The BA in International Hospitality and Tourism Management (BA-IHTM) is a four-year undergraduate degree offered by Silver Mountain School of Hotel Management (SMSH), Lainchaur, Kathmandu, in academic partnership with Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK.
The program carries 360 credit points and is organised across eight semesters. Its study pattern combines hospitality and tourism subjects with departmental practicals, project work, research, management studies, and two internship periods. Students begin with operational areas such as food hygiene, housekeeping, food and beverage service, cooking, beverage operations, and front office before progressing to tourism, events, research, organisational behaviour, enterprise creation, and broader hospitality management subjects.
| Particular | Details |
|---|---|
| Course | Bachelor of Arts in International Hospitality and Tourism Management (BA-IHTM / BHM) |
| Institution | Silver Mountain School of Hotel Management |
| Location | Lainchaur, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Academic partner | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK |
| Duration | 4 years |
| Academic structure | 8 semesters |
| Credit points | 360 |
| Eligibility | +2 / HSEB or equivalent in any stream |
| Intake | One intake per academic year |
| Internship | Two domestic or international internship periods |
| Study areas | Hospitality operations, tourism, events, management, research, and enterprise |
The BA-IHTM combines academic study with practical hospitality training. Its early semesters concentrate heavily on hotel departments and operational subjects, while later semesters introduce tourism, events, research, organisational behaviour, enterprise development, and social and economic issues connected with hospitality and tourism.
This progression gives students experience across more than one hotel department. The curriculum includes food production, housekeeping, food and beverage service, beverage and bar operations, front office management, human resources, hospitality accounting, marketing, tourism, and event management.
The course also includes project-based learning. Students complete departmental and hotel-related projects, internship project work, research study, and a live event project during the degree.
Silver Mountain School of Hotel Management supports the program through its hospitality training facilities, including kitchens, restaurants, housekeeping practical apartments, wine and bar learning spaces, and the Silver Mountain Training Hotel.
The first semester introduces hospitality study while building communication, academic, technical, and practical foundations.
Subjects include:
The departmental practical component gives students early exposure to different operational areas rather than limiting the first semester to classroom study.
The second semester moves further into hotel operations and commercial areas.
Students study:
This semester combines marketing with accommodation, beverage, and food-production subjects. Housekeeping also becomes a specialised practical area.
The third semester places greater attention on food and beverage operations alongside accounting and staff supervision.
Subjects include:
Students therefore study operational service together with financial and people-management topics.
The fourth semester covers training, departmental management, feasibility work, front office, and another area of practical specialisation.
Subjects include:
By this stage, the course has covered the major operational areas of food production, food and beverage service, housekeeping, and front office.
The fifth semester is devoted to:
This internship period moves students from campus-based practical study into hospitality workplaces. The placement may take place in Nepal or internationally.
Internship locations associated with Silver Mountain have included the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Thailand, Maldives, India, Macau, Malaysia, Seychelles, Hong Kong, USA, China, Turkey, and the Netherlands.
Students return to academic study in the sixth semester with a stronger focus on tourism, events, and wider hospitality issues.
Subjects include:
This semester broadens the course beyond hotel departments by giving tourism and events a more direct place in the curriculum.
The seventh semester contains the largest group of advanced academic modules.
Students study:
Research Methods & Skills introduces structured research work, while New Enterprise Creation adds an entrepreneurial subject. Project Managing a Live Event gives students a project directly connected with event planning and execution.
The final semester consists of:
This gives students a second extended period of industry-related experience and project work before completion of the four-year program.
Practical work is built into the academic sequence rather than confined to a single training period.
During the first four semesters, students work through departmental practicals covering areas such as:
The school has a BHM Kitchen, Housekeeping Practical Apartments, BHM Philosophy Restaurant, Specialty Restaurant, Oenology/Wine Academy and Bar, along with its teaching hotel facilities.
The Silver Mountain Training Hotel includes nine accommodation units, two restaurants, a bar, and a rooftop beer garden. It operates with paying guests and gives hospitality students another setting in which classroom subjects can connect with hotel operations.
Two internship periods form part of the four-year BA-IHTM structure.
The first appears in the fifth semester as a domestic or international internship with project work. The eighth semester provides another domestic or international internship or job placement along with project work.
Internships complement the departmental practical training completed during the earlier semesters. Students can first develop operational familiarity through campus facilities before encountering workplace routines in hospitality businesses.
The college also uses hotel visits, seminars, guest lectures, and hospitality-industry interaction as part of its wider teaching activities.
Eligibility: Applicants should have completed +2 / HSEB or an equivalent qualification in any stream.
Intake: The course has one intake per academic year.
The course therefore accepts students from different higher-secondary academic backgrounds rather than restricting admission to a hospitality-specific stream.
The BA-IHTM is delivered through Silver Mountain's academic partnership with Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK.
Silver Mountain received a Ministry of Education license to run and award the four-year Bachelor's Degree in International Hospitality and Tourism Management from Queen Margaret University. The program is also identified as equivalent and approved by the Curriculum Development Centre of Tribhuvan University.
Across eight semesters, the course covers a broad range of hospitality and tourism subjects, including:
The combination gives students exposure to operational, supervisory, managerial, tourism, research, and enterprise-related areas within one undergraduate degree.
The academic and practical areas covered in BA-IHTM can relate to work across several parts of hospitality and tourism.
Potential sectors identified for graduates include:
Specific employment outcomes depend on the graduate's experience, skills, role requirements, and recruitment process.
Duration: The program runs for four years across eight semesters.
The BA-IHTM consists of 360 credit points.
Eligibility: Students who have completed +2 / HSEB or an equivalent qualification in any stream may apply.
Affiliation: The program is offered through academic partnership with Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK.
Yes. The course structure includes two internship periods. The fifth semester consists of domestic or international internship and project work, while the eighth semester includes domestic or international internship or job placement and project work.
Yes. Departmental practicals are included during the early semesters, covering food production, housekeeping, food and beverage service, and front office operations.
Yes. Tourism Principles & Practices forms part of the sixth semester, while later study also covers hospitality, tourism, events, research, organisational behaviour, and enterprise creation.
