Bachelor in International Hospitality Management (EHL Hospitality Business School)

Course Information

Course Type
Full-time
Fees (Local Students)
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Fees (Foreign Students)
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Other Fees
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Duration
4 years including the Preparatory Year
Intake Months
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Programme Grant
No Student Grant for this course
Class Schedule
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Assessment Method
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Description

Bachelor of Science HES-SO in Hospitality Management
Our Bachelor in Hospitality will prepare you to lead and launch businesses using a dual-excellence approach that develops the perfect balance of hospitality know-how and soft skills, combined with management expertise and academic rigor, which you gain by learning from leading experts in academia and industry practice. It is an ideal choice if you are seeking a business degree foundation with the added excitement of hospitality know-how and internships.

Course Highlights
  • Global study options in Switzerland and Singapore
  • Practical training to manage businesses from the ground-up
  • Michelin-star experiences with award-winning chefs
  • Dual excellence in academic and industry practice taught by experts
  • Extra-curricular activities and committees to develop leadership and creativity
  • R&D workshop and a chance to intern in your own start-up company
  • Two internships and a business project for a head start in your career

Entry Requirements

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Career Opportunities

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Modules

Curriculum

Preparatory Year - Immersion

Your first year at EHL will have you learning in ways you never imagined as you take a running leap into the world of hospitality,  including the privilege of practicing in a Michelin-starred restaurant under the direction of industry-awarded chefs and instructors.

Preparatory Year is delivered on Campus Lausanne in Switzerland, regardless of whether you choose to study in Singapore or Switzerland for the rest of the program. Preparatory Year features:

  • 6-months of hands-on training to develop hospitality know-how
  • 20 workshops covering every aspect of hotel and restaurant operations
  • Expert professional teachers with industry-acclaimed backgrounds
  • 6-month internship in a hospitality company of your choosing

Year 1 - Foundation

In the first year of the BSC (after Preparatory Year), you will begin setting the foundation for your management career, learning the tools of the hospitality trade and the technology and terminology of the industry for key hospitality departments and functions.

Semester 1:

  • Financial Accounting
  • Micro-economics
  • Management Information Systems Tools/Spreadsheets
  • Mathematics
  • Food & Beverage Cost Control
  • Foundations of Hospitality Marketing
  • Human Behaviour & Performance in the Workplace
  • Business Communication

Foreign Languages

Semester 2:

  • Topics in financial analysis
  • Macroeconomics
  • Statistics
  • Service Quality & Design
  • Hospitality Economics
  • Rooms Division Management
  • Academic writing
  • Computational Thinking
  • Foreign Languages

Year 2 - Application

In the second year, you will take a challenging academic approach to hospitality management theory guided by advanced academic practitioners, applying research to generate robust business and entrepreneurship plans. The academic semester is followed by a management internship, during which you take on a supervisory role or you can even be an intern in your own hospitality start-up company.

 Semester 3:

  • Revenue Management
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Talent Management Systems
  • Customer Information & Distribution Channel Management
  • International Services Marketing
  • Services Operations Management
  • Legal challenges of the hospitality manager
  • Corporate Sustainability

Semester 4:

This internship offers you the possibility to take on greater responsibilities and apply the administrative and management concepts you have learned in class to real world hospitality projects, teams and departments.

Professional achievement: Gain more experience in a classic hospitality establishment or try another type of business such as finance, luxury, travel, events or wellness.

Career skills: Independently, you will search and apply for this internship based on your previous internship experience and career aspirations.

Become an Intern in your own start-up

Instead of the Management in Practice you can choose to be an intern in your own start-up project, dedicating all of your time and energy to developing your business concept and getting it running with the guidance of faculty members.

Year 3 - Integration

In the final year, you will apply the knowledge and skills you have gained to become a business strategist and consultant. You will have the chance to choose from our industry-designed electives and tailor make your areas of expertise.

You will choose between an individual applied research project and a student consulting project ("Student Business Project") which is a consulting mandate for a real external client, where you will work in a group to solve a real-world business challenge for an industry partner.

Semester 5:

  • Corporate Finance
  • Hotel Asset Management
  • Organizational Capital & Leadership
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Research Methodology
  • Project Management
  • Market Research

Semester 6 - A tailor-made specialization:

During your final semester, you can choose three elective courses depending on your interest and career aspirations, so you can tailor make your skills sets depending on where you hope to go after graduation.

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