Les Roches Marbella
Les Roches Marbella opened its doors in 1995 as a satellite campus of Les Roches, the Swiss hospitality institution founded in 1954 with the mission of educating managers for the international hotel industry. Today it forms part of the wider Les Roches Global Hospitality Education network, alongside campuses in Crans Montana, Switzerland and Abu Dhabi.
A Mediterranean campus built for hospitality
Set on Spain's Costa del Sol, Les Roches Marbella brings together students from more than fifty nationalities in a campus designed as a living hospitality classroom. Four professional training kitchens, a demonstration bar, a front office, a housekeeping office and a fully equipped hotel room give students hands on experience long before their first internship, while four on campus restaurants and a well stocked library support both practical and academic learning.
Recognised programmes, international accreditation
As an official branch campus of Les Roches, the school is accredited at university level by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in the United States and recognised by the Swiss Accreditation Council. Its academic offering spans several stages of a hospitality career:
- Bachelor of Business Administration in global hospitality management
- Postgraduate diploma in international hotel management
- Master's degree in international hospitality management
- Executive master's degree in global hospitality management
- Master's in marketing and management for luxury tourism
Where Swiss tradition meets an international outlook
Les Roches Marbella blends the Swiss tradition of precision with an American educational ethos, and teaches every programme entirely in English. Students graduate with an additional modern language alongside their degree, a reflection of how seriously the school takes the international nature of the hospitality industry. For candidates seeking a career grounded in genuine craft and worldwide recognition, Les Roches Marbella offers both a respected name and a campus built specifically to prepare them for it.
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