M.A. Hospitality Management and Leadership
Dresden, Germany
MA
DURATION
4 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Apr 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 690 / per month
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The M.A. Hospitality Management and Leadership is an English-taught Master's for students with a business or economics degree or hospitality experience. You study hospitality, tourism, hotel and restaurant operations, plus finance and human resources, and build leadership for international service-sector roles. The programme includes an internship abroad or a six-month semester at partner universities.
Career Outcomes: With an MA you'll prepare for senior international management positions and diverse career opportunities in food & beverage, hotel planning and facilities, hospitality consultancy, service management, event agencies, destination marketing, wellness and tourism organizations, operations, revenue, guest relations, and academic teaching and research.
Are you communicative, service-oriented, and interested in business? Then the Master's in Hospitality Management is the right program for you. We will get you fit for an international career in all areas of guest-related service provision.
If you already have a degree in business or economic studies and would like to specialize in the field of hospitality, the Master's program Hospitality Management & Leadership is the right choice for you. Perhaps you have already gained practical experience in hotel or restaurant management or another guest-related service company and would like to deepen your theoretical knowledge with a sound education.
In the English-taught Master's program Hospitality Management & Leadership you will deal with all areas of the service sector. You will gain detailed insights into the tourism sector as well as the hotel and restaurant industry. Furthermore, you will receive further education in the economic sector, which will qualify you for an international management career. You will develop both your leadership qualities and industry-specific knowledge in special corporate functions in the hospitality industry - such as in finance or human resources. An internship abroad or a semester (6 months) at one of our international partner universities opens doors to international management positions in the hospitality industry.
Our study concept
Your studies are divided into 5-week blocks. During this time you focus on one management topic which you get to view from different angles. Thanks to this approach you can learn about real management challenges and strengthen the skills that employers are looking for.
1. Semester
- Strategic Management
- Marketing Management
- Economics of Globalisation
- Business Research Methods
- Accounting
2. Semester
- Introduction to Leadership
- Hospitality Management I: Real Estate, Asset Management and Experience Design
- Operations management and revenue cycle in hotels
- Hospitality Management II: Entrepreneurial Hotel Management and New Work
- Global Finance
3. Semester
- Internship long
- Internship short
- Study Abroad
- Case Study: Hospitality Management
In the 3rd semester, you have the choice between internship long, internship short or study abroad. If you opt for the internship long, you will complete this over the entire 3rd semester (30 ECTS). If you would prefer to complete the internship short OR study abroad, you must attend another additional module.
4. Semester
- Master Colloquium
- Master Thesis
Our innovative approach that pays off
Great prospects - the Master's degree that will take you to the top
With a Master's degree in Hospitality Management & Leadership, you can expect to work in highly diverse and complex fields of responsibility in senior international management positions. With your leadership skills, other relevant key competencies, and your specialist knowledge of human resources management in a multicultural context, you are ideally prepared for the demands of international business in the service sector.
In addition, with a Master of Arts (MA) degree you will create the best possible conditions for an academic career in teaching and research.
With your Master's degree in Hospitality Management you could be working in the following selected professional fields:
- Food & beverage management
- Hotel planning & facilities management
- Hospitality management consultancy
- Service management
- Hotel/restaurant manager
- National and international hotel industry
- Event agencies
- City and destination marketing
- Health and wellness facilities
- Tourism organizations, associations, and politics