BHM
Undergraduate hotel management degree
A degree in running hotels, restaurants and other hospitality businesses. You study food production, food and beverage service, front office, housekeeping and hotel accounts, with kitchen practicals and an industry training stint. The name varies: B.Sc. Hospitality & Hotel Administration (HHA) at NCHMCT institutes, and BHM or BHMCT at many universities.
After BHM, you can
- Banking
- IRCTC Hospitality Monitor
- Railways
- M.Sc. Hospitality Administration
- Master's abroad
- MBA / PGDM via CAT, XAT or CMAT
- Airline, cruise & flight catering
- Chef / kitchen roles
- F&B Service Executive
How you get in
Class 12 in any stream; NCHMCT institutes need English as a subject. The NCHM JEE, run by the National Testing Agency (NTA), fills B.Sc. HHA seats at NCHMCT-affiliated IHMs. Universities and private colleges use state CETs (for example Maharashtra's combined BHMCT/BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET), their own tests or Class 12 merit.
At a glance
- The B.Sc. HHA degree from NCHMCT institutes is awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
- Hotel and kitchen work often runs in shifts, including weekends and festivals.
- Work extends beyond hotels: flight kitchens, airlines, cruise lines, railway catering and restaurant chains.
In numbers
B.H.M. programme row only; BHMCT and B.Sc. hospitality degrees are listed separately. AISHE counts are based on institutions' own responses.