Bachelor in International Hospitality Management
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Aug 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,975 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-EU/EEA students | EU/EEA students: EUR 2,601 per year
Introduction
Why choose the International Hospitality Management program at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences?
- Work on challenges set by the hospitality industry
- Gain practical work experience in our hotel and facilities on campus
- Specialise in your field take a minor subject and study 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
Unique offering for the Netherlands:
NHL Stenden offers first-year students a housing guarantee through its accommodation partners. Sign up on time, and you’ll easily find the right place for you. Check out our housing page for more information and the terms of our housing guarantee.
Study at NHL Stenden webinar
Join us for an online webinar where our student hosts will help you on your way with your adventures in the world of international studies. Get guidance, ask questions, and find out what is the right choice.
Career Opportunities
Your future
The future calls for resourceful professionals who understand the dynamics of the hospitality industry and dare to think out of the box to find innovative solutions.
Career opportunities
- Sales & Marketing Manager applying your understanding of guests to coordinate sales & promotions
- Coordinator of an international convention bureau keeping a level head as you liaise with clients and oversee every need
- Restaurant Manager making sure the everyday business run smoothly
- Financial Advisor providing expert advice on long and shortterm goals to meet customer needs
- Hotel General Manager/owner understanding your guests, staff and stakeholders and translating their needs into strategy and finance
Curriculum
The practical way you learn
During your studies, you carry out practical assignments from real companies, working in groups and coached by lecturers and professionals with relevant professional experience. It’s a way of learning, an educational concept, we call Design-Based Education. You learn to draw on feedback to adapt your ideas and become more flexible, while also developing your teamwork and leadership skills.
There’s a world to explore
Our international community brings together over 80 nationalities on our campuses. It’s an open environment that will help you broaden your horizons in many respects. And we offer more options to get you ready for an intercultural work environment. For instance, you could do one of the programmes offered by RUNEU or, depending on your degree, do your internship abroad or follow a minor subject in a different country through our Grand Tour or Exchange programmes. You get to put together the right combination of courses and internships for you and develop both your professional and personal skills.
Course structure
- Level/Year 1 – Explore the basics of the hospitality industry and discover who you are as a professional and how you can grow through training. The emphasis lies on essential knowledge and skills such as guest interaction, hostmanship, sustainable mindset and business networking.
- Level/Year 2 – This main phase of your studies focuses on management and entrepreneurship, covering subjects such as risk analysis, industry trends, innovation, strategy development and entrepreneurship. Your coach will guide you through your personal development.
- Level/Year 3 – Focus on a specific subject by taking a minor, in the Netherlands or abroad, such as Spa and Health Management, Advanced Wine Studies, International HRM or Wildlife Management.
- Level/Year 4 - Bring together all the roles you have worked in with a 10-month internship and graduation project.
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
If you are thinking about applying to NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, you may be eligible for a scholarship. NHL Stenden offers 2 different scholarships for NON-EU/EEA bachelor students.
NL Scholarship
The NL Scholarship is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences. These scholarships award selected international undergraduate students from outside the EU/EEA with a one-time financial contribution of € 5000.
NHL Stenden Excellency Scholarship
The NHL Stenden Excellency Scholarship is a performance-based scholarship for 1st and 2nd year non-EU/EEA students at NHL Stenden.
Rankings
The International Hospitality Management programme is accredited by:
- The NVAO (The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders).
- First Dutch hotel school with the status ‘Accridet Member’ of ‘The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education’ (THE-ICE)
- First Dutch hotel school to be accredited by the Institute of Hospitality UK
Facilities
Why study at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences challenges its students, staff and partners to explore beyond existing solutions and possibilities, to discover and develop their talents so as to contribute to social progress.
- Learn using a practical approach, working in groups on assignments set by industry partners and developing usable solutions
- Get more international opportunities and spend part of your degree studying or doing your internship in a different country, drawing on our global network
- Get the most out of your studies with relatively low tuition rates, well-priced housing (and a housing guarantee) and homely and affordable student cities