Hotel Management School Maastricht. The next step in hospitality

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1 Hotel Management School Maastricht The next step in

2 The programme Varied modules At Hotel Management School Maastricht, you ll be trained to be a manager or entrepreneur in the industry. The four-year bachelor programme consists of varied theory and practical modules and two s. In addition to this, you will choose two minors either inside or outside the faculty or you can take part in an international exchange programme. You can follow the course either in Dutch ( Dutch bachelor ) or in English ( International bachelor ). Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Hotel operations People and business in industry Strategic management and change management in Management (consultancy) project Hotel business Operational Minor 1 International exchange programme Management Minor 2 You can enrol in September. Would you like to study management in an inspiring, international environment where innovation comes first? You can at Hotel Management School Maastricht. Here, you ll learn from professionals, live on a student campus and hone your skills in a real hotel. Close to the profession When you study at the Hotel Management School Maastricht, you will certainly not spend all your time attending lectures. Apart from lectures from teachers and experts in the field, you will also be attending skills training courses, workshops and taking part in excursions to see the industry in practice. Teamwork plays a major role. In the workshops, you ll be working in a group of students on practical problems or projects. And what s more, you ll be exposed to the real-life environment of Teaching Hotel Château Bethlehem. This is a training environment unique in the Netherlands, including twenty-six guestrooms, a restaurant, a bar and various meeting rooms. This unique hotel was opened in 2010 and has Hospitality demands passion received a lot of attention in the international media, not least for its unconventional room designs by Dutch designers. The hotel is designed to stimulate conceptual and creative thinking. Operational and management The School constantly searches to connect with the industry. At Hotel Management School Maastricht, s are a major aspect of your training. You will have to complete two intensive s of five months: an operational and a management traineeship. All operational traineeships will be spent abroad, from Europe to Asia or America. The operational traineeship gives you a good general picture of the hotel industry. In the management traineeship, you will specialise in that part of the industry that appeals to you, such as hotels, consultancies, conference & event organisations, general & technical management, tourism or cruises.

3 Worldwide network International exchange If you want an international career, is definitely the place to be. You ll be working on your own network abroad and getting to know other cultures. In the third year, you can opt to take part in an international exchange programme. You will then take modules abroad for which you will get course credits. You ll find an up-to-date list of our exchange programmes on the website exchanges. Global Hospitality Management You can also take part in the Global Hospitality Management programme. This is a joint venture between University of San Francisco, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hotel Management School Maastricht. For a year and a half, you ll study in an internationally orientated environment with representatives of different cultures. This comprehensive international programme will give you the opportunity to develop a global way of thinking. Future talent in After graduation Work Eighty percent of graduates from get a job immediately upon earning their bachelor s degree. A hotel management school degree means that you re versatile. You can work all over the world in management or consultancy; for example, in the international hotel industry, in and service organisations or in the conference and events industry. But also in management or consultancy jobs for healthcare institutions or financial services. Banks and insurance companies are certainly very interested in graduates of the Hotel Management School Maastricht, because they excel in interpersonal contact and business insight. Further study If you would like to continue your studies, you can choose from three master s degree programmes. For example, you can study international business at Maastricht University. What s more, Hotel Management School Maastricht also offers a one-year programme in Innovative Hospitality Management in cooperation with ESADE-Escuela Universitaria de Turismo St. Ignasi in Barcelona. This programme consists of course blocks in Barcelona and Maastricht followed by an (international) research. You study with graduates from hotel and tourism schools throughout the world, and with students with related backgrounds such as marketing, business administration and communications. There is also a European Master s Degree in Facility & Real Estate Management, offered by Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. If you have already acquired a few years work experience after graduation, you could take a one-year MBA in Hotel and Tourism Management. This programme is offered in cooperation with the Maastricht School of Management. Teaching Hotel Château Bethlehem real life training for students The Teaching Hotel Château Bethlehem is a unique learning environment and an inspiring meeting-place. Here students at experiment with concepts such as design and creativity. They train all aspects of the profession in practice from reception to kitchen and from housekeeping to service. Here they can learn from their mistakes and receive all the space they need to innovate. Firstyear students have operational tasks and provide leadership. Fourth-year students fulfill management roles. Bar Le Coin / Bart Hagevoort Restaurant L Etoile / Leon de Lange Room 4 Crayon Room / Jurgen Bey Room 24 Heart / DDock Room 9 Bath Room / Richard Hutten Suite 30 Suite in the Parc / Gerben van der Molen

4 Practical information Student life Become a manager with a hands-on mentality Open days About twenty times a year, on Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. opens its doors to prospective students. You can register for this using the online registration system on our website Make sure that you register at least two months in advance because there is a lot of interest. During this afternoon event, you will get a presentation and a comprehensive guided tour. If you re interested, you really should come and take a look! Selection Since its foundation in 1950, Hotel Management School Maastricht has acquired an excellent reputation both in the Netherlands and abroad. At the moment, approximately 1,100 students are enrolled at our institute. Every year, 320 new students are admitted. The industry calls for special skills and qualities. We will test whether you have these in our selection process. If you wish to study at Hotel Management School Maastricht, you should register for the selection procedure as quickly as possible. You can find more information about registration on our website Admission requirements British O-level standard. Professional education intermediary level with 2 modern foreign languages taken as final exam subjects. High School, Lycee, GCSE, intern. Bacc, etc. Students whose mother tongue is not English will have to demonstrate an adequate command of the English language (i.e. a minimum TOEFL internet based score of 80 or IELTS score of 6.0 or TOEIC score of 670 or Cambridge ESOL score of FCE-C). Dutch nationals who have completed a six-year international (English language) curriculum are not required to sit the TOEFL test. Cost You will pay tuition fees every year. The amount is set annually by the government. You should also take into account additional expenses for accommodation, meals, s, clothing and materials, books and activities. For an up-to-date overview of study costs and tuition fees, please see our website Explore your international management options Living on campus The School is housed in and around the medieval castle Château Bethlehem, in parklike setting in which the school buildings and student campus are also located. Living on campus is not only very pleasant, it also enables you to work on your social and practical skills an important part of your studies and your career later. This explains why first-year students in principle have to live on campus. You will have your own campus room, furnished like a small hotel room. Sanitary facilities are shared and there is a restaurant. And because you will be living with your fellow students, you ll also make friendships that last for life. Lively Maastricht Maastricht is synonymous with joie de vivre. In this historic city on the River Maas, you can shop to your heart s content, have fun in one of the many student cafés and enjoy good food. There s also no lack of culture, with theatres, concert halls, cinemas and museums all within easy reach. What s more, Maastricht is the most European city in the Netherlands with towns like Liège, Aachen and Hasselt close at hand. Students make up over ten per cent of the city s population, which means crowded cafés on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, a large number of student rooms in the old city centre, and a range of active student associations. The Amphitryon students association, closely linked to the hotel school, providing plenty of opportunities for putting theoretical knowledge into practice. You are free to join the association.

5 Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Postbus AN Heerlen Colophon Final editing & Design Zuiderlicht, Maastricht Printing Schrijen-Lippertz, Voerendaal This brochure was made in Some details may have changed since then. No rights may be derived from the text of this brochure. No part of this publication may be utilised or duplicated, in any manner whatsoever, without the prior written consent of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. Visiting address Bethlehemweg 2, 6222 BM Maastricht The Netherlands Postal address Postbus 3900, 6202 NX Maastricht The Netherlands T +31 (0) F +31 (0) Study-Information Centre: +31 (0) infohotelschool@zuyd.nl