External Validation:
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) dates back over 150 years and offers over a 1,000 courses, many with a strong professional bias. For 16 years, Manchester Metropolitan University has been validating many of our programmes at IMI. This validation now extends to all courses ranging from the Certificate to the newly validated Masters in Business Administration (MBA). The quality of what we deliver is also regulated by the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
What it means is that students studying these courses at IMI will receive a stand alone certificate from Manchester Metropolitan University with full international recognition, as well a separate certificate from IMI. Students thus have the advantage of studying courses that comply with the fair and transparent quality mechanisms of the UK higher education system, while enjoying the benefits of a Swiss Hotel School with its emphasis on professional and industrially relevant standards. Moreover students at IMI enjoy a low staff to student ratio with full access to Faculty and Visiting Professors.
Accreditations:
 
BAC (British Accreditation Council) accreditation is regarded by students, agents and governments throughout the world as a very reliable guide to educational quality within the private sector. For example, institutions accredited by BAC are recognized as qualifying to enroll visa students by the UK Border Agency which is part of the UK Government's Home Office. With over 25 years of experience, BAC inspectors with their extensive knowledge of the educational sector provide invaluable advice to accredited institutions like IMI.
EDUQUA accredits over 880 schools, institutes and academies throughout Switzerland. It is the leading quality label in Switzerland for higher education. IMI is certified by EDUQUA for all its programmes, thereby underpinning the quality of what is delivered.
Certifications :
 
International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO is the world's largest developer and publisher of international standards. Standards make a major and positive contribution to our lives and support the development of desirable qualities such as efficiency, reliability and environmental awareness. IMI was one of the first Swiss Colleges to meet ISO's exacting standards of 9001:2000 showing that its commitment to continual improvement in quality.
"IMI is organized and managed efficiently to meet the needs of its first set of customers, the students, as well as its second set, the future employers of the students. The Swiss Association of Quality and Management Systems checks yearly if the organization of IMI is suitable to achieve these objectives."
Adrian Burkhardt, Lead Auditor, SQS
QQQ Swiss Tourism's quality label is supported by all major Swiss tourism associations to enhance and safeguard the quality of service in Switzerland. The top level of QQQ means that IMI has successfully implemented a comprehensive and internationally recognised Quality Management System into its vision, structure and daily operations. There are all together ONLY 3 Hotel Management Schools which have been accredited with this label of superior quality. >>
National Memberships:
 
Swiss Federation of Private Schools (SFPS). The 260 schools and colleges belonging to the Swiss Federation of Private Schools provide a personal service with regard to your educational goals. The members of the federation support and encourage innovation, and are recognized nationally and internationally as the leading private schools in Switzerland.
Luzerne Tourism - IMI is an active member of the Luzern Tourism Board and is working to promote Luzern as a student city. This membership helps IMI to engage with Luzern and to be part of the local information system, and this can yield opportunities for students.
International Memberships:
 
PATA - PATA is a membership organization that acts as a catalyst for the development of sustainable growth, value and quality in travel and tourism. IMI is located in Europe, but , through its membership of this leading travel association in the Asia Pacific area, it demonstrates its fulsome engagement with this important region. Membership of PATA enables IMI to keep up with innovations in quality emerging from this region, and shows its ongoing commitment to students from this region. IMI recognizes that many of its students from the Asia Pacific region, as well as increasing numbers of its students from Europe and elsewhere, will end up working in the Asia Pacific area.
AEHT - Association Européenne des Ecoles d'Hôtellerie et de Tourisme (European Association of Hotel and Tourism Schools) AEHT
The AEHT is a membership organization devoted to promoting a European perspective among hotel and tourism schools. The AEHT fosters closer links between schools and businesses, and encourages exchanges of students and staff between colleges. The AEHT supports the pooling of teaching methods, materials, knowledge and skills, and organizes events to bring together its membership. It provides a useful cordon of networks and knowledge that benefits students studying in schools such as IMI.
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