UTM ranks 12nd in the world, 3rd in Asia and 1st in Macao on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 for Hospitality and Leisure Management.

Being the first institution accredited by the UNWTO.TedQual Certification System for tourism education, it has now 8 bachelor degree programmes with the Certification. Currently, the University has the most number of bachelor degree programmes certified under the System of any tertiary education establishment worldwide

The world’s first higher education institution to pass International Quality Review (IQR) from the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)

UTM Action Plan – QAA International Quality Review

Received the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award in “Education and Training”, which acknowledged the content and the quality of UTM’s programmes

In 2008, awarded the Medal of Merit for Tourism in recognition of its significant contributions in advancing local tourism development

In cooperation with European Union (EU), established an industry-wide recognised Macao
Occupational Skills Recognition System (MORS)

Received the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award in “Education and Training”, which acknowledged the content and the quality of  programmes

Invited by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), we became a founding member of the Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM)

The Network of Asia-Pacific Education and Training Institutes in Tourism (APETIT), a body fully supported by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has selected us as the “training the trainer centre”

Received Excellence Award for “Elite Educational and Culture Service and Brand" in MESA 2018

" Grand Merit Award " by Business Award of Macau

Received "Best Educational Organization" in Macau Elite Service Award in 2014 and 2015

Audited for IT Service Management System in 2013 and successfully found to be in accordance with the requirements of ISO20000

The operations have been certified since 2016 under the ISO14001 Environmental Management System

Certified since 2018 under ISO9001:2015, the world's most widely recognised Quality Management System (QMS)

Pousada de Mong-Há receives the Macao Green Hotel Gold Award

The UTM Educational Restaurant has been awarded – for a fourth consecutive year – a Michelin Green Star for commitment to sustainable gastronomy and recommended by the Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2024

Successfully completed the initial assessment of ISO22301:2012 standard, which makes us the FIRST higher education institution and public entity in Macao certified ISO22301.

ISO/IEC 27001:2013 is a specification for an information security management system (ISMS). An ISMS is a framework of policies and procedures that includes all legal, physical and technical controls involved in an organisation's information risk management processes.

Claimed a prestigious PATA Gold Award for Human Capital Development Initiative for its “Tourism Education Student Summit” (TEd Summit) event in 2020

In 2022,  honoured with a prestigious PATA Gold Award in the category Human Capital Development Initiative for the University’s decade-long effort in promoting entrepreneurship in the field of tourism and hospitality.