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Always wondered what you can do with a bachelor Hotel Management? 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 your career options and see where our former students ended up. The world is yours!
At Hotel Management School Maastricht, we offer you:
- An inspiring, international environment where innovation comes first and where we provide you with all the skills and competencies you need to become a qualified professional
- A challenging 4 year Bachelor (BA) with a focus on Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship
- Many options to specialize your study, so you are more than ready to start a career in your field of interest
- An alumni network of >9,500 alumni, in 48 countries. Build your network and benefit for life
What can you do with a bachelor Hotel Management?
What can you expect?
Specialise your study programme
We offer you many opportunities to specialise your studies, to ensure it matches your own personal interests! In the third year you will specialise your studies by choosing a track of your choice. Whether you want to go into the hotel business, curious about gastronomy and the restaurant business, or are more interested in hospitality in a broader perspective, it's all possible.
You can choose from the following tracks to develop in your preferred direction:
• Hotel Management
• Foodservice
• Horizons in Hospitality
Each track comes with its own minors of which you have to follow one related to the track, the other one is up to you! This is the change to discover your future career path.
You can also decide to do a pre-master, or go on exchange to one of our partner universities worldwide.
Make friends and build a network from the start
Living on campus means building your network right from the beginning. You live with fellow students and make friendships for life. This is only the beginning of your network. Upon graduating you will join the alumni network with over 9500 graduates you can link with. The perfect way to find your first job!
Think about jobs like
- Hotelmanager / General manager
- Food & Beverage manager
- Banqueting supervisor
- Operational supervisor
- Accountmanager
- HR coordinator
- Eventmanager
- Consultant
- Entrepreneur
Work in sectors such as
- Hotel industry
- Food & Beverage industry
- Tourism, leisure and events
- Hospitality industry
- Marketing & Sales
- HR
- Become an entrepreneur and start your own business
Extra-curricular activities to stand out from the crowd
We offer several activities and programmes you can join during your time at Hotel Management School Maastricht. These activities are a great way to showcase your interests and personality. Especially if you are at the beginning of your career and have little work experience, it can boost your CV and make you unique!
- Excellence Programme
In this 20 week programme you get to deepen your knowledge about the hospitality business by working on an real-life business case, which you get to present to an industry jury at the end. You can also participate in international student competitions - Student Council
We have an active Student Council which represents our students in a range of meetings and in the Faculty Board and Participation Council. The board changes every six months. - Student Association Amphitryon
The student association for all students, which plays an important role in the social life of its members. It organizes many sports, recreational and cultural activities. The board of the association, which changes every year, is a valued discussion partner for the management of the school. The board is elected each year by its members.
Want to know more?
Do you have questions or wish to talk to one of our international student recruiters? We are happy to assist you with your query!
Contact us at study.hmsm@zuyd.nl
Applying for our programme
You can apply for a start in September 2026 or February 2027 from 1 October 2025 until 1 May 2026.