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Do you dream about an international career, working in hospitality or hotel management, or perhaps starting your own business? Hotel Management School Maastricht, offers you a top quality international bachelor programme, fully in English. Are you worried about your language skills? If you have completed your high-school final English exam, you already have a good level to start. At the end of our four-year programme, you will have mastered the English language!
Studying at our hotel school offers you
- An ambitious, high quality economic bachelor degree
- Worldwide internships at high-end 5-star hotels such as Hilton, Marriott and IHG
- Develop your English skills from day one, and become an international teamplayer
- Large alumni network and friends for life
- A full national and international accreditation of the NVAO and THE-ICE & Top Rated Programme in Keuzegids 2025
- International classroom & small-scale and personal education
Discover our programme!
Internships
During your studies you will go on two exciting internships. Read more about our international internship opportunities!
Future
With a bachelor Hotel Management, the world is yours! Discover the career possibilities and get inspired by our alumni.
4 Reasons to choose the English track
It's a fast way to improve your language skills, thrive in different cultures, and prepare yourself to become an international hospitality leader!
Everything else you want to know
Study programme
We enable you to become a young professional in the field of hotel management and food service. We combine theory with practice and invest a great deal in your personal development and guidance. Our education is small-scale, with an international community. You will organize events, run shifts in our Teaching Hotel (which is a real hotel!) or solve realistic business cases.
You will do an operational internship abroad in an international 4 or 5 star hotel in your second year, and in your fourth year you will do a management internship in the Netherlands or abroad.
In year three you will specialize your studies by choosing one of the following tracks. Choose the track that suits you and your interests the most!
• Hotel Management
• Foodservice
• Horizons in Hospitality
There are many options to develop yourself and personalise your studies. We offer extra-curricular activities such as the Excellence Programme or the Study Association, you can choose your own minors, go on exchange or do a pre-master.
We offer an English and Dutch track, which is identical in content. In the English track you will be in an international classroom with both Dutch students and international students.
Study costs
A full overview of the study costs can be found on our website. In addition to the annual tuition fees, there are other costs as well. For example the one-time purchase of a Tenue de Ville (school uniform), kitchen uniform, knife set, the rent of your campus room in the first year and of course study books.
Living on campus
During your first year you'll live on campus in the Student Residence. You learn to live together with others, which allows you to develop skills and abilities that are required to be successful in the hospitality industry. You live in a unit with 13-15 students and share a living room and kitchen. Your own student room comes with a bed, desk and wardrobe and a private bathroom! The Student Residence is centrally located on campus and less than a 3 minute walk to the education building and Teaching Hotel.
Studying in English
Doing a studies in English may sound difficult, but we assure you it's not! If you have had English as an exam subject in your secondary education, you already have a good base. At the end of the four years, you will be an international teamplayer with excellent language skills!
The world of hospitality is an international environment, where speaking another language is a great advantage! Challenge yourself and discover what you can do if you go for it.
Admission & application
In order to enroll into our bachelor programme, make sure you meet our admission requirements!
In short, you'll need:
- A secondary education diploma enabling you to follow Higher Professional Education
- Adequate proficiency in English
- Advanced knowledge of a second modern language
We also have a selection procedure that all candidates have to go through.
Career opportunities
Once graduated the possibilities are endless. The hotel industry, tourism and events, food & beverage, hospitality, or HR are just a few sectors you can start in. We also provide you with the skills to start your own business. Discover where our students end up after graduating!
You can also choose to pursue further education such as a master's degree.
Starting moments in September & February
Start in September or February! There is no difference in the study programme. Do you wish to get some work experience or travel after graduating your secondary education? With the option to start in February you can do this, without having to wait a whole year to start you bachelor's!
You can apply for a start in September 2026 or February 2027 from 1 October 2025 until 1 May 2026.
Get in touch
Do you have questions or wish to talk to one of our student recruiters? We are happy to assist you with your query!
You can apply for a start in September 2026 or February 2027 from 1 October 2025 until 1 May 2026.