International Hotel Management

Description

This English-programme prepares you for a career in the hospitality industry. After your graduation, you go the extra mile with your professionalism, creativity and innovative ideas!

*Can you turn a hotel stay into an unforgettable experience? *Do you exceed your guest's expectations? *Do you combine excellent service, sustainability and profit maximisation? Although the hospitality industry is all about the expectations of guests like business travellers, tourists or conference delegates, this industry is also about premises, décor, quality of facilities and the professionalism of personnel. It is up to you, as a hospitality manager, to take all aspects into consideration. With your professionalism, creativity and innovative ideas, you surprise your guest each and every time and, as a result, you exceed your guests' expectations and create memorable experiences. Can you make that difference? To practise this role, NHTV has modern study facilities with its own in-school training company, which boasts modern kitchen facilities.

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 1906 Year (EEA)
• EUR 8369 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

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: Revenue Management and Human Resource Management.

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

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 your Assessment in December.

If you pass this assessment, you are permitted to put your PDP into practice from January to June. In June you will be given the opportunity (in a final Assessment) 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

First year (Orientation)

Problem-Based Learning

The first year curriculum is built around the principle of Problem-Based Learning. This means that you work in groups, on problems, within a professional context.

Themes

The first academic year is divided into a number of periods. Each period revolves around a certain theme. In the first year, the following themes will be dealt with:

• Supply: focuses on the kind of products and services provided by the hospitality industry.
• Demand: how can different types of customers be found? What exactly do they expect? Which travel trends can be observed?
• Operations Management: welcoming guests comprises the preparation and serving of meals, knowledge of wine, cost accounting, hygiene and rooms division (including reception and housekeeping).
• Business Plan: at the end of the first year you submit and present a business plan for a hotel.

Practical components

In your first year, you perform a four-week operational placement in a hotel.

In addition, you will be given a thorough introduction into the professional field through company visits, guest lectures and excursions and a field trip to a Spanish-speaking country.

A certain portion of your credits (also termed ‘servicepoints’) can be earned by taking part in PR activities and events with the school's training company Sibelicious.

Second year (Specialisation)

Project-Based Learning

Whereas Problem-Based Learning is the main training method of the first year, the second year is centred around Project-Based Learning. Each theme consists of a specific project commissioned by the hospitality industry. This creates a mutually beneficial interaction between education and the industry.
Students present their reports to professionals from the industry.

Themes

Each second year theme consists of a real project assignment commissioned by the hospitality industry. The following projects are conducted by teams of 4 to 5 students, and the industry will reward the best teams with the Golden Bell and Golden Key Award:

• Imagineering: managing the ‘heartbeat’ of an organisation and the experience of each guest at all contact moments
• Customer Relationship Management: creating loyalty with individual guests and clients
• Revenue Management: improving results and profits by streamlining processes and applying revenue management techniques
• Human Resource Management: gaining and applying knowledge in Human Resource Management in general, and on organisational aspects in specific
• Event Management: organising an event

Practical componentsOne of the practical components in the second year is a ‘wine trip’ to France.

Second-year students will be asked to manage the school's training company Sibelicious for two weeks and supervise first-year students who work in the operations.

At the end of your second year, you go on a six-month placement in a hotel abroad. This placement is to combine vocational and managerial experience at the ‘assistant to the manager’ level.

Third year (Integration)

Individual Academic LearningThe academic part of the third year starts in January (after your six-month placement). To complete the third year case assignment, an individual study of academic literature and managerial models will be required.

Strategy and Communication module
You develop a clear vision on the international hotel industry, learn about strategic management and account for your choices in the third year Strategy and Communication module.

Inspiring lectures (including international guest lecturers), team discussions and the independent reading of leading literature will make you think about how to distinguish your organisation from its competitors.

Practical components

Between the second and third academic years, you perform a six-month placement in a hotel abroad. The academic part of the third year starts in January.

AssessmentBy means of an assessment at the end of year three you demonstrate your competency by writing a ‘reflection report’ and participating in an assessment interview.

In addition, you write a Personal Development Plan in which you present and support your personal competency development plan for your graduation year.

Fourth year (Graduation)

Demand based

The final year is designed according to the ‘Demand-Based’ principle, meaning you propose how to design your graduation phase.

Personal Development plan

In the fourth year, your Personal Development Plan is implemented. The programme is tailored to your needs and interests and allows you to build the competencies acquired in the first three years up to the required level. You decide whether this entails:

• a large-scale project
• a double degree
• a pre-master
• another placement
• a research assignment
• an advanced course

A supervisor with interests in your chosen path will coach you in taking this final step.

Assessment

In a final assessment you convince a committee of professionals that you are ready to enter the international hotel industry.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 60(Grade C) TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test : 80

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Requirements

Admission Requirements for Foreign Students

You can apply for this programme if you have completed secondary school, Abitur, Artium, Avgångsbetyg från Gymnasieskolan, COU, Senior High School - A levels or secondary vocational education.

If your qualifications are not mentioned above, please contact Student Office (international.office(at)nhtv.nl).

Test Of English as a Foreign Language

As a non-native speaker of English, you must also show sufficient results of one of these tests:

• TOEFL test (minimum score 80 internet-based and minimum sub score for Speaking 20)
• IELTS test (minimum overall band score 6.0 and a minimum sub score for Speaking 6.0)
• Cambridge Advanced Certificate

A levels

If your high school diploma is comparable with A levels:

• you can be admitted to the fast track
• you are exempted from taking the English test if you have English in your curriculum

Brush up course - better results!

NHTV’s OnlineSchool offers an online course to increase your knowledge of financial management.

Admission requirements for Dutch students

For this programme, the admission requirements are:

havo

N+T > 2e mvt*
N+G > 2e mvt*
E+M > 2e mvt*
C+M > ec or m&o

vwo

N+T > 2e mvt*
N+G > 2e mvt*
E+M > 2e mvt*
C+M > admissible

mbo

mbo 4 > admissible

* As the second modern foreign language (mvt) you can choose French, German or Spanish

In addition, you must have proven experience in, and an affinity with, the hospitality industry.

Second modern foreign language required

As Academy of Hotel Management has the right to select all its students, all applicants (including mbo 4 students and applicants for the 21+ arrangement) must fulfill the requirement of having studied a second modern foreign language (2e mvt).
If a second modern foreign language is not included in your current study programme, you will have until July 1 to meet the language requirement by enrolling in a language course elsewhere.

What to do if you do not meet the admission requirements?

• If you miss any of the compulsory subjects, check out your possibilities (information is in Dutch)
  If you are aged 21 or over, you may appeal to the 21+ arrangement. Please contact hotelmanagement(at)nhtv.nl.

Brush up course - better results!

NHTV’s Online School offers an online course to increase your knowledge of financial management: 'brush up' course.

You will benefit from the intensive 3-year programme in two respects: you gain one year in time, and save one year of tuition fees.

Admission requirements (3-year programme)

You can follow the 3-year programme if you already have:

A pre-university education

You will be eligible for the 3-year programme if you have already successfully completed a Dutch vwo education or a similar foreign diploma (e.g. German Hochschulreifezeugnis).

In addition, you must have proven experience in, and an affinity with, the hospitality industry.

A vocational education

You have successfully completed a vocational education in hotel management (e.g. MHS/HOM, level 4).

Other possibilities

If you are in possession of:

• a related propaedeutic certificate
• a diploma of a higher education or university study programme
• previously acquired competencies

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences.

Funding

Scholarships / Grants:

NHTV:
NHTV Bachelor Scholarship supports non-EU/EEA students who will pay the full tuition fee for bachelor programmes at NHTV. This scholarship consists of a €3000 reduction of the tuition fee in the first year studying at NHTV (paying the non-EU/EEA tuition fee).
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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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Nuffic:
The Orange Tulip Scholarship is a special programme for excellent Mexican students. Various higher education institutions and companies support outstanding Mexican students financially to be able to study in Holland.
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Nuffic:
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Voor hbo-bachelorstudenten brazilie
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Voor hbo-bachelorstudenten Indonesie
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Accreditation

Accredited by: NVAO in: The Netherlands