Manama, May 22 (BNA): Director General of the Vatel College of Hotel and Tourism Management, Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, said that the French Vatel College, for the second year in a row, ranked eleventh in the QS World University Ranking. Bachelor in Hospitality and Leisure Management for the year 2023.
Among 160 universities in the world, he affirmed that the college has its global reputation through theoretical and practical scientific and academic programs at the highest level, indicating that the new classification of the college reflects positively on Fatel Bahrain.
The Director General said that the achievement confirms the efficiency and quality of the college’s graduates, whose number exceeds 42,000 globally, especially since most of its graduates have become global cadres in tourism, hospitality and hospitality, especially with the global expansion witnessed by the college through 55 branches in 33 countries. And its keenness to ensure that the academic materials comply with international standards and are in line with the requirements of the global labor market.
Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa pointed out that the new arrangement of the French College Vatel contributes to stimulating and developing student competencies in the college at the highest academic levels at the hands of experts, in addition to receiving practical training at the hands of professionals. One of the distinguished hotels in Bahrain, France and around the world, where the university program is divided between 50% for theoretical study and 50% for practical training.
The director of the international network of the Vatel Group, Paul Dazimar, expressed his pride in this achievement, stressing that the university pays great attention to the hospitality, tourism and hospitality sector, which was reflected in the qualifications of students, cadres and the competencies of the college staff, which are internationally appreciated.
And Vatel could advance 8 places, to maintain this achievement in 2023 as well, after it ranked nineteenth in the year prior to 2021, and thus the college achieved first place in France, for two consecutive years.
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