Hotel Management School Maastricht
Hotel Management School Maastricht, part of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, first opened its doors on 5 June 1950 as the Katholieke Hotelschool Maastricht. More than seventy years on, it remains one of the seven recognised higher hotel schools in the Netherlands, guided by a simple motto: the next step in hospitality.
A campus built around a castle
Few hospitality schools can claim a setting quite like this one. The education building, teaching hotel and student residence sit together on the grounds of Kasteel Bethlehem, a historic castle estate in Limmel, on the eastern edge of Maastricht. First year students live together on campus, building the kind of close knit community that carries through into their professional lives, supported by the student association Amphitryon.
A four year path from classroom to career
The four year Bachelor of Arts programme combines a strongly economic and business oriented curriculum with genuine hands on practice. Students train in the school's own teaching hotel from year one, then complete an operational internship at a four or five star hotel abroad, followed by a management internship closer to home. The programme carries international accreditation from THE ICE, the International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education, and has repeatedly earned the Topopleiding quality seal.
Along the way, students build a distinct set of strengths:
- Hands on training in a genuine teaching hotel from the first year
- An international operational internship in a four or five star hotel
- A strong grounding in management accounting, marketing and languages
- Research centres focused on the future of food and global hospitality talent
- A close campus community centred on Kasteel Bethlehem
Innovation with a hospitality heart
Innovative entrepreneurship, gastronomy and a genuinely global mindset sit at the centre of the programme, preparing graduates to lead with both commercial insight and hospitality instinct. For candidates who want a hotel education with real character, few settings make that education as memorable as Hotel Management School Maastricht.
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