Study at QRC - New Zealand's only tertiary Resort College

Queenstown Resort College (QRC) is unlike any hotel management college or tourism hospitality school in the world. QRC is New Zealand's first tertiary college dedicated to meeting the demands of an international tourist resort.

We offer a diverse range of world class courses and programmes including diplomas in Hospitality Management and Adventure Tourism Management, Internships, a range of English Language courses, leadership development programmes, Executive Education for professionals and short courses for visitors.

QRC's life began in 2001 with research, conceptual design, consultation and development. A site on the edge of the Queenstown Gardens was found in 2004 and building began just one year later. The College's five star facility was officially opened in March 2006 by the Minister of Tourism, Hon, Damien O'Connor.

It is wholly New Zealand owned and operated. The Board of Directors is chaired by former Otago University vice-chancellor, Eion Edgar, and is made up of chief executive Jan Fitz-Gerald, Tony Hill and Mark Taylor. All four live and work in Queenstown and have more than 50 combined years of experience in public tertiary education.

Unlike other hotel management schools and colleges, QRC positions itself as a pathway college offering two formal diploma programmes in Hospitality Management and Adventure Tourism Management. Both have Degree options available through our partners the International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS), Australia, the César Ritz Colleges, Switzerland and Thompson Rivers University, Canada.

Our programmes are critiqued by Advisory Boards. These key industry people were consulted during the initial research phase and will continue to ensure their relevancy now and in the future.

Find out about our people that own and work at Queenstown Resort College. Meet our partners who help make Queenstown Resort College's courses (such as hospitality courses and training, hotel management and tourism and English as a second language) internationally recognised.

The Vision

The QRC vision is to provide learning opportunities that are fresh and at the leading edge of tourism education to grow outstanding industry professionals.

Inspiring Setting

The QRC campus is located in the heart of downtown Queenstown and opens onto the beautiful Queenstown Gardens on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown truly is one of the best places in the world to be a student.

Queenstown is in the heart of New Zealand's South Island, home of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Queenstown Resort College provides an opportunity for overseas students to intern abroad or study abroad in New Zealand's inspiring alpine setting. The courses include hospitality courses and training, hotel management and tourism, resort management, general English language courses, executive business English and more.

Inspirational courses

Discover education in paradise if you are...

• looking for an internship to study abroad and work in Queenstown

• wanting to develop your adventure tourism and hospitality management skills

• seeking executive education courses in tourism and hospitality

• wanting to improve your Executive English language skills for international business

• looking for study tours or short courses for tourists and visiting groups

• wanting to design your own custom program, or

• looking for opportunities to study abroad in New Zealand

then contact us or call us on + 64 3 409 0500.