MASTER'S DEGREE ADMISSIONS
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
RESTAURANT, HOTEL AND INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT
Admission to the Graduate Program Requires the Following:
- Students will be admitted fall semester.
- Master of Science Candidates should have a baccalaureate degree. A successful candidate will have an undergraduate GPA of 3.25 or higher.
- Candidates must have completed the GRE or GMAT.
- For international students, the minimum scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) are: TOEFL Paper-Based 550, TOEFL Computer-Based 213, TOEFL Internet-Based 79, IELTS Academic Overall 6.5.
- Prerequisite knowledge in food service management, hotel operations, travel and tourism, financial and managerial accounting, management concepts, marketing, and computer software applications is expected. Conditional admission, which requires the completion of leveling coursework, may be granted to applicants who do not satisfy this requirement.
- Students without a hospitality degree will complete a levelling course, RHIM 5300, the first semester
Specific information regarding the admission to the M.S. degree with a major in RHIM can be found in the Texas Tech University Graduate Catalog. The following discussion summarizes the admission process.
Send to the Director of Graduate Admissions, Texas Tech University:
- Application for Admission to Graduate School available from the TTU Graduate School.
- Nonrefundable application fee (amount specified by the Graduate School)
- Original transcript(s) of all previous college studies
- Scores of the GRE or the GMAT
- TOEFL scores (International students only)
Send to the Graduate Advisor, RHIM program (see address below):
- Application for Admission to Graduate Study in Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management (RHIM)
- Personal statement of career goals (not to exceed three pages in length)
- Original transcript(s) of all previous college studies
- Three letters of reference or reference forms in:
Master's Program Faculty Contact
Dr. Deborah Fowler
Address: NHR Dept.Box 41240
Lubbock, TX 79409-1240
Phone: 806-742-3068 Ext. 295
E-mail:deborah.fowler@ttu.edu