International Hotel Management

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NHTV offers International Hotel Management as either a 3- or 4-year course, depending on your prior level of education.

3-year course with pre-university education

Year 1

From September to December you study the Supply and Demand module. You will become acquainted with the industry in various ways and gain a lot of practical experience in our training company Sibelicious. A field trip will be organised to a Spanish speaking country to get acquainted with the hotel industry.

In January you will start taking part in a second year project: Management and Organisation and Organisational Theory. The theme week in this term will focus on various aspects of food.

From May to June you study the Operations Management module which focuses on the practical side of catering, facilities and hospitality.

The Assessments, in which you need to demonstrate your professional development, will take place in January (Assessment 1) and June (Assessment 2). The results of these determine whether or not you will be admitted into the next year. If it turns out that you have difficulties within this programme, you can switch to the four-year programme in January.

Year 2

From September to the end of December you participate in the Customer Relations Management and Imagineering projects. You also organise an event and prepare for your placement.

From January to the end of June you get to go abroad on a placement in the hospitality industry.

Year 3

After having successfully completed your work placement, you will start the Strategy and Communication module in September. You also write your Personal Development Plan (PDP) during this period, in preparation for Assessment 3 in December.

If you pass Assessment 3, you are permitted to put your PDP into practice from January to June. In June you will be given the opportunity (in Assessment 4) to demonstrate that you are competent to enter the international hotel industry. If you succeed, you will be rewarded with the Bachelor of Business Administration in Hotel Management.

4-year course Admission requirements

You can enter the 4-year programme if you have completed vocational education (mbo level 4) or higher secondary education, for example:

• havo
• Abitur
• Artium
• Avgångsbetyg från Gymnasieskolan
• COU
• Senior High School - A levels
• Baccalauréat

Course planning

Year 1

In this orientation year, themes that will be dealt with are Supply, Demand and Operations Management. You will obtain insights into all aspects of the hospitality industry. At the end of the year, you will submit and present a business plan for a hotel.

Discover the profession

You will perform a four-week operational placement in a hotel.

Your introduction to the professional field of hospitality will include a wealth of practical experience. How about a field trip to a Spanish-speaking country?

You can earn some of your credits by taking part in projects - events and PR activities - with the school's training company Sibelicious.

Year 2

Within your specialisation, you complete a real project assignment commissioned by the hospitality industry. Themes such as Imagineering, Customer Relationship Management, Management and Organisation and Organisational Theory will be discussed.

Organising and managing

You get to organise an event, but first you learn all about food during the Food Theme Week.

For two weeks you will be the manager and supervise first-year students working in the operations of the school's training company Sibelicious.

Wine trip

You have the opportunity to go on a field trip to a wine region in France. Over the last few years this has been to Bordeaux, Alsace and Champagne.

Six-month international company placement

At the end of the second year you start a six-month placement in a hotel abroad. Our placement office is in touch with large International Hotel Chains like Hilton, Radisson, Marriot, Sheraton, Kempinski, Le Meridien and Hyatt in the UK, Dutch Antilles, South Africa, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, China and Malaysia.

Year 3

Between the second and the third academic years, you will perform a six-month placement in a hotel abroad (see Year 2).

During the third year's Strategy & Communication module, you develop a clear vision of the hotel industry and how to distinguish your own organisation from its competitors. During this period you also write your Personal Development Plan.

Year 4

You propose how to design your graduation phase. You can choose from various ideas, such as: a large-scale project, a double degree, another placement, a research assignment or an advanced pre-master’s course. A supervisor will coach you in taking this final step.

Academic degree in one year

In the fourth year, all NHTV students are offered the opportunity of studying a pre-master's programme in Strategic Business Management and Marketing. This degree enables you to continue with a Master of Science programme at several universities and earn a Master of Science (MSc) degree in one year's time.

Exchange programmes and double degree

You can add an extra international dimension to your studies by doing a six month exchange programme or even obtaining a double degree.

Exchange programme

Exchange programmes are offered by the universities of:

• Brisbane, Australia
• Hong Kong, China
• Helsinki, Finland
• Jyväskylä, Finland
• Porvoo, Finland
• Kuopio, Finland
• Chambéry, France
• Bad Honnef, Germany
• Budapest, Hungary
• Dublin, Ireland
• Faro, Portugal
• Barcelona, Spain
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Bournemouth, England
• London, England
• Flagstaff, USA
• Macao, China

Double Degree

By studying abroad the entire fourth year of studies, you can - under certain conditions - obtain both the NHTV degree and the degree of the host institution.

At this moment, it is possible to obtain your Double Degree in Chambéry (France), Helsinki (Finland), Macao (China), Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and Flagstaff (USA).

Imagine you are selected to go to Macao as a double degree student and you pass all your courses over there. At the end of that last year of studies you will be entitled to receive a Bachelor's degree from NHTV plus another Bachelor's degree from IFT Macao, all in one year.

Accreditation

Accredited by: NVAO in: Netherlands

Funding details

Scholarships / Grants:

China Scholarship Counsil:
The scholarship programme is designed for good quality Chinese students who want to study or do research in the Netherlands for an academic year either during or after their studies in China. The main purpose of the China Programme is the exchange of talented Chinese and Dutch students.
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NHTV Breda:
Per year there is a limited number of scholarships available for non-EU/EEA-students to contribute in the costs of the tuition fee.
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