops or 1:1 mentoring with people in the industry. Inviting business speakers is sometimes just a general introduction, not going into specific career orientation.
Heavy group workload and uneven experience:
Although it helps improve teamwork skills, if you encounter a group that does not coordinate well, it will cause a lot of pressure. In addition, some subjects have overlapping knowledge or unreasonable time allocation (more theory than practice).