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Chandigarh University’s Tourism & Hospitality Management students secure record-breaking 834 Jobs in 2023-2024
Chandigarh University leads the way with record-breaking 327 placements in five star hotels, 205 in Airlines & 73 in Travel Companies
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, February 20, 2025: More than 834 students of Travel Tourism and Hotel Management at Chandigarh University getting campus placements during 2023 and 2024.
There has been a substantial jump of 38% in number of job offers being given to students of Hospitality and Tourism Management in comparison to previous years.
While 76 tourism and hospitality management students of Chandigarh University, which was ranked number 1 in India for excellence in Hospitality and Leisure Management as per QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, received multiple job offers in the past two years, the highest package offered to Chandigarh University students rose from Rs 10 Lakh Per Annum (LPA) in 2023 to Rs 21 LPA in 2024. The average salary package offered to Chandigarh University’s Tourism and Hotel Management students in 2024 was Rs 3.31 LPA.
As many as 381 student of hotel management at Chandigarh University secured jobs in International & Indian Five Star hotels, Quick Service Restaurants and Retail Management companies in 2023 and 2024.
Of these, 327 Chandigarh University students secured jobs in 18 Five Star Hotels including The Oberoi Bengaluru, Hilton Bangalore, Trident Gurgaon, The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, Radisson Jaipur City Centre, Marriot Gurgaon, Sheraton Hyderabad, Vivanta by Taj Surajkund, Taj Lake Palace Udaipur, Accor, Imperial Delhi, ITC Grand Chola, The Leela Palace Jaipur, Wildflower Hall Shimla, Pullman and Oberoi Sukhvilas in the past two years.
As many as 310 students of Chandigarh University received internships offers from World's number 1 entertainment company, Walt Disney World at Florida in USA out of which 76 students from Travel Tourism and Hotel Management have completed internships till now and received job offers as well.
The selected students have been offered three months training during which they would be paid US$ 300 per week as the training stipend and in addition the company would be looking after their boarding and lodging at Disneyland.
When it comes to aviation, travel and tourism sectors, 391 students of Chandigarh University secured jobs in 22 international and national airlines and travel companies in 2023 and 2024 with the highest package of Rs 7 LPA.
In the aviation sector, Chandigarh University students were offered 205 jobs by 16 Airlines in the past two years. In 2024, of the 95 jobs offered by Airlines to CU students, 10 were offered by seven internarial airlines including Lufthansa Airways, British Airways, Air France, Qatar Airways, Kuwait Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Oman Airways. The domestic airlines which offered jobs to Chandigarh University students included Indigo, Go Air, Spice Jet and Air India.
In Tour and Travel Management, 73 students of Chandigarh University secured job in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, of the 12 Tour and Travel Management companies which made top offers included Thomascook India, Pickyourtrail, Zenith Leisure Holidays, EaseMyTrip.com, TBO.COM, SITA, Sonalika, Bout, Satguru Travels, Akbar Travel and SOTC.
Congratulating Tourism and Hospitality Management students for securing positions in top national and international brands in the industry, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Chandigarh University Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu said the University Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (UITHM) at Chandigarh University is India's best hospitality institute.
“We not only send our students for internship right from 5th Semester and all our students get jobs in the industry by the end of the 6th Semester. This way, we provide 100% placement provided to all the students before the completion of the degree during internship and on the job training,” he said.