The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) emphasises on both theoretical and practical learning. Students can perform a 6-month internship programme in Macao or choose to conduct it abroad in organisations which are related to their specialisations, so as to apply the theory and practical techniques they have learnt in classes to actual work environment. Through the practicum classes in the first-year study and the internship in the third-year study, and organising different events throughout their university life, students are able to get in touch with the community and have a better understanding of the real working environment in order to get ready for their future career. Besides studies, IFT always support students to join public activities in the areas of sport, culture, language, art and creativity, etc., to maintain their mental and physical well-being. In the academic year of 2013/14, IFT students participated in various extra-curricular activities and achieved outstanding results in sports events: - Macao Open Taekwondo Championship 2013 - Black Belt Female's Individual Poomsae and Man 84kg+ Sparring Competition - the Champion - The 18th Asian Cities Gold Cup Taekwondo Championships - Female Poomsae Team – the 2nd Runner-up
- The Eastern Dragon Taekwondo Federation Hong Kong 19th Championships - Man 84kg+ Sparring Competition - the Champion
- 2013/14 Macao University Badminton Championship - Men's Singles - the 2nd Runner-up
- 2013/14 Macao University Student Fencing Championship - Women Foil & Woman Epee - the Champion - Malaysia Open 2014 Swimming Championship - 100m Breaststroke Men & Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - the 2nd Runner-up Other than sports activities, students also enthusiastically engaged and performed very well in other activities such as the 2nd Young Macanese Cooking Competition, the 14th Macao Student Pop Music Singing Competition, the 11th Macao Inter-Tertiary Debate Competition, etc. IFT has been offering various types of extra-curricular activities for students, including jazz dance, hip hop dance, belly dance, step aerobics, dragon boat, fencing, squash, volleyball, badminton, taekwondo, English/Mandarin debate, Korean, French, Cantonese and Mandarin for foreigners, professional etiquette, water-colour painting, Adobe Illustrator、Adobe Photoshop and IFT Volunteer Circle. IFT hopes that students can effectively utilise their spare time, participate in more extra-curricular activities to get to know new people and new trend in order to broaden their view and social network, these are all the essentials that tourism professionals should possess.
