Programme Vision
To be a leading centre of excellence for sustainable tourism education, empowering responsible leaders to shape a transformative and sustainable future.
Programme Mission
To develop responsible sustainable tourism leaders through knowledge acquisition, skills development, and values cultivation, supported by innovative education, experiential learning, interdisciplinary inquiry, and stakeholder engagement, for the advancement of sustainable tourism and society.
Programme Positioning
“Developing responsible sustainable tourism leaders for industry innovation, community wellbeing and sustainable tourism development in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, China, and beyond.”
Programme Objectives
The Master of Social Science in Sustainable Tourism (MSSST) Programme aims to:
- Develop graduates’ advanced knowledge and critical understanding of sustainable tourism, resource management, and sustainability challenges in diverse local, regional, national, and global contexts;
- Equip graduates with analytical, research, planning, and management skills to address complex sustainability challenges in tourism destinations, organisations, communities, and industries;
- Cultivate ethical reasoning, environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and respect for natural and cultural heritage in tourism-related decision-making and professional practice;
- Empower graduates to become responsible leaders and change agents who contribute to sustainable tourism development, tourism governance, policy advancement, industry innovation, knowledge transfer, and societal impact.
Programme Learning Framework
The MSSST learning framework covers three intersecting domains:
Programme Structure
This is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time Master of Social Science Programme. Students need to complete 24 out of 30 credit units for graduation. Each student needs to take two required courses and five or six elective courses in order to fulfill the requirement of graduation. Lectures, seminars, field trips, field work in the form of practicum, and assignments in the form of projects and reports are the major instruction formats. All lectures will be offered in weekday evening or Saturday afternoon on The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) campus. Field trips will be conducted on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Term 1
(September - December)Term 2
(January - April)Summer Term
(May - July) -
SUTM 5001 *
Planning for Sustainable
Tourism DevelopmentSUTM 5002
Cultural and Heritage TourismSUTM 5012
Dissertation -
SUTM 5003 *
Tourism Policy and
DevelopmentSUTM 5006
Ecotourism Practicum
and Management -
SUTM 5004
Nature-based TourismSUTM 5007
Urban Tourism -
SUTM 5008
Overseas Field Studies -
SUTM 5005
Resource and Environmental Management for Tourism
