At home in the best places in the world: With your Hospitality Management degree, you can move confidently on all tourism platforms.
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Business hotels, holiday clubs, leisure parks, system gastronomy, conference centres, wellness temples - they all need you! Thanks to your Hospitality Management studies, you will take on leading management functions in an exciting industry. Your studies at the IU International University of Applied Sciences will give you exactly the knowledge you need to be successful in Hospitality Management. And that worldwide.
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The hotel and tourism industry is still one of the most stable and successful sectors. With your Hospitality Management studies, you will prepare yourself for an international and exciting professional field. For example as:
In your future job, you will be responsible for the operational management of the Room Division Management with the Front Office and Housekeeping departments. Especially when it comes to the staff, who you have to motivate and lead accordingly. You create staff schedules and cleaning plans - and always keep an eye on the budget. After all, it's about nothing less than the satisfaction of the guests. Accordingly, you are also responsible for quality management.
The way to customer satisfaction is through the stomach. Accordingly, the hotel and hospitality industry places a great deal of focus on the perfect enjoyment of food and beverages. As a food and beverage manager, you are responsible for the planning, implementation and control of gastronomic projects and facilities (e.g. kitchen, restaurant, bar). In addition to staff responsibility, you also take on budgeting - coupled with the efficient purchasing of food and beverages.
As a revenue manager, your main goal is to optimise profits. You calculate room rates taking into account seasonal fluctuations and other general conditions. You observe the market participants in order to achieve as many bookings as possible through attractive pricing. With maximum added value. For the calculation, you use specific software systems that can also analyse past booking data. With your analytical talent and your pleasure in strategic planning, you always have the right pricing strategy at hand.
You can complete your Hospitality Management Bachelor's degree at IU by distance learning. Here you can find out how your studies at IU work and what your advantages are in the distance learning study model.
You study completely on your own terms. Get the perfect blend of innovative study tools, interactive study formats via video chat (live or on demand) and personal support.
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At IU, we deliberately refrain from offering degree programmes with a numerus clausus (NC). Therefore, you do not need a specific grade point average to study Hospitality Management. Waiting semesters and selection procedures are also not an issue for us. We just want to talk to you personally so that we can find out together what your strengths and talents are.
You can study the Hospitality Management bachelor’s degree through the distance learning programme completely on your own terms and with 100% flexibility. Thanks to the virtual learning format with interactive online courses, your IU studies can be completed entirely independent of time and place.
Of course, at IU we are happy to make this possible for you. In addition to the entrance qualification in the form of an Abitur or Fachabitur, interested students without an Abitur have the opportunity to enter our Bachelor's programme. You can study Hospitality Management without an Abitur if you have completed an advanced training programme, have a master craftsman's certificate or have at least two years of vocational training and at least three years of professional experience.
The Hospitality Management Bachelor’s programme lasts for 36, 48 or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose. If you need more time and semesters for your studies, this is absolutely no problem.
If you take a look at the directors of the hotels in your region, you will probably notice that many of them have very different degrees. Business Administration, Tourism and Event Management are certainly among them. Just like Hospitality Management. This Bachelor's degree programme prepares you for management positions in the hotel industry and is therefore the right step for your professional future as a hotel manager.
Our free student advisory service has all the answers for you! We take the time to advise you individually and without obligation.
The pandemic has shaken up the hotel industry and triggered a change. If you study Hospitality Management now, you have the opportunity to make a big impact on the future of the hotel industry. Thanks to your studies, you expand your skills and your career options. Because in the professional world, talents with extensive competences are in vogue. Your chances of advancement are also more diverse with a degree. Many companies still rely on academics to fill higher positions.
And don't forget: when you study at IU, you invest in yourself and in a promising future. Moreover, studying is fun - especially when education (like at IU) takes place the way you want it to.
In the Hospitality Management Bachelor's programme, you deal intensively with business administration and event-specific basics. You will gain a deep insight into current trends such as sustainability management, digitalisation and crisis management. In addition, your scientific-analytical as well as intercultural qualifications are promoted. After all, in the future you will be in an industry that thinks and acts globally. New technologies also play a role in your studies, from augmented reality to social media tools.
The basis of your Hospitality Management studies is a well-founded scientific as well as practically oriented education in business and economics. Strategy, personnel planning and quality management are included. In addition, you will learn management methods, especially for the hospitality sector. Your Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management also offers you various elective subjects to specialise in. Also in terms of foreign languages. At IU, you learn all this at your own pace. Your studies adapt to your life - and not the other way around. For maximum learning success and maximum enjoyment of life.
With your Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, you will reshape the industry after the pandemic. And exactly where you want to be. With your foreign language skills from your studies, you can communicate with guests in many places around the world and lead small and large hotels to success. It's up to you whether you take responsibility for food & beverages, increasing turnover or front office management. As your professional experience grows, you can take on even more responsible tasks over time or perhaps open your own boutique hotel. After your bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, the world will be open to you.
