International Hospitality Management – Bachelor (BSc)

Your Pathway to a Leadership Career.

This four-year business program provides you with the knowledge, skills, and professional experience needed to build a leadership career in hospitality and other key sectors of the global experience economy.

The program is entirely focused on employability and consists of both practical and theoretical semesters, as well as three career-oriented internship periods. When you graduate, you will have the knowledge, skills, and experience that employers are truly looking for.

The program is offered in Montreux and Bulle, Switzerland, or in London. Accommodation, meals, and health insurance are included in the price during your time at the school, as well as an international internship. All instruction is in English. The school is eligible for student loans.

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Program Structure

This four-year program combines practical instruction, academic studies, and real-world professional experience. The academic semesters cover key topics in business administration, finance, and management, with the opportunity to specialize during the final semester.

• 98% of students receive one or more job offers upon graduation
• 6 internships per student on average

1. Experiential Year – Hospitality Management Experience
   1. During the first semester, you learn and train in the highest standards of hospitality service and operations, before undertaking your first professional internship.
      1. Semester 1 – EY 1: Hospitality Excellence and Practical Arts
      2. Semester 2 – EY 2: Hospitality Professional Immersion (24-week internship)
2. BSc 1 – Year 1: Hospitality Management Excellence
   1. Over two academic semesters, you build on your understanding of hospitality through advanced courses and deepen your management knowledge.
      1. Semester 1 – BSc 1: Hospitality Fundamentals
      2. Semester 2 – BSc 2: Hospitality Management (Opportunity for exchange at another Sommet Education campus, subject to availability)
3. BSc – Year 2: Business Proficiency
   1. A second professional internship is followed by an academic semester where you learn to lead a hospitality operation through projects in hotel development and revenue management.
      1. Semester 3 – BSc 3: Management Practice Internship
      2. Semester 4 – BSc 4: Integrated Business Strategies
4. BSc – Year 3: Professional Expertise
   1. Choose a career-focused specialization and develop your critical thinking, research, and writing skills through an Applied Business Project or a Bachelor Thesis. The program concludes with a workplace-based experience.
      1. Semester 5 – BSc 5: Specialization and Final Year Capstone (Part 1)
      2. Semester 6 – BSc 6: Theory to Expertise Practice and Final Year Capstone (Part 2) & On-the-job experience
   2. Specializations – Deepen your knowledge in the final year
      1. Luxury Brand Strategy – Understanding of luxury and the strategies behind luxury brands — a perfect foundation for careers in both the luxury and hospitality industries.
      2. International Hotel Development & Finance – Learn to analyze the critical success factors in asset management for hotel and resort development.
      3. Guest Experience and Event Management – Learn to conceptualize, design, and create memorable events and guest experiences.

What Can I Do with a Bachelor in Hospitality Management?

What can’t you do?! A Bachelor in hospitality from the right school opens doors to career paths in almost every industry. The world today is one big hospitality economy, where leading brands understand the importance of a service-oriented approach.

If hospitality is your passion, you can work in hotels and restaurants, events, luxury retail, and travel. Beyond this, opportunities exist in finance, real estate, the automotive and jewelry industries — even tech and the public sector seek our bachelor’s students. You will also be equipped to pursue the entrepreneurial path — something many of our alumni have done.

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