Bachelor in International Hospitality Management

Develop your natural sense of horsemanship and be a Game Changer in the exciting and dynamic hospitality industry. Come and seize the opportunities our diverse world of hotel management has to offer.

When empathy and a service-minded attitude come naturally to you, and you enjoy meeting people from all over the world, then the Hospitality Management program at Hotel Management School NHL Stenden is perfect for you. In turn, we offer an open and welcoming environment: horsemanship at its best.

• Work on challenges set by the hospitality industry
• Gain practical work experience in our Living Labs on campus
• Specialize in your field and take a minor subject at a location abroad
• Do a ten-month paid internship in your final year to invest in your personal development and increase your employability
• Take part in international hospitality competitions and expand your network
• Obtain additional hospitality certification while you study

What Hospitality Management offers

This management course at Hotel Management School NHL Stenden prepares you for the rapidly changing environment of the hospitality industry. You develop your skills and knowledge of hospitality, gastronomy, catering, events, human resources, marketing, sales and finance. You also work in our four-star hotel Notiz and our on-campus restaurants and eateries. This gives you the chance to not only experience how hospitality works in practice and explore different catering concepts but also learn how to think strategically at a management level and how to carry out research. The diversity of the program means you’ll experience everything from lectures in the theory of business management to tasting the most delicious wines in a wine class. As this is an international study, the language of instruction is English and your fellow students come from all over the world.

While you are studying you can gain additional experience and qualifications essential for working in hospitality. For instance, obtain your HACCP certification, work on the SDEN 2 wine course certificate, or get your Social Responsibility certificate. You can also represent Hotel Management School NHL Stenden at international competitions, sharing your vision and ideas for the hospitality industry while expanding your network.

Hospitality Management in Practice

You work on assignments from real companies in each year of the course, often collaborating in small groups and coached by lecturers and professionals with relevant practical experience. This method of working (Design-Based Education) means you learn to draw on feedback to adapt your ideas and become more flexible, while also developing your teamwork and leadership skills. It also means you get hands-on experience with changes and innovations on the work floor, giving you insights into guest experience, digitalization, sustainability, and cyber safety. The assignment topics are as varied as our industry partners, with questions coming from, for instance, Courtyard Marriott Vilnius in Lithuania, Van der Valk Services and Hotel de L’Europe in the Netherlands, Ithaka Hospitality Partners in the US and Jukani Wildlife Park in South Africa.

Gain international experience

Studying hospitality management at NHL Stenden means spending part of your studies abroad and putting your passion for hospitality into practice with field trips, minor subjects, and internships in different countries. Our participation in RUN-EU means you can join Short Advanced Programmes and carry out projects with partner institutions in Europe. You can also go to one of the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences Grand Tour locations in South Africa, Bali, or Thailand. Or you can go on an exchange to a partner institution and delve into a new way of studying. With over 100 different minors on offer through NHL Stenden and held at locations all over the world, you're sure to find the perfect specialization, whether it's Spa Business Strategy, Gastronomy, Advanced Wine Studies, International HRM, or Data-Driven Decision Making.

As a university of applied sciences, NHL Stenden challenges its students, lecturers, researchers and partners to explore beyond existing solutions and possibilities, to discover and develop their talents so as to contribute to social progress. A quick glance through history shows that trailblazing ideas that make a difference often come from people daring to question what others assume. At NHL Stenden, we call these people groundbreakers. They have the guts to break down the status quo and make unobvious choices. They are unmissable in a world that is increasingly complex. And we believe that these groundbreakers can be anyone that simply dares to be themselves. It makes them original – and it makes NHL Stenden home of the originals.

The #6 reasons

Life is about breaking through boundaries. At our international University of Applied Sciences, we want to encourage you each day to discover and develop your talents. To guide you on a journey that will take you beyond the borders of your education, help you to look beyond your field, and develop through collaboration with others.

Why NHL Stenden: 6 reasons to choose NHL Stenden

• Top-quality education: giving you a degree that works!
• Dynamic global network: offering a dynamic global network that will take you places.
• Innovative educational concept: teaching you to turn ideas into practical solutions.
• Excellent career prospects: giving you a skillset for a head start.
• Great student life: being diverse, open, and sociable. So you can be you.
• Affordable education: helping you get the most out of your studies.

Get ready to study in Holland

Studying abroad is often your chance to find out about different cultures. For some, studying in the Netherlands is a chance to explore a completely different culture, for others, there are more similarities. Our international students have found that sometimes the differences are in the details. Cheese is cheese, right? Or is it? When you study abroad, you’ll probably find that the things you now take for granted in your day-to-day life are no longer quite what you expect. Our students are more than happy to share their day-in-a-life experiences and show you what life can be like when you study abroad in the Netherlands. Moreover, they dig deeper into Dutch culture and tell you all about their experiences in a podcast series. Check out Experience Student Life at NHL Stenden.

Experience student life at NHL Stenden

Studying abroad can be very exciting and become the experience of a lifetime. But it can also make you aware of big and small cultural differences. It’s therefore good to know more about some Dutch habits and experience student life on campus and city, to find out if you can see yourself at NHL Stenden in the Netherlands.

Virtual Campus Tours

One of the most international educational institutes in the Netherlands, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences is based in student cities known for their friendliness and openness, from historic Leeuwarden, quaint Meppel, and entrepreneurial Emmen.