This intensive two-year programme,
offered at the Leysin campus in Switzerland and the London-Waterloo
campus in the United Kingdom, integrates Business Administration and
Hotel Management graduate academic training as well as practical
experience in Hotel Operational Management to enable students to
acquire the skills that qualify them for immediate employment in the
hospitality field.
Students start the first and
second semesters of studies in Switzerland. The first semester of
studies, which lasts 4 months, combines classroom study of advanced
business and management issues and topics with further hands-on
training in hotel operations.
During the second semester of
studies, students undertake a paid* internship for 4-6 months in
hotels and restaurants to gain practical experience, and submit a
written report relative to the management of such outlets.
Students are then allowed to transfer the credits earned to continue
their studies in the United Kingdom for the third and fourth
semesters of study.
* minimum gross remuneration is CHF 2,000 - a month.
Programme outline at the Leysin campus: 18
credits
The following courses are usually
offered:
Semester 1 (4 months academic study)
Fall Term : BA 512 Managerial Accounting (3), BA 522
International Marketing (3), BA 531 Management in International
Business (3), BA 570 Management Communication for International
Business (3), BA 540 Business, Government and International Economy
(3), BA 589 Methods of Research (3). Additional courses include
Restaurant Operations, and French as preparation for the internship.
Spring Term : BA 515 Managerial Finance (3), BA 523 Marketing
Management (3), BA 536 Trade Strategies (3), BA 537 Production and
Operations Management (3), BA 538 Problems of Multinational
Enterprise (3), BA 592 Selected Topics. Additional courses include
Restaurant Operations, and French as preparation for the internship.
Semester 2 (4-6 months practice)
Hospitality Internship in selected outlets
Programme outline at the London campus: 27 credits
The following courses are usually
offered:
Semester 3 (4 months academic study)
HM 510 Food and Beverage Control (3) HM 531 international Travel and
Tourism (3), either HM 541 Tourism Planning and Marketing (3), or HM
581 Selected Topics in Tourism Management (3), HM 544 Human
Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry (3), HM 572 Hotel
and Restaurant Accounting Information Systems (3), HM 582 Case
Studies in Hotel and Tourism Management (3).
Semester 4 (2 months
academic study)
BA 501 Organisational Behaviour (3), BA 560 International Business
Law (3), MBA elective (3).
Admission Requirements
Completion of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business
administration, hospitality, or hotel and restaurant management,
provided that the following courses have been completed: economics,
statistics, business law, marketing, management and accounting.
Submission of score on Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT).
Students are required to take the GMAT before or during their SIU
studies, but must have taken it during the final term of studies at
the latest - the official score must be received directly from ETS.
Graduation Requirements
In addition to the graduation requirements for all graduate student
candidates for the Master of Business Administration in
International Hotel and Tourism Management degree must have
completed a minimum of 45 semester credits at the graduate level,
and passed the final oral comprehensive examination.
