The size of the thing you are joining.

The people interviewing you have almost certainly hired a COTHM graduate before. That recognition is the part of a qualification you cannot see on the certificate.

An intake this size means your course actually runs. Where smaller institutions cancel classes that do not fill, your start date holds.

The same qualification is taught across the network, so a transfer does not cost you a restart. COTHM Dubai teaches them online and blended.

The UAE, the UK and Pakistan. The same qualification wherever you enrol.

Training sits where people already live, not only in the capital.

Hotels, airlines, cruise lines and restaurants across the Gulf, Europe and beyond. The qualification has already travelled.

Short certificates through to advanced diplomas, so there is an entry point at your level. The wider COTHM group catalogue is larger again.

Each school is led by people from the industry it teaches, so you are taught by practitioners.

Across the group a programme can be taken in person, online or blended. COTHM Dubai teaches online and blended, so a full-time job is not a barrier to a qualification.

Programmes with in-person sessions, hosted at a partner institute rather than on premises of our own. The kitchens and simulation suites are theirs.

Programmes delivered end to end through the COBS learner platform, with no sessions to attend.

Programmes that pair in-person practicals with theory taken remotely.

Awarding organisations in the UK, the USA, Canada and the UAE that certify our qualifications.

The operators who tell us what a graduate needs to be able to do on their first shift. What they say shapes what you are taught.

Employers who recruit from COTHM. A relationship that already exists is a shorter route into a company than an online application.

Hotels and kitchens that take our students for real shifts, so the training happens in working operations and not only in a classroom.

If you decide to continue to a degree, these are the universities COTHM works with. A diploma here can be a step rather than a full stop.

The booking, kitchen and property systems the industry actually runs on, so you train on the software you will be handed in a job.