Higher Diploma in Wine and Beverage Business Management

About this course

Students are equipped with professional knowledge and practical skills of wine and beverage, and catering industry, initially at a paraprofessional level.

After obtaining professional qualifications and undergone industrial attachments, graduates may progressively pursue a career in the wine and beverage or catering industry; or articulate to bachelor degree in either local or overseas universities; and/or articulate to further professional qualifications in their areas of interest.

Entry Requirements

International Students:

• Applicants with academic qualifications obtained in secondary or tertiary institutions outside Hong Kong will be assessed individually by the departments concerned.
• IGCSE, GCE, International Baccalaureate (IB) or other overseas qualifications which are comparable with the required levels of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education will be accepted.
• IELTS overall score at 5 or equivalent.

Curriculum

Year 1

• Chinese and Western Culinary Fundamentals
• Food and Beverage Service and Operations
• Food Hygiene and Safety
• Intermediate Wines and Spirits
• Advanced Wines and Spirits
• Chinese Restaurant Operations Management
• Western Restaurant Operations Management
• Professional Bar Operations Management
• Wine and Beverage Distribution and Retail Management
• Principles of Economics and Global Financial Environment
• Human Resource Management
• Service Marketing
• Vocational English & Putonghua 

Year 2

• Asian Rice Liquors#
• Arts of Beer#
• Arts of Cheese#
• Arts of Chinese Tea#
• Arts of Coffee#
• Event Planning and Operations Management
• Alcoholic Beverage Production and Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Management in International Wine Business Operations
• Hospitality Industry in a Global Perspective
• Accounting for Hospitality Management
• Integrated Project
• Vocational English & Putonghua
• Industrial Attachment*

# Enrichment module plus 2 electives from 5 modules (maximum 3 modules)

* Industrial attachment will be arranged at an appropriate time during the Year 2 period of study