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Programme profile

Graduates of this programme have an excellent chance of building successful careers. Many of them have jobs even before they finish school or shortly afterwards. Over 90% of the graduates from this programme are in employment within a year: former students of the Hague Hotel School are in leading management positions in the hospitality and related industries, including catering and retail business.

This internationally oriented programme, run in both Amsterdam and the Hague, is a demanding course and our students are required to give their best at all times. It has a key practical focus, as well as arming students with an excellent general grounding is business skills, entrepreneurship and srtategic thinking.

The programme has two start dates every year: September and February.

In addition to its standard 4-year degree route, the school also offers an excellent fast-track programme for holders of relevant diploma qualifications and with experience in the hospitality sector [application deadline for this fast-track programme is 01 June].

Programme content

The programme is delivered in three phases:

Phase 1
During this stage you will learn how to develop a 'hospitable attitude', how to work in a team and how to search for information. You will also become aware that you are responsible for your own learning process. You will also learn the basic skills associated with working at operational level in hotels and restaurants. You will learn skills such as cooking, serving and working at the Front Desk. You also become acquainted with the basics theories of hotel management and learn to apply these in actual situations. For example, you work on a project to make an architectural design for your own hotel or you design a website for your hotel.

During the first year, all students taking the Bachelor course stay at the Skotel, the School’s Training and Study Hotel.

Phase 2
In this stage, you are expected to show more initiative. The programme concentrates on the various key management areas: Marketing Management, Financial Management, Operations Management, Information Management.

In this phase, you will be faced with problems like how to achieve higher quality, how to work more efficiently, how to achieve greater guest satisfaction. These problems require you to use all your management knowledge and the theoretical models that you were taught. The problems may occur in the restaurant, the kitchen, in the hotel or elsewhere.

Phase 3
In the third stage of the programme you are challenged to react to the consequences of  constant changes. As a manager in the hospitality industry you need to find solutions to anticipated problems, to take advantage of possible opportunities and to implement any changes required. Creativity, innovation and strategy are the keywords in this process. The management domains return in this stage: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Personnel and Organisation and Information Management. You will find out that many of the problems you face cover more than one domain.

This stage includes a management placement of approximately 20 weeks at a renowned international company within the hospitality industry

Progression

Hotelschool The Hague offers in collaboration with Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) Erasmus University a one-year Masters programme in Hospitality Management

Entry Requirements