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Programme profile

This programme covers hospitality, gastronomy, catering, events, human resource, marketing, sales and finance. You will work on assignments from real companies from the first year. You often do this in small groups with guidance from lecturers with relevant practical experience. You will learn to adapt your strategies and ideas and develop skills such as leadership, cooperation and presentation.

You will also work in our own four-star hotel to experience how practice works, but where you will also learn to think strategically at an management level and conduct research. On the one hand you will learn theory about business management, for example, and on the other hand you will taste the most delicious wines during a wine class. In the third year you choose two international minors that suit you.

You will finish the programme with a paid internship of 10 months which enlarges your chances of getting a job and you could start working immediately. We have agreements with more than 300 companies in the Netherlands and abroad. Dynamic businesses who are eager to work with you.

Throughout the programme, you will be exposed to practical tasks in a hotel environment. You will start in the operational levels (first year) and work yourself up to be a manager of a department (third year). This way, you will gain good knowledge of the skills and responsibilities required from all levels of staff in the hospitality sector.

A further attractive component of the programme is that you will have the opportunity to study (and work) at other universities in the Stenden University group, in South Africa, Qatar, Bali and Thailand. 

There is a three-year programme also available

Programme content

First Year: In Semester 1 you will learn how to approach guests, ICT, cultural differences, evaluating the experiences of guests, complaint settlement, and so on. In the second semester you will learn how to find qualified personnel, the operational activities, and the way in which services are produced and distributed.

Second & Third Year: In this phase you can specialise and put gained knowledge into practice through electives, joining courses on Stenden campuses across the world or through practical work experience. Year 2 and 3 include subjects such as financial management, human resource management, operation, marketing, law, information management, negotiation and quality control, market analysis and business plan development.

Fourth Year: During the last year of your study, you will follow an international internship in a company and position of your choice. This will be completed by your Bachelor"s Thesis.

Progression

The university offers related Masters programmes in the following area:

- Leisure & Tourism Management
- Service Management

The Tourism and Hospitality Management programmes of Stenden University of Applied Sciences have successfully met international accreditation Standards of Excellence. Stenden has been welcomed as a Full Member of the International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE) and is the first institution in The Netherlands to gain this recognition. According to THE-ICE, the educational programmes “provide mature and well-structured courses with a strong industry engagement. ...the facilities and support available to students at Stenden University are impressive. Coaching and buddy programmes help students with their personal development and Stenden’s full service Learning Company Hotel balances theoretical input and practical training.“ THE-ICE is an independent international accreditation body that specialises in tourism, hospitality, events and culinary arts education, training and research programmes. 

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