Education is not limited to the school grounds.

Practical experience is also ob-

MAASTRICHT
HOTEL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL
Maastricht Hotel Management School offers a bachelor degree
course in hospitality management.
Since its foundation in 1950, Maastricht Hotel Management
School has built up an excellent reputation both at home and
abroad. The annual intake of students is 300 and at present,
approximately 1,100 young adults are studying at our institute.
Teaching and administration staff roughly number 120.
The rooms Division practical skills department is also located here,
including the Front Desk, Business Centre and the Reservations
Office. Furthermore, the grounds also hold the Halls of Residence,
which comprise 4 blocks of flats with 259 rooms, our private
guesthouse, the Amphitryon Student Union and sports fields in-
cluding a 3 par 9 hole golf course, all of which are situated within
a two-minute walking distance of each other.
tained by means of company excursions, the operational and management trai-
neeships and participation in the fourth-year management project. The further
you progress in your studies the more you will be expected to work independently.
CAMPUS This in itself is a learning process. The modern manager is also expected to make
decisions about which actions to take to improve his personal development.
Two essential aspects of your study at Maastricht Hotel Management School are
character development and the acquisition of practical skills. That is why in your Problem Based Learning (PBL)
first year you will in principle be required to reside in the Halls of Residence on the Maastricht Hotel Management School applies various teaching methods. In addi-
campus. The campus rooms are furnished in the style of a hotel room, including tion to lectures and working in a (simulated) hotel environment, there are many
a bed, desk, cupboard, bookcase, refrigerator, private telephone, and cable-tv and types of seminars. Problem Based Learning is one of the cornerstones of our edu-
cable-internet connections. Bathrooms and toilets are shared. You will have your cational model. In problem based learning, students are divided into groups of,
own room and you can make use of the campus restaurant. Living on the campus ideally, no more than twelve and are required to perform various tasks. In PBL
will give you the opportunity to develop your social skills such as tolerance, self- sessions you will learn to approach and to analyse a problem, set priorities, adopt
confidence, dealing with conflicts, empathy and toughness. Self-discipline is a key a multidisciplinairy approach, solve problems and work closely together with
word on the campus but above all you can have a great time. others. A tutor guides the entire process and monitors students’ progress.
Master Programmes
Since four years, the Maastricht Hotel Management School offers
postgraduate programmes.
Following graduation, you can enroll in the postgraduate Innova-
tive Hospitality Management programme. This one-year full-time
course is delivered with ESADE-Escuela Universitaria de Turismo
St. Ignasi in Barcelona, where the students spend the first three
months.
Finally, if, after graduation, you have worked in the hospitality
industry for a number of years, you can enroll in the one-year full-
time MBA degree programme in Hotel and Tourism Management
offered by our school. For these programmes, the best lecturers
available are contracted, which contributes to the vibrant aca-
demic environment of the school.
Students whose mothertongue is not English will have to prove
that they have a good command of the English language (i.e. a
minimum TOEFL score of 550 or IELTS score of 6.0).
Dutch nationals who have completed a six-year international
(English language) curriculum are not required to sit the TOEFL
test.
Please check our website (www.hotelschoolmaastricht.nl) for
detailed information about our selection procedure (clicking ba-
chelor EN and application).

Maastricht Hotel Management School is housed in the medieval
‘Bethlehem Castle’ at its centre. The modern campus, built in the
22 acre grounds, consists of a studies wing including the entrance
hall, 26 lecture halls and classrooms, 12 rooms fully equipped for
project work, computer and language labs, and an ultra-modern
library and learning centre with extensive internet facilities and
reading room. The crafts wing houses the Housekeeping Depart-
ment, linen room, stores, kitchens and restaurants. The staff of-
fices, an auditorium and several meetingrooms are located in the
MAASTRICHT FOUR-YEAR BACHELOR PROGRAMME IN WORLDWIDE NETWORK APPLICATION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURE International airports
HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Brussels Zaventem Airport (112 kms)
The ancient city of Maastricht attracts over 15 million tourists Traineeship The type of education we offer requires you to have special skills Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (207 kms)
each year. It can be said that the magic of the city is a signifi- The study at the Maastricht Hotel Management School is a four-year full-time The Maastricht Hotel Management School considers the traineeship to be an im- and personal qualities which you will be tested on before accept- Flughafen Düsseldorf International (109 kms)
cant reason for students to enroll here. Due to the signing of the course. The total study programme consists of 11 modules, which can be best portant part of the programme. We view it as ‘education on location’. The majority ance. To participate in the selection procedure, apply to the Hotel Maastricht - Aachen Airport (12 kms)
Treaty of Maastricht many people consider this city to be the most described as ‘specialisations in management’. of traineeships is completed in international hospitality companies abroad. Our School. Make sure you have the right qualifications for enrollment Cologne - Bonn Airport (105 kms)
“European” city in Europe. With over 1500 officially registered worldwide network includes traineeship opportunities from Asia to South-America shown below:
monuments, the city’s future as a highly valued tourist attraction Intro 1 Hotel Entrée 2 Hotel Basic
Management
3 Hotel
International
4 Hotel F & B in well-known hotel chains such as Starwood, NH Hoteles and Radisson SAS. • British O-level standard. Distances to major European cities:
Proaedeutic
is guaranteed and the hundreds of pubs and restaurants make it 1st year • Professional education intermediary level with 2 modern Paris: 395 kms Amsterdam: 207 kms

education programme
castle building. an excellent centre of recreation for young and old. As a result of International Exchange Programmes - an Extra Dimension foreign languages taken as final exam subjects. Brussels: 112 kms Luxembourg: 197 kms

profession profile
5 Hotel 6 Hotel 7 Hotel 8 Hotel
Personnel & Operations a b Operational
the establishment of modern industries, service companies and Post-propaedeutic Organisation Toerism
mgt
Facility
mgt management Maastricht Hotel Management School participates in the European Union’s • High School or Lycee.
2nd year
institutions of learning in recent decades, the region has also be- Socrates Programme. The aim of this programme is to stimulate cooperation and
Traineeship Practice 9 Hotel 10 Hotel
come a destination for businessmen and scientists. Consequently, a
Event 1
b
Choice
management student mobility between educational institutions within Europe. Within this con-
3rd year
Maastricht has moved into the top 30 of leading international text, the Hotel School gives you the opportunity to sit one or two modules abroad.
congress cities in the world - ahead of major cities such as Madrid, Traineeship Management 11 Management Project There are exchange opportunities at several academic centres. The most recent
Buenos Aires and Hongkong! 4th year offer can be found on our website (www.hotelschoolmaastricht.nl), click interna-
tionalisation and exchanges.
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Maastricht Hotel Management School

Hospitality Management Four-year Bachelor Programme
BRUSSELS COLOGNE

Maastricht Hotel Management School

LUXEMBOURG FRANKFURT
Visiting address:
PARIS
Bethlehemweg 2
6222 BM Maastricht
The Netherlands

Mail address:
A WORLDWIDE CAREER, P.O. Box 3900
A FASCINATING INDUSTRY 6202 NX Maastricht
The Netherlands
Business profile
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careers in a variety of industries, such as the service and hospitality
sectors, congress and exhibition organisations. One sector which in WWW.HOTELSCHOOLMAASTRICHT.NL
recent years has been popular with our graduates is financial serv-
ices. Banks and insurance companies have been especially keen to
recruit our students.