Dusit Thani College (DTC) (

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specializing in hospitality and culinary arts management.

History

In 1993 Dusit Thani College was established as 'The Dusit Thani Hotel School', an addition to the

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, which owns and operates hotels and resorts. The college is adjacent to one of the group's hotels. At that time, Thailand had a shortage of manpower, knowledge and experience in the hospitality industry, due in part to a lack of educational institutes and training programmes. Those that existed focused only on theory, offering no practical experience for the students. In addition, there were few industry leaders involved in the academic development of hotel businesses. Dusit Thani Hotel School was established to meet this need by delivering specialised, practical training for the industry and to support Thailand's developing hotel business. At first, two courses were available: * Diploma in Hotel Operations * Professional Chef Diploma Dusit Thani Hotel School became the first institute in Thailand to be approved for college status and started to offer undergraduate programs.

Programs

Dusit Thani College offer undergraduate and postgraduate level. Undergraduate Thai Program: 3 bachelor's degree programs: * Hotel Management * Service Innovation in Tourism Industry * Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management Undergraduate International Program: 2 bachelor's degree programs: * Hotel and Resort Management, academic certification by

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* Professional Culinary Arts, a jointly degree between

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And Dusit Thani College Postgraduate Thai Program : 2 master's degree program: * Master of Business Administration (Hospitality Business Management) *Master of Business Administration (Innovative Entrepreneur)

Campuses

Currently, There are 2 campuses. * Dusit Thani College, Bangkok Campus * Dusit Thani College, Pattaya City Center

External links

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