William Blue College of Hospitality Management is an Australian private hospitality college that offers both tertiary education and vocational education and training. The college first opened in 1990 as the William Blue International Hotel Management School. The college was named for Billy Blue, a figure in Australian colonial history. After operating for many years at a campus in North Sydney, the college expanded to Brisbane in 2014 and relocated its Sydney campus to The Rocks in 2015. The college is owned by education provider Think Education, itself part of the Laureate International Universities group. Moreover, the college has two campuses in Sydney (The Rocks) and Brisbane (Fortitude Valley). The campus at The Rocks was opened in February 2015 and is shared exclusively with partner college APM College of Business and Communication. Likewise, the Brisbane campus is also shared with APM College of Business and Communication as well as Think Education partners Australasian College of Natural Therapies, Australian National College of Beauty, Billy Blue College of Design, and CATC Design School. Furthermore, the college offers bachelor’s degree and diploma courses specializing in Culinary Management, Tourism Management, Hospitality Management, Hotel Management, and Event Management. As part of their mandatory assessment, students of Commercial Cookery and Hospitality Management spend much of their time working in the college’s training restaurant, William Blue Dining.
The minimum IELTS requirement of these colleges is 6.0 academic (minimum score of 5.5 in each band) or equivalent.