Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management
SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern
Key Information
Campus location
Lucerne, Switzerland
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management
The Bachelor programme is designed to deliver in-depth hospitality know-how, business management expertise and professional practical skills and is offered in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne (HSLU).
- Year 1: Food & Beverage Operations & 6-month Industry Internship
- Year 2: Rooms Division Operations & 6-month Industry Internship
- Year 3: Hospitality Business Administration & Hospitality Management
- Year 4: International Business Management & Global Leadership
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1 - Foundation
Semester 1 - F&B Operations
F&B Courses
- Culinary Theory & Practice
- Menu Planning, F&B Calculations, Pricing & Controlling
- Culinary Entrepreneurial Concepts
- Event and Banquet Operations
- Community Catering Operations
- Hospitality Health and Safety
- Nutrition & Living Healthy
- F&B Stewarding
- The Art of Service Theory & Practice
- Beverage Science, Theory & Sensory Evaluation
Hospitality, Business & Communication
- Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
- Sales Training
- F&B Accounting & Control
- Hospitality English
- German A1
Personal Professional Development
- Concierge Myself
- Pre-Internship Coaching
Semester 2 - Experience
F&B Industry Internship
Your first industry internship follows in the second semester in Switzerland or abroad, where you will put the supervised work experience from the first semester into practice in Switzerland as you face the challenges of real-life situations and get to apply knowledge gained in a professional environment.
Year 2 - Transition
Semester 3 - Knowhow
Rooms Division
- Front Office Administration & Reservation Systems
- Operational Housekeeping
- Rooms Division Management
Hospitality, Business & Communication
- Cultural Economics & History of Hospitality Industry
- Quality Assurance
- Ecology
- Hospitality IT Tools
- Mathematics
- General Accounting Essentials
- Intro to Revenue & Yield Management
- Distribution
- Tourism
- HR Concepts & Processes
- Contract Law
- Business Correspondence
- German A2
Personal Professional Development
- Concierge Myself
- Pre-Internship Coaching
Year 3 - Management
Semester 5 - Application
Leadership
- Processes & Operations
- Talent Development
Hospitality, Business & Communication
- Gastronomy Business Plan
- Perfecting the Pitch
- Revenue & Yield Management
- Distribution Management
- Investment Psychology
- Introduction to Mathematics for Business and Economics
- Financial & Operational Accounting
- Economics 1
- Marketing Concepts & Social Media Management
- HR Administration
- International Legal Awareness
- Writing for Academic Purposes & Developing knowledge from Literature
- German A2/B1
Personal Professional Development
- Concierge Myself
- Specialization: CSR, Defining the Future of Culinary Arts, Hotel Asset Management, MICE Management
Year 4 - Leadership
Semester 7 - Expertise
Hospitality, Business & Communication
- Financial Management
- Economics 3
- Private Business Law
- Minor 1
- Descriptive Data Analysis
- Developing Knowledge from Projects & Empirical Project 2
- Bachelor Thesis Project Proposal
- German B1/B2
Semester 8 - Corporate
Hospitality, Business & Communication
- Corporate Finance
- Management Accounting
- Corporate Ethics
- Sustainable Development
- Intercultural Communication
- Minor 2
- Bachelor Thesis Project
- German B2
Program Outcome
Credits: 180 ECTS points
Degree accreditation:
- Accredited by the Swiss Federal Government and in compliance with the Bologna Declaration, using the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS
- Federally recognised in accordance with the Federal Vocational Training Act. SHL is subject to supervision by the federal government and the canton of Lucerne
- EduQua certified. EduQua is the Swiss quality certificate for continuing education institutions, awarded by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and the Swiss Association for Association for Continuing Education (SVEB)
Program delivery
Four-year full-time degree programme with 6 on-campus semesters and 2 paid internships